Imagine the collection you’d like to own. You can find sports cards for Baseball-MLB, Football-NFL, Basketball-NBA, Hockey-NHL, and Racing-NASCAR.

Collect vintage cards or new cards of individual players (singles) or entire team sets, established pros, or rookies. Be creative; there’s no right or wrong way to collect.

There are a number of popular sport card manufacturers, including Topps, Goudey, Fleer, Upper Deck, Donruss, and many others.

Three ways to buy sports cards

You can buy sports cards in unopened sets, as individuals, or as a collection.

• In unopened packs, boxes, or sets: Unopened packs are an inexpensive way to get new cards (and possibly valuable cards or rare inserts if you’re lucky).
• As individual cards or singles: Purchase singles if you know exactly what cards you want or if you prefer collecting individual players.