Remembering Mom with My Favorite Sports Cards

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On today's Mother's Day edition of Sports Card Investor, Geoff shows his old sports card collection and recounts how much his mother supported his love of the hobby. .
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[@kichamp]

Sorry to hear about your mom she sounds like a great person. So many of us from the 90s are back into cards. This really is a crazy time. My first job at 14 was also at a very large sports card store here in the Atlanta area. Used to ride my bike there and back 5 days a week during the summer. Now my parents would be arrested for that :)

[@SportsCardInvestor]

kichamp Thank you.

[@realdoomsdaybeast]

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[@realdoomsdaybeast]

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[@freshness_ah7534]

Oh what I would do to turn the clock back to the 90s! Feel sorry for all these young lost bucks who think the world is all about social media.

[@ThiKu]

At age 14 you wouldn’t be allowed to ride a bike in Atlanta???

[@JorgeLopez-fi3pc]

Sorry for your loss. My Dad passed in 2014 and I have wonderful memories of card collecting, card shows and card shops. Every time I open my old binders it brings a smile to my face. Awesome memories.

[@benmaxwell9676]

Terrific episode Geoff. Very sorry for your loss, your mother sounds like a truly amazing person and obviously played a huge part in shaping your passions.

[@packfreshcards5554]

Happy mothers day to your mom up above. She sounds like an amazing women

[@SportsCardInvestor]

PackfreshCards Thank you.

[@IFSportsCards]

So sorry to hear about your mother. Cancer is freaking awful and impacts so many people. She may not have seen what you've built while she was still here on Earth but best believe she still sees it now! Love the story about your one day working at the card store! I see you TM Ncott! 👀

[@TRENTMCDUFFIEFAN]

Hiiiiii I love your videossssss

[@brandonkief3278]

Having lost my mom in 2005 i would love to celebrate my mom. She didn't really understand my passion of collecting but she never threw out my cards! So many of those cards in there were like going back in time! I still have some of the cards from my childhood but i am missing my sets i put together my self with my dads help from the 80's

[@CarlosMartinez-qc9ow]

Sorry for the loss of your mom Geoff. I lost my mom last year as well. Stay strong and thank you for doing what you do in the hobby and with your videos. 👏👏👏

[@SportsCardsUK]

Sorry to hear about your Mum it was great to hear some of your fond memories. I loved the football stars cards, saw Peter Shilton there. He was a very famous England Goalkeeper and you may recognise as the Goalkeeper that Maradona scored his “Hand Of God” goal against! Has played more England international games than any other of our players!

[@jeffreydemarco8931]

So sorry for your loss! Great memories, my mother was the first to buy me cards when I was four and took me to ball games to see my idol Clemente.

[@charlierosolino6634]

I can't tell you how much that video speaks to me. I grew up in that same generation of card collecting and because of COVID-19, I pulled out my old collection and have been full throttle since. Don't tell my wife, but the same LCS I went to at 12, I've been spending money at again. Cheers and I'm sorry for the loss of your mother.

[@just4unyc]

Sorry for your loss! I lost both my parents in the past 3 years. They were both only 58 years old. My childhood collection was placed in a storage unit which I didn't learn about until it was too late and had been auctioned off, but thank you for the his episode, along with the father's day episode. It was nice to see all of your old cards. I had so many of the same, as I'm sure most of the viewers in their late 30's - 40's had.

[@B.Love24]

I can guarantee your mother is looking down and laughing at how things come back around. Amazing woman who gave you something to strive for. Awesome trip down memory lane.

[@schmidt640]

You know, it's actually enjoyable to watch someone present cards that aren't all PSA 9s or 10s or modern day chase cards. You and I probably started collecting around the same time (1987 for me) and I still have every card I have ever purchased. Two that I remember purchasing vividly with my mother are a 1962 Topps Hank Aaron (beat to hell) and a "mint" 1988 Topps Tiffany Roberto Alomar from a place called The Sports Gallery right before it went under. Good stuff man. I really enjoyed this video.

[@joyofcardboard3230]

Looks like you and I grew up collecting around the same time, 86/87 were the first baseball cards I bought, and I also bought an absolute TON of 91 Donruss. Great memories, thanks very much for sharing them with us!

[@jscott5847]

Your mom sounds like she was an incredible woman. I find that one of the most satisfying aspects of collecting is the memories it evokes when going over particular cards from the past.

[@davidf7811]

Hi Jeff, I love this video and the memories of your childhood with your mother by your side. I am 58 and started collecting and flipping a few years ago. I was a "cardhound" in the early to mid 70's. I believe the sidearm pitcher you were referring to in the video was Kent Tekulve who played for the Pirates. Take care my friend.

[@Softrocker613]

I’m very sorry to hear about your mom she sounds like a great person

[@aaronrasmus3160]

Thanks Geoff for sharing stories about your mother 🙏 and PC collection as a child.

[@KREEK4]

Moms are Amazing

[@FirstCatch]

HOLD THOSE GREAT MEMORIES TO HEART. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOU AMAZING STORY. BIG THUMBS UP FOR MOM! 🥰

[@SportsCardInvestor]

First Catch! Thank you.

[@FresHumbleNCool]

Thanks for all that you do, you”re a heck of a guy man. You’ve been very positive in all of your videos with good spirited enthusiasm. I’ve been watching your videos since you started last yr. and can’t believe how positive you’ve been on camera, despite what yo were going through that yr.

[@jeffreycurry7987]

Nice video. Enjoyed the memorial about your mom and how she was a major driver in your sports card passion. Sweet childhood collection too.

[@super25sportscards65]

Happy Mother’s Day man. Was enjoyable to hear about your memories with your mom around sports cards.

[@chrismoore7757]

Your mother was one of the special people ,it’s no different from a once in a generation talent ,she did a phenomenal job raising you and you can see it trickling down to your son’s.You were very blessed to have had her.

[@andrewmackey9945]

Thanks for another great video Geoff. Really enjoyed these stories you shared. I can especially relate to the parts about your mom being an active advocate of your passion for the hobby. Same experience here. She used to take me to card shows and card shops and pick up packs to open. She actually encouraged me to get back into the hobby just this past December, and has helped to dig through my collection from the 80's and early 90's and is actively sending me some periodically. Same here I hadn't seen them in 30 years! Crazy to relive childhood and all of that excitement and passion for the hobby all again, now sharing it with my 9 yr old son.

[@user-id3yb8iu5o]

I enjoyed the special story about your Mom. My sincerest condolences. I truly believe she’s watching over you and did a wonderful job molding you in to the man that you are. Keep up the good work.

[@Jaiscards]

I’m sorry for your loss on your mother. Happy Mother’s Day and she still knows that you are a great person for this card community and put a lot of work in to help a lot of people!! Thanks for this great video!.

[@Tyyffgb.cvcxxxcc1245]

A great parent results in a well rounded man or woman . Enjoyed this one .

[@TheSportshermit]

Sorry to hear about your mom. I lost my mom to cancer 5 years ago. I have many of the same "mom" stories with my cards. My mom carefully moved my cards for decades. Great work with this!

[@sewaseem]

Those toploaders survived decades. Great episode. made my morning. Your mother was a special lady. happy mothers day.

[@jasonpauling5364]

Sorry to hear about your Mom! My first job at 13 worked at sports card store too. Made 3 dollars an hour. Good stuff!

[@ThiKu]

Oh man I had soooooooooo many of these cards. Wow. The nostalgia is strong with this one! Thanks, man!

[@maghinay299]

Happy Mother’s Day Every day!!! My Mom and I had a sports card shop at our local boys and girls club when I was a kid It’s amazing how awesome Mom influenced our life to be great Thumbs up love mommy

[@wolverinesportsgoblue8313]

Thank you for sharing your story about your mother.. I can totally relate as my mother was my rock in sports card collecting and in life in general.. I to lost my mother a couple of years ago and I am continuing my dream of collecting in this hobby as she would have wanted.. Im truly sry for your loss it sounds like she was an amazing woman/mom ..Thank you for your show and god bless!!🤝

[@mythikai]

So sorry to hear about your Mom bro. I sure she has a lot to do with all your success!! Happy Mother’s Day! Keep her memory alive forever bud!

[@billynelly1095]

You relit the fire for me brother. We're the same age all these cards are memories for me as well thanks. I pulled out my collection and I scored big like your obsession with Juan Rodriguez I was obsessed with Griffy Jr. and I didn't touch these cards so I got every Griffy Jr card from 89 to 94ish. And I mean everything from Pepsi,to mother cookies, and post cereal. I kept my shaq cards same way. Wish me luck thanks.

[@DouglasLee9]

My deepest condolences Jeff... Sorry for your loss... Remember that the sorrow comes from all the good memories. Those will last forever. Tough story about the day on the job. Mistakes happen. Don't be hard on yourself. My experience of you is that if this happened to you and you were the owner, you would be more empathetic and understanding. The flip side is that it didn't sap your enthusiasm for sports cards. Look at the impact your making on the industry now man!

[@rickjones3965]

Lost my dad last year to brain cancer too. Brought tears to my eyes hearing those words.

[@SportsCardInvestor]

Rick Jones Sorry to hear that. Such a tough thing.

[@rickjones3965]

@@SportsCardInvestor TY!

[@wilfredomaldonado9013]

Thanks for sharing the story. Proud son from a wonderful mother. the memories keep your love one like the where never gone. Great video.

[@ALLinMiami]

One of my favorite episodes you have made. You honored your beloved mom well.

[@jamiehigh6081]

Lol... I relate to do many aspects of your collecting as a child. Probably similar to everyone around 40 years old. I had a huge Juan Gonzalez collection. I loved the look of having the 90 Donruss Rated Rookie side by side with the reverse negative in a binder. Looked like a mirror image. I'm from North Florida where card shops were very limited back then but I had cousins and Sarasota and when we'd go visit during the summer, we'd hit up all the card shops. I remember getting my first Beckett down there along with a lot of binders and collecting supplies to go with all my cards. Those memories are so vivid. Thanks for sharing.

[@Jonsbee]

Great episode man! The pain through mourning becomes motivation and desire to make lost loved ones proud. Their in our corner and rooting for us everywhere we go man! Enjoying the knowledge and data from your content. Data and how to implement it is what drives intelligent and confident financial decisions. Keep disrupting Geoff ✊🏻

[@Mintacious]

I actually have a very similar collection back in the day as well as you have. Most of mine were kept in card protectors once they first appeared and when I pulled mine recently alot of mine turned out to be still in decent condition since I still have all the old cards from the mid 90s and been in card boxes for over 20 yrs

[@stephenanthonybailey]

There needs to be more appreciation for this era. The athletes, the revolution in the look of sports cards themselves, integrating technology into cards and creating a market that we all love more than ever today, (even during the dip) I stand by the fact that junk wax isn’t junk.

[@jordanjohnson7684]

Love this episode! Thanks for sharing. I remember my mom driving me around to card shops and playing RBI baseball with my friends. Great memories!

[@sovereignruler]

Thanks for sharing Jeff. Cheers to you, your family, and the crew. Stay strong!

[@HernandezProAccounting305]

Sorry for your loss, my brother passed away two years ago and the pain still with me but memories of collecting make me smile. Thanks for the video and sorry for your loss. I wish you the best for you and your family.

[@geraldtorres8150]

sorry for your loss jeff . i lost my mom too since 2012. I miss her alot

[@pauldiberardino3056]

Do more hockey investing please

[@VictoryInvestments]

Great video! Thanks for being real and vulnerable about your mom, Geoff! You are the real deal man.

[@SungRok]

That's a funny yet also amazing story... because, well, look how successful you've become due to your passion for sports memorabilia, especially for sports cards =) Happy Mother's Day! Your mother sounds like she was an amazing lady whose support for you never wavered... tough to ever replace =)

[@johnjuergens224]

Thank you for the trip down the memory lane, always great to see those old cards again! Keep up with the great content!

[@brendanmiller9367]

I really enjoyed hearing the stories about your mom and growing up. Thanks for sharing man!

[@johnpowell5538]

Thanks for sharing. Takes me down memory lane.

[@dasilvacards]

Happy Mother’s Day! Great story about your first and only day at the sports card store!

[@KalawaiaManuhia]

Cool Mom tribute and walk down memory lane. Thanks Bro

[@Thomas8892Q]

Thanks for sharing Jeff. Sounds like your mom was an awesome woman. I would be lying if I knew what it was like to have a great mom. My mother selfishly took her life in 2014. So Mother’s Day is just another normal day for me

[@jeffa3316]

Great video! Thank you for sharing the stories about your mom and the card shop!!

[@daymionmardel6459]

Bringing Sports Card collecting full circle - thanks for sharing such intimate memories of your mom. You are blessed to have an amazing family. I loaded up on Shaq and Pedro... and just found them recently too.

[@jabone3431]

this is awesome. i really enjoyed this. i remember a lot of those cards. wish i held on to and preserved the ones i did too. thank you for the nostalgic post.

[@jasonw500]

I was going through old cards when watching this video. About 5 minutes after you questioned about the Cardinals pitcher came across a Dan Quisenerry, so weird.

[@Dtownrelics2]

God bless you and your family Geoff

[@dianajoy1034]

Sorry for the loss of your mother..ur a good dude with awsome good videos bro..i grew up in west palm...keep doing good with your strong positivity..

[@theirishman6825]

Your mom would be proud of you that you have found a way to blend your career skills into your passion for Sportscards!

[@lowellahee6231]

That Bo 90' Score was my holy grail

[@dougjones9448]

super sweet video. Nice to get some extra context for your back story, am a 'soccer' collector which you don't necessary cover a lot but wanted to thank you for your channel as there have been lots of very useful nuggets of information over the last few months that cross over between sports. Great to see your growth, is well deserved, keep it up.

[@lurgee29]

Great video, trip down memory lane. Juan's lack of attention due to steroid use, I received the green 87 classic set in that board game.bThe Jeff George is a 1990 action packed, the Pacific is 1991, they were an extremely rare pull though his rookie was 1989. Jerome Walton and Dwight Smith, one year after Mark Grace. Ricky Nattiel was one of the three amigos!

[@jrsportscardschronicles3587]

Thank you for the video Jeff - it's always great to hear about the memories, and tributes to great people that touch our lives. And congrats on your ventures moving forward - keep up the great work man!

[@raouldelacruz9677]

What a very special video. Thanks for sharing your story about your Mom and about your single day working in a card shop. Is that card shop still open? How long did you collect after that incident. But again, very cool video, sort of like hanging out with a buddy and sifting through their collection.

[@jdsportscardsinc.616]

As i dont know you personally soory for your loss of your mother i know that pain all to well...so this video was great sir i love watching your videos always do but this one seemed different. I too lost my mom many years ago and she also took me to shows and help me to embraced this hobby we all love never thought i was wasting time as she always said atleast your not out doing drugs and getting in trouble so thank you for this video brought back good memories with my mom.... may God bless you and keep up the good work

[@Aquino1088]

I’m sorry for your loss. Great story!

[@aaronsalen2756]

Helloooooooooooo back Shout out to your mom. Thank you for sharing a bit of her story. Very cool.

[@andrewtownsend7124]

Watch this everyday love it!

[@gabehayden9617]

Hi Jeff, Really sorry to hear about your mom, she sounds like an amazing person. I really enjoy listening to your Podcast and I'm thinking of you today. God Bless

[@philxxxx6735]

Thank you sir for all the videos..im back collecting again and again im on the low end..i live vicariously through you and others..im trying to collect all the cards i wanted as a kid, albeit in psa 7 or 8...but i collect with no intention of selling...i look forward to your videos and i truly thank you for all the great videos

[@rage508cardsngrails]

Goeff didnt know we shared the same nightmare being both of are moms to brain cancer... Sorry for your loss my man... Its a tough day for me aswell lost her the day after xmas 2017 and it crushed me she was only 67 man😣.. smh.. and we share the same storys of growing up crazy collectorholic daze lol keep your chin up man... We have to live for them now

[@TheLegendofBrettMorrison]

you got a Good Mom Too I still have boxes like that at her house in the article and 2 closets full of stuff, mostly Commons there, tho.

[@davidhorton2782]

SHE RAISED YOU WITH GREAT MORALS

[@kingpencowboy7977]

This is amazing and God bless you and your family! What's crazy is im headed out to austell to see my mama to open mail day at her assisted living facility she's been in alot of pain for years ans handicapped now due to the health deteriorating rapidly i am thankful she's here STILL today and going to sit outside her window (social distancing enforced there at the facility) with my 18month old daughter and wife and open alot of 1984-85-86 Star Jordan cards!! excited to do THIS she's in a big surprise because i sold my collection as a kid well teen to make some money to help pay some bills snd shes proud of me to take the time to learn the ways of today with net etc. to be a collector and entrepreneur in this and loves doing auction together via telephone and gets so excited when we win😀 We lost my dad to cancer i logged 1171 hours on cancer research and uncovered sone really troubling evidence of our diets and emf radiation and SUCH causing cancer as well as evidence of natural ways to combat and defeat this monster of a '''disease""🧐🧐😢¿ Thank you for sharing your memories and wow she was an amazing woman and is in spirit with you smiling as ypu move forward with life!!! peace brother 🙏

[@nahumrodriguezviramontes4498]

Wow, thanks Sports Card Investor.

[@jackiecardtrader7202]

Great tribute to your mom. Sorry to hear she's no longer with you. RIP

[@forourtroopssake7373]

Sir, you’re Mom would be immensely proud. 👍🇺🇸

[@thedon7624]

I hear you on the Juan Gonzalez thing. That was my favorite player as a kid and I had lots of his rookies in 1990

[@maghinay299]

Thumbs up 👍🏾 I Love ❤️ You Mom !!!

[@buster3108]

I've got a couple of the BO card and a unopened box of 1990 score box it sounds like your mom was such a great lady

[@anthonydamato8070]

unfortanately my mom also passed away from brain cancer in 2012 but man she was so supportive of me in every way especially my card collection she would always tell me im going to laugh all the way to the bank she was right

[@kronz4200]

Bad Ass, Geoff. Touching Tribute to your mother. RIP

[@SUNDAYHRS]

Those are honestly in pretty decent shape for not preserving any of them! I have those Jordan Cut Above cards as well!

[@CardCollectingDuo]

Very nice video. I also have my trove of cards in boxes and binders in my childhood bedroom. Intending to make a video of them. My mom drove me to card stores too, in the mid 80s. She passed away earlier this year. I know how you feel. Also, that store owner should not have left you alone in there...

[@SportsCardInvestor]

Card Collecting Duo Sorry to hear about your loss. It’s hard I know.

[@michaelsenn6734]

Love the emotions

[@Swoop187OG187]

My first job was at the LCS too, but I was working there way before I was "legally" allowed to work, lol.... No, once I was old enough I just started to get paid... I worked at the LCS between the age(s) of 12-18 ... I was doing card shows (with help from my mother) - since I was 10 and I put on (conducted) my first card show at the age of 12, I was considered a "big boy dealer" at 13 - I was considered a legitimate dealer at 13 - if I didn't have a card I would get it for yo.... Look, it was fun until I was 18, started having girlfriends,, cars and "adult things" and I moved away from the hobby until 2015 when I was 35 - and I have been infatuated ever since - I flip cards for a living and couldn't be happier ... Look, I got back in because I bought a pack of cards for nostalgia reasons and pulled an Auston Matthews Young Gun in that pack, looked it up on eBay like 2 weeks later and realized it was worth about $250 bucks - and that was kinda my startup capital and here I am making a living flipping cards... But flipping cards is and always will be "my calling" - it comes just so natural .... It takes passion in this business, it really does - there is not one dealer out there that hates cards but sells them- sure you can get bored at times, you can get tired and need a break but cards are always in your heart - or part of your identity... I know many wouldn't be able to understand that but the true collectors out there absolutely do... And I would like to say my Mother understood this and she did the best job she could aiding my card addiction and my involvement in the hobby, lol and although I'm a bit late and mothers day was several weeks ago I would like to tell my Mother that I love her and I'm grateful for the opportunities she has given me to work with cards and in this hobby and make a living doing it......

[@BrandonChung]

This was an incredible episode! I'm sorry about your mom, she must be so proud of you. Awesome collection and I look forward to keep enjoying your content. Happy Mother's Day!

[@shawcards1554]

89 upper deck Jerome Walton brings back memories.. Dwight Smith and Kevin Mass were hot as well

[@madness03]

Great episode HMD to all great moms with us and the ones that have passed, I remember as a kid when living in Tampa I went to a Willie Mays signing and buying a 87 donruss pack and pulling the Canseco rated rookie , everyone went nuts .

[@ricklile8989]

86 Donruss

[@JacksonEditz]

good video I also want to say sorry for your loss it’s hard to go through when you lose somebody that special to you

[@jcbuckeye]

Here's a story for you. My father left when I was 1 my sister was 2 my brother was 3. So it was just my mom and us 3 kids. We grew up poor really poor. She worked but she still got assistance in the form of food stamps. Back then in the early 90's it was paper food stamps. And the little store in My town the owners husband sold sports cards at the ice cream shop. So I would go in with a dollar buy something for .50 or a quarter and get the change in real money then I would have to leave and come back so I could buy a pack of cards for .50 or .75 cents. I used to have so many cards doing that over the years every time I could get a dollar from my mom. Now my 8 year old son Lost his mom to cancer So I am trying to get him into the hobby and get excited about it like I was at his age.

[@joemlm2584]

great cards, a blast from the past!

[@stephenholland5221]

Really loved the video, I have recently got back into collecting since graduating college. It was something I loved as a kid and it still feels the exact same now. I am curious what fraternity you were a member of? I was in greek life myself

[@brianj328]

Great post. Love your channel, watch every new post to relax and get disled in to market. I was also a hige Bash Brothers / Jaun Gonzalez fan...somehow many Bash Brother fans loved Jaun as well and I cant recall what the connection was? I know there was a connection. Maybe a HR Champ race one year?

[@fredarcher7264]

I am sorry to hear of your loss Geoff , you are a credit to her .