Sport Tickets Collecting Is A Fun Activity

There are a lot of people collecting used sport tickets. Sports memorabilia collecting is a popular hobby and ticket collecting is part of it. Some fans keep the a ticket from an event they attended as a memento. Others actively hunt, buy and sell tickets involving their favorite teams, specific rivalries, championship tournaments or title games. Some collectors go after games involving only their favorite players. Other collectors seek souvenirs from events in which records were set. Each collector selects their own area of interest.

Sports memorabilia shows are a good source of game collectibles. Other sources are on line auctions or ticket trading group web sites. Collectors even pick up discarded items after games. Duplicates can be used for selling or trading. The cash spent on ticket collecting is small in comparison to that spent on sport cards and autographs but some items sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars. Ticket quantities are small compared to cards due to the limited size of arenas or stadiums. The fact that most attendees throw away their stubs after events further limits availability. This can drive prices up.

Older ticket stubs really are, except in special cases, stubs. They are the torn end given back to the fan upon entrance. They may include a rain check in the case of a baseball game. These are just thick paper or cardboard with the date, time and possibly the teams printed on them. In the past twenty years or so a ticket has become a piece of art with photos of players or past events, or actual art work on them along with the basic information. These are no longer torn, but electronically scanned preventing damage to them.

One of the most actively collected sports is football. Favorite National Football League teams are collected as are games of beloved college teams. College bowl games and national championship games are highly sought as are Super Bowls. Early Super Bowls can sell for well over a thousand dollars per ticket.

Historic games are also highly sought after. Tickets from rivalries are very collectible. A ticket from the Ohio State versus Michigan college football game is worth hundreds of dollars. This game, called the snow bowl, is remembered because of the blizzard that hit prior to, and during, the game. Many of the tickets were never used due to the weather, so some intact examples are available.

Major league baseball is also a popular target for collectors. World Series games are especially sought after. The older tickets, going back to the 1930s and earlier, are very rare and valuable. People often collect a score card and program to along with their ticket.

Golf, hockey, soccer, basketball, and Olympic events are also popular with collectors. Any of these items can be found at sports memorabilia conventions. Internet auction sites and ticket trading sites are also good sources.

There are an endless variety of reasons for collecting sport tickets and concert tickets . Some people do it to make money, simply buying and selling. Other people are collecting to remember events they have attended. Reliving youthful fun is yet another reason. Any reason is a good reason if the collector is having fun.

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