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Baseball cards are worthless
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Date: July 26th, 2006 12:51 PM
Interesting. I had a friend who lived down the street in the late 80s who had a cedar chest full of *thousands* of baseball cards. He was only about 10 at the time. I was like 'how in the heck did you get all of those?' |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 12:53 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 12:54 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 12:55 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 12:56 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:00 PM
topps, man. one pack at a time, no where near mint condition. |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:06 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:29 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:38 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:42 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 12:55 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 12:59 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:01 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:02 PM
I love you so much. |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:54 PM
Jesus Christ. |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:02 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:05 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:07 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:12 PM
the last time i visited my parents i flipped through a box of old cards, and it's still pretty fun to look at their stats and the goofy facts they would put on their like "named his first son bubble gum." |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:08 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 4:38 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:53 PM
This is why anyone looking to maintain any value in their investment should stick to vintage. |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 10:04 PM
It seems to me that they may have been gradually rising in value before they boomed, but if anything the popularity surge would have to be looked back upon as a reference point for future swings. However, short of another boom in the still-rare older cards (which I'm sure will happen from time to time), I'm not sure what could really emerge from the 90's-on sets that would ever be scarce enough to command any kind of money.
Its more important that there is a surge in popularity though - maybe there is an identifiable pattern in that from the 50's through the early 90's, I don't know.
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 4:55 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 4:57 PM
It won't last though. Once the baby-boomers start dying off, the 50s and 60s cards will drop too. Mickey Mantle is no more than a name for people from my generation. |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 5:02 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 5:06 PM
More importantly, most kids today have never owned a baseball card. They aren't gonna all the sudden become fanatics when they are fifty. |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 5:09 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:11 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:23 PM
How depressing. |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:25 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:35 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 1:58 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 2:03 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 9:37 PM
i'll bump this thread if i get anything good or if the gum kills me. |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 9:52 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 10:09 PM
I wonder if they still publish those card modification deals (i.e. Chili Davis with a winter coat drawn on). It was my dream to have one of mine published. |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 10:20 PM |
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Date: February 27th, 2007 1:02 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 9:40 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 10:11 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 9:40 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 9:44 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 9:47 PM
That's it, I am never allowing my kids to collect ANYTHING! Fuck what the rich Jewish kids say is "cool" to collect (the only reason I collected any of this Garbage Pail Kids or Baseball cards bullshit is because of the rich Jewish kids at my school!) |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 9:53 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 10:27 PM |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 10:35 PM
poor imitations, completely lacking the history that makes baseball cards more than just a stupid fad |
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Date: July 26th, 2006 10:37 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 5:01 PM |
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Date: February 27th, 2007 12:35 PM Posted: Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 1:33 AM Free E-mail AlertsE-mail ThisPrint ThisSave ThisMost PopularRSS Aggregators
LOS ANGELES (AP) -The "Holy Grail of baseball cards,'' the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting $2.35 million, the seller of the card said Monday.
The buyer has only been identified as a Southern California collector. SCP Auctions Inc., a company that holds sports memorabilia auctions, said it bought a small share of the card. It is scheduled to be shown at a news conference at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday.
There are about 60 of the tobacco cards in existence featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop, one of the first five players to be inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame.
The seller, Brian Seigel, in 2000 paid a then-record $1,265,000 for the prize card, which is in much better shape than the others.
"This particular one was preserved in spectacular condition,'' said Joe Orlando, president of Professional Sports Authenticator of Newport Beach - the company that certified the authenticity of the card. "It's the Holy Grail of baseball cards.''
Still, the Wagner cards are so rare that even tattered ones will sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, Seigel said.
The others "you could stick in middle of the street and let cars drive over it through the day, take it in your hand and crumple it up, and it still would be a $100,000 card,'' said Seigel, CEO of Emerald Capital LLC, an asset management company, who lives in Las Vegas.
Gretzky and Bruce McNall, former owner of the Los Angeles Kings, bought the card for $451,000 in 1991.
During his ownership of the card, Seigel displayed it at several sports collectible shows, showed it at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum and at brought it to opening bell ceremonies for the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York.
"The Wagner card gave me a tremendous amount of pride, excitement and pleasure,'' he said. "I hope the new owner will have the same satisfaction I enjoyed over the years.''
The tobacco cards used to be included in packs of cigarettes. Collectors believe Wagner's cards are rare because he stopped allowing the American Tobacco Co. to use his image, fearing it would encourage children to smoke.
Nicknamed the "Flying Dutchman,'' Wagner was the National League batting champion in eight of his 21 seasons and finished his career with a lifetime .329 average. He retired in 1917 with more hits, runs, RBIs, doubles, triples steals than any National League player. |
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Date: June 22nd, 2007 4:44 PM Nope, still worthless. |
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