From A Childhood Hobby To An Adult Passion To A Business… That’s Hugh’s Pokémon Plan
Hugh Quinn from Downpatrick is pursuing a life-long hobby of collecting cards to a new level.
He has organised a ‘collectables’ event at Owenbeg Bowling Club from 10-3pm on Saturday 5th December and there will be a number of collectors there exhibiting their collections and selling.
Hugh specialises in collecting Manchester Utd cards and he says that 90% of them are about the Reds and the rest are a mixture of other football players and clubs.
“I used to collect a lot as a child and stopped but I have got back into it now in a much bigger way. I have a stand at Nutts Corner on a Sunday along with other collectors. I have hundreds of football cards.
They can be as little as 50p and I recently bought a George Best one for £60. The values vary depending on the players. You can get the cards evaluated by sending them off to England and have then marked from a score of 1 to 10. I have some rare and valuable cards.
“The Pokémon cards are very popular. At the Owenbeg event there will be five collectors there showing off their Pokémon cards. But there will also be four with general sports’ cards, a vendor selling lego, and four other collector tables. It should be quite a show.
“It will be the first time this has been held in Downpatrick as far as I know.
“The collectors will be exhibiting singe cards, some in sealed packets and boxes,
“If the event is successful, I’m hoping to repeat it next year again. It would be nic eto turn it into a small business. I’ve been to a number of events where I sell cards at and they are usually quite busy. Most of the cards on show will be Pokémon cards.”
So Hugh is trying to turn his passion, a hobby, into a small business.
Entry to the Ownbeg event is free. There may be other closet collectors in the wider Downpatrick area who will find this exhibition very interesting… and you never know, they just might find a card or two to complete their collections!
The even runs at Owenbeg Bowling Club on Saturday 5th December from 10-3pm. Everyone is Welcome!
You can find out more about collecting and visit Hugh’s Facebook page here.
