This is what it’s all about.This thread has inspired me to get back into the collecting game. Just bought this for $6. It’s hard to imagine anything that I could buy for $6 that could bring me more joy.
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Agreed! Collecting brought me such joy from 1981 until the mid 90's. Sure, I thought I'd retire off my collection and boy was I wrong about that but I had a blast doing it. And I'm officially back down the rabbit hole now. I can't believe how much vintage has risen in even the last month. I had some duplicate '59s' that I've sold on eBay. One, a PSA 7 Hank Aaron All Star, sold for more than a PSA 8 of the same card like a month or two earlier.This is what it’s all about.
That is an awesome card! I love the ‘59’sHere’s my Gibson rookie.
Agreed! Collecting brought me such joy from 1981 until the mid 90's. Sure, I thought I'd retire off my collection and boy was I wrong about that but I had a blast doing it. And I'm officially back down the rabbit hole now. I can't believe how much vintage has risen in even the last month. I had some duplicate '59s' that I've sold on eBay. One, a PSA 7 Hank Aaron All Star, sold for more than a PSA 8 of the same card like a month or two earlier.
Since we're sharing pics here's one of my favorite cards:
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Thanks! Yeah I didn’t know that either. I bought that one for $531 in 2007.That is an awesome card! I love the ‘59’s
Edit - I had no idea that was a $5-$8k card now. Wow.
Yup, this is what I use for all the price comps. Pretty amazing how many cards have seen a huge price increase in the past year.I just look at eBay completed auctions.
I have that same card. It’s the only pre 1970 card I have. It was at my local card shop and I saved up lawn mowing money when I was probably 10. I want to say I spent $40 back then? Seemed like a small fortune at the time.I've had this one out since he died..
THAT is what card collecting is to me. Connecting to your youth.I have that same card. It’s the only pre 1970 card I have. It was at my local card shop and I saved up lawn mowing money when I was probably 10. I want to say I spent $40 back then? Seemed like a small fortune at the time.
Yeah. All the excitement lately has led me to think about the hobby again. I’ve been going through my boxes since the weekend. I collected several Bobby Doerr autographs on photos and balls that I have in the man cave. Obviously I never saw him play but I played second in high school and was always drawn to his career. It’s just funny that they are worth so little compared to a modern middle infielder prospect signed card when those guys can only dream to have a good of a career as he did.THAT is what card collecting is to me. Connecting to your youth.
I’m only buying cards that I wanted as a kid but couldn’t afford or find outside of the pages of Beckett. Every time a card comes through it’s a shot of dopamine.
Nice to have in these crazy times.
Grading is at least a 6 month turnaround now, for normal subs.Things that have turned me off from collecting in the last 20-ish years
A. Grading and the costs and time delay
B. Tertiary grading (non-PSA/Beckett) companies
C. Reprints
D. Parallel sets rather than inserts that are identifiable.
E. Topps/Bowman monopoly
F. 35th year anniversary looks (I know most people like this, I don't)
G. TOO MANY sets and its corollary not being able to find cards/sets in Becketts, increased use of star/semi-star and not listing individual players
H. Inflation of monthly Beckett costs and supplies (I could be wrong on latter's existence)
Probably a couple more that I'm momentarily forgetting.
I. Digital cards, what is up with that?Things that have turned me off from collecting in the last 20-ish years
A. Grading and the costs and time delay
B. Tertiary grading (non-PSA/Beckett) companies
C. Reprints
D. Parallel sets rather than inserts that are identifiable.
E. Topps/Bowman monopoly
F. 35th year anniversary looks (I know most people like this, I don't)
G. TOO MANY sets and its corollary not being able to find cards/sets in Becketts, increased use of star/semi-star and not listing individual players
H. Inflation of monthly Beckett costs and supplies (I could be wrong on latter's existence)
Probably a couple more that I'm momentarily forgetting.
Upper Deck does have e-packs you can open (hockey) and then they will send you the actual physical cards.I. Digital cards, what is up with that?
I literally cannot count the number of times I have switched focus and sold, or just thought I am tired of the hobby and sold. I wish I had all those cards back now.I am working hard on trying to figure out what my focus is too. I love it all and am all over the map too. Glad to see I'm not the only one!
Love that Mays! (and the Rice!)
That is incredible. I love that.My own personal lineup card for first game ever at Fenway in '58. Ted batting 3rd, natch. Brewer went 9 for the win.
That is so cool. I wish I knew which my first game was because that's an awesome idea.My own personal lineup card for first game ever at Fenway in '58. Ted batting 3rd, natch. Brewer went 9 for the win.
This is why I could never figure out the grading game. That card looks off-center even to my untrained naked eye.There's a PSA 10 Gold Nomar going for like 70 bucks right now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1992-Topps-Traded-GOLD-39T-Nomar-Garciaparra-Rookie-RC-PSA-10-GEM-MT/133657980615
It certainly doesn't hep that the right side is under the lip so it's more centered than it appears.This is why I could never figure out the grading game. That card looks off-center even to my untrained naked eye.
The Fleer Update is the GOAT. I'm still working on getting that.That is so cool. I wish I knew which my first game was because that's an awesome idea.
That Nomar...man, I love that card. Varitek was in that set too.
Dug these out of my collection last night. If there had been a fire in my house back in the late 80's these would have been high on my list of must-grabs on my way out the door. Now you could own both for around $200. I remember I bought the Fleer Update set and the initial USFL set together in the mail in '84 and they were like $10 each. Greatest deal of my life back then!
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It's dusty in here. And I didn't even know about the existence of that Pawtucket set.I remember I bought the Fleer Update set and the initial USFL set together in the mail in '84 and they were like $10 each. Greatest deal of my life back then!
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The designs of the minor league cards of that era were so terrible.That is so cool. I wish I knew which my first game was because that's an awesome idea.
That Nomar...man, I love that card. Varitek was in that set too.
Dug these out of my collection last night. If there had been a fire in my house back in the late 80's these would have been high on my list of must-grabs on my way out the door. Now you could own both for around $200. I remember I bought the Fleer Update set and the initial USFL set together in the mail in '84 and they were like $10 each. Greatest deal of my life back then!
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I have an uncut sheet of 1985 USFL cards, currently in a storage locker in Connecticut. It's the ultimate throwback -- a few HOFers (Reggie White, Jim Kelly, Steve Young)... along with a bunch of HoVGs (Herschel Walker, Mike Quick, Doug Williams, William Fuller, Gary Clark, Sam Mills, Brian Sipe, Anthony Carter) and some guys who are just cool to see (Marcus Dupree, Doug Flutie, Kelvin Bryant, Bobby Hebert, Maurice Carthon, Vince Evans, Mike Rozier, Rick Neuheisel). And Boston Breakers hero Marcus Marek!That is so cool. I wish I knew which my first game was because that's an awesome idea.
That Nomar...man, I love that card. Varitek was in that set too.
Dug these out of my collection last night. If there had been a fire in my house back in the late 80's these would have been high on my list of must-grabs on my way out the door. Now you could own both for around $200. I remember I bought the Fleer Update set and the initial USFL set together in the mail in '84 and they were like $10 each. Greatest deal of my life back then!
Wow that is such a sweet card.
One sold recently for 3500ish. That’s about the limit right now.It's dusty in here. And I didn't even know about the existence of that Pawtucket set.
And apparently someone else values that card (well, a higher graded version thereof) on the right more than us.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-Fleer-Update-Roger-Clemens-Rookie-PSA-10/203041549213?hash=item2f46382b9d:g:aFcAAOSwV~1fA6ql
Triple Threads are such an awesome product. This card is stellar.
NJ, check your PMsSpeaking earlier of my collecting (lack of) focus I’ve always loved the 52 Bowman cards as well
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