HOMEWOOD, Ala. —

Being a card collector means you're always chasing, searching for the next thing.

"I don't even know how to explain it; just, you got to love it. It's the thrill of it, trying to chase it, seeing what you can get, just that's the fun part," Brooks Vernon, owner of Magic City Collectibles, said.

Vernon has been chasing that feeling since he was a kid.

"Me and my dad went to Target and bought a box there. I was collecting basketball at the time, I was real big into the guys that came out that year. Got me hooked and couldn't stop. Just yeah, love it," Vernon said.

He's turned his love now into a business called Magic City Collectibles. A card shop is running at just 18 years old.

"One day he told basically my dad was like, 'Hey I want to start a card shop,' so my dad w

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