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Posted on 7/30/18 at 12:02 pm to pwejr88
Like many have said already the baseball card industry for that time period (especially the 90s) took a hit with them taking advantage of everyone wanting to buy instant collector's items. Same thing with the comic book industry. Most stuff from that time isn't worth the paper it is printed on. People would buy it only because they thought it was going to be worth a lot of money but of course with the exception of a few cards here and there that never happened. I threw most of them away and tried to give others away to kids. Again, comics are the same outside of a few key issues. Don't be fooled that those type of things from that era will ever be worth keeping.....they are not.
Posted on 7/30/18 at 12:02 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
I hate regulation, but I always thought it was needed back in the day to have oversight of these card companies and their “limited “ card print numbers.
They just flooded the market and made a fortune.
I was hard at it in 92/93 and stopped a year later. Too many inserts and sets.
Beckett had too much say in the pricing. No telling how much back door money he got
They just flooded the market and made a fortune.
I was hard at it in 92/93 and stopped a year later. Too many inserts and sets.
Beckett had too much say in the pricing. No telling how much back door money he got
This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 7/30/18 at 1:03 pm to lsufan112001
1987 and 1998 were the peak years.
It started because the 1986 rookie class that made it to the majors during the 86 and 87 seasons looked like the best class of all time and probably was. Bonds, McGuire, Will Clark, Greg Maddux, Jose Canseco, Bo Jackson, Rafael Palmerio, Wally Joyner, Andres Galarraga, John Kruk, Bobby Bonilla and Kevin Mitchell. shite man, it was ridiculous.
People thought holy hell, need to get these guys rookie cards, they will be worth a fortune.
People were buying up the cards at every gas station in sight, baseball card shops were opening multiple stores at the malls, trade shows filled up convention centers, shite even candy stores started selling tons of packs and boxes.
And the card companies responded by ramping up printing to match the demand. If the demand was 200 million cards that was what was printed.
Finally, collecting was easy. There was topps, donruss, and fleer and that was it. And aside from topps tiffany cards (which looked and cost the same except a bit glossier) there was only 1 version of cards for each company.
Collecting was simple, easy, and cheap. Mass appeal.
It started because the 1986 rookie class that made it to the majors during the 86 and 87 seasons looked like the best class of all time and probably was. Bonds, McGuire, Will Clark, Greg Maddux, Jose Canseco, Bo Jackson, Rafael Palmerio, Wally Joyner, Andres Galarraga, John Kruk, Bobby Bonilla and Kevin Mitchell. shite man, it was ridiculous.
People thought holy hell, need to get these guys rookie cards, they will be worth a fortune.
People were buying up the cards at every gas station in sight, baseball card shops were opening multiple stores at the malls, trade shows filled up convention centers, shite even candy stores started selling tons of packs and boxes.
And the card companies responded by ramping up printing to match the demand. If the demand was 200 million cards that was what was printed.
Finally, collecting was easy. There was topps, donruss, and fleer and that was it. And aside from topps tiffany cards (which looked and cost the same except a bit glossier) there was only 1 version of cards for each company.
Collecting was simple, easy, and cheap. Mass appeal.
This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 7/30/18 at 1:47 pm to LSUZombie
I have plenty of the X-Men cards.. simply masterful artwork for the characters on some of them.
Posted on 7/30/18 at 1:52 pm to pwejr88
Only if you are talking about the 1880s and 1890s.
Posted on 7/30/18 at 2:03 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
Ron Gant Upper Deck and Leaf were awesome cards
This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 7/30/18 at 2:07 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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People were buying up the cards at every gas station in sight, baseball card shops were opening multiple stores at the malls, trade shows filled up convention centers, shite even candy stores started selling tons of packs and boxes
I remember going to the baseball card show in Baton Rouge. I'd go two or three times a year. IIRC it was a Holiday Inn or something on Airline? They always had raffles. The only thing I ever won was a box of 1990 Fleer baseball unopened packs! Anyway, I remember when you could buy packs of cards at Walgreens, Eckards, K&B, Wally World, and even some grocery stores. The only retail store I ever see cards now is Target.
This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 7/30/18 at 3:48 pm to The Cool No 9
I would go to eBay and look up auctions for cases, breaks, cards, etc...my break site of choice is Live Box Breaks.net. Hawk runs it and he is the best breaker in the business so that is where I go but there are a myriad of ways to get these products online.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 7:48 pm to Crimson1st
Just wanted to give you guys a heads up...there is some nasty Immaculate stuff for Guice that was listed on ebay...a patch auto with a sick piece of The Citrus Bowl patch. There is also a nice Fournette/Guice dual auto up...then a Guice/Chark dual auto 1/1 as well!
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