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Requiem for a Rookie Card

Discussion in 'MLB - Baseball Forum' started by VA49er, Aug 2, 2006.

  1. Aug 2, 2006 at 10:49 AM #1
    VA49er

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    Ah, I miss the days of trading baseball cards. Sadly, it seems everyone is missing out these days.

    Great article I thought you guys would enjoy:

    Requiem for a Rookie Card
     
  2. Aug 2, 2006 at 10:53 AM #2
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    Blame all the card companies for flooding the market and devaluating all the cards.
     
  3. Aug 2, 2006 at 11:02 AM #3
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    one of the few times I've actually done something right. I saw this downfall coming as was able to sell mine when the market was still hot.
     
  4. Aug 2, 2006 at 12:03 PM #4
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    What, you never liked Fleer Ultra Silver Super Mega Platinum Heroes of the Game Gold Seal edition special issue?
     
  5. Aug 2, 2006 at 12:40 PM #5
    VA49er

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    I liked the days when there was just Topps, Donruss and Fleer. I should have known the end was near when Sportsflicks came out.
     
  6. Aug 2, 2006 at 4:34 PM #6
    PantherPaul

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    I have complete sets (UNOPENED) of Topps for every year I have been alive. All 46 years worth
     
  7. Aug 2, 2006 at 9:17 PM #7
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    the card industry still has some value on ebay, although it's mostly rookie studs selling. I did sell a few pujols rookie cards I was holding onto on ebay for like $80, and these are cards from 2001. The value went way up at least on ebay when he was projected to get 80 HR's or something like that, but now the values are back down to where I could easily buy them back.
     
  8. Aug 2, 2006 at 9:48 PM #8
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    decent article...definitely brought back some memories of spending an entire weekend at the merchandise mart on independence blvd trying to figure out how to spend my limited funds. many of my best cards are still in a safety deposit box. but i bet their value is less than 25% of what it used to be. oh well. i didn't collect them as an investment.

    this line says it best:

    And as I flipped through my new cards hoping to score a Mattingly, I felt that particular tinge of excitement that a generation of kids have missed out on.
     
  9. Aug 3, 2006 at 7:47 AM #9
    DaveW

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    I think the only cards that will ever be worth any value are pre 80's and back.
     
  10. Aug 3, 2006 at 9:49 AM #10
    PantherPaul

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    Yep. They way over produced cards from the mid 80's to now. I have sold several rookie cards and made out pretty well. The key is knowing the market. I have worked all over the US and have gone to card shows in those areas. When I worked in Iowa I bought 5 Mike Schmidt rookie cards for $25 each. Couple years later I was in mid Pennsylvania and sold them for $100 EACH.
     

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