I read a very detailed article on the hobby of collecting cards at A Beginner's Guide to Buying, Selling, and Trading Baseball Cards - HobbyLark. As far as being attached to the hobby, this person is very in-tune with everything that is going on and claims to have more then 30 years of experience.
Some things that I have not covered on my blog include the ways to acquire cards which include trading, online, and retail stores. My primary way of collecting cards has been retail stores as Target used to carry the complete set from each year, I'm not sure they still do. By online, the author is referring to eBay or other auction sites. These sites are good for the collecting of just one or a couple cards are often utilized as a means to build a collection. For example, if you wanted to collect every Bryce Harper card ever made you made you would not want to go to Target. You would want to go to eBay.
Shown above is an example of a Bryce Harper 2012 Topps Rookie Card. This card was very highly sought after at the time it was produced as Harper was a very popular prospect who many had projected to do great things in the major leagues. We have discussed the appeal of rookie/prospect cards in another post and Bryce Harper is yet another example of that. Also something that was discussed that applies here, as time passes on and this card gets older and older, it's value will likely increase because supply gets lower.
This article is very detailed and I recommend my readers giving it a look when they have the time.
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