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re: Are baseball cards still a thing?
Posted on 12/14/15 at 8:25 pm to bradwieser
Posted on 12/14/15 at 8:25 pm to bradwieser
If you start trying to collect as an investment, you're pretty much SOL unless you invest in something like a Mickey Mantle rookie card.
The hobby is still alive, it's just changed. It's enjoyable if you start collecting by theme, like favorite players, favorite team, rookie cards only, etc.
The hobby is still alive, it's just changed. It's enjoyable if you start collecting by theme, like favorite players, favorite team, rookie cards only, etc.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 8:42 pm to Fight4LSU
The card bubble really is an interesting thing to research. As far as baseball goes, the strike that cancelled the WS played a big part in the drop in demand. Older and more rare cards weathered that storm. The sports card industry as a whole took a hit because of the quantity being produced and the fad that UD started with inserts. Nobody cared about the base set unless it was a particular player like Kobe Bryant. Then if you wanted to make big time money you had to get everything graded. I was slinging PSA 10 Kobe Chrome's for $1800 left and right. Even more if I pulled the Triumvirate insert. That's just a good example of a bubble waiting to pop.
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