No one gets more excited about Christmas gifts than little kids.
Except maybe sports card and memorabilia collectors.
Just as kids can’t wait to see what’s under the tree on Christmas morning or rip open that brightly colored package, sports collectors long to get that special collectible to add to their collections.
The perfect gift, of course, depends on the collector and what they collect. It could be a special rookie card or autograph from a favorite player or team, a simple photo or a game-worn jersey or a piece of game-used equipment.
To give you an idea of where to start, we reached out to several of our regular contributors and asked them for the collectibles at the top of their own wish lists. They offer their suggestions, along with some amazing stories behind the cards and collectibles they covet most.
Their ideas are listed by sport to make it easier to follow.
Enjoy and happy shopping for that special collector on your list.
BASEBALL
Most of our SCD contributors are serious collectors and, like most of us, many of them started as baseball card collectors.
Editor At-Large and Online Auctioneer Larry Canale has a popular card that has been on his wish list for years — a 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan rookie card.
“I still need one to complete my 1968 Topps baseball set,” Canale says. “I should have acquired one 30 years ago, when I had started my gig as editor of Tuff Stuff magazine. It was late 1993,
