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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Bruce Dorskind</b><p><br><br>For those of you who ever thought about investing in post 1960s baseball cards<br>and/o bought cards from the 1980's for your kids or nephews...you'll want to read<br>this April 23rd Wall Street Journal story... and weep<br><br>Lesson Learned: There is no cardboard like oldcardboard.<br><br><br>Link: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124045610966946695.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124045610966946695.html</a>
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Robert Klevens</b><p>I wish I bought these back in 1975.<br><a href="http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/lotseek.aspx?A=True&Adv=True&SType=3&S earch=1975%20mini&show=1&auc=15" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/lotseek.aspx?A=True&Adv=True&SType=3&S earch=1975%20mini&show=1&auc=15</a>
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I guess PSA should be expecting about 100,000 Topps Minis submitted in the near future.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>PC</b><p>The article does not address 1960s and 1970s cards.<br><br>Adjusted for inflation (using the article's 1989 benchmark), I suspect 1960s and 1970s HOFers have not appreciated much, but have fared much better than 1980s stuff.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>I bought a really nice 1933 Goudey Grove at a show in Manhattan in March 1989. It cost me about $225, and for a 16 year old kid was about all I could afford to spend on a baseball card back then. About 15 years later, I had it graded by SGC and it came back a 60. That card in that condition just sold for about $350 on ebay. So while I am happy that there was an appreciation in value there -- as opposed to my collection of 1980s and 1990s Topps cards -- mid-grade Goudeys have only somewhat appreciated since the late 1980s. <br><br>Similarly, I bought a beautiful T206 Bender Portrait in 1997 for about $150. The card later graded an SGC 50 and is not worth much more than what I paid for it. The $350 I put on a Matty White Cap that came back an SGC 60 on the same day is a different story, as that card has basically tripled in value. <br><br>All I'm saying is that there is some luck involved and it is not as simple as just picking card collecting eras. <br><br>_ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ _ <br><br>Visit<a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for Net54 T206 archive, signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Jason</b><p>I remember buying a beautiful Hal Chase Port Blue Background. The dealer advertised it as Nr-Mt and when I got it I didn't think otherwise.<br><br>Of course, years later I got it graded and it was only a 5 and I didn't make much on that purchase.<br><br>I was really confused about grading after all the years of dealers saying their cards were Mint+ and learning what grades cards really were.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>Any card being bought and sold in 100 or 1,000 card bricks of identical top condition items wasn't destined to pay for the kids' college tuition through long term appreciation. That was apparent in 1989 and it is playing out now. Plenty of people made tons of money on modern cards; they just had to time it right. It was pure casino capitalism, the poor man's penny stocks. <br><br>Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I bought 100 Dave Magadan rookies in 1987. I plan to sell them and use the proceeds for my retirement.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>John</b><p>Barry I would never tell someone how to spend his money but when you sell those cards this might be something you would want to look at...<br><br><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/websize/mansion.jpg" alt="[linked image]">
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Greg Ecklund</b><p>Those 500 and 1000 card brick of rookie cards are great for wallpaper...I'm still trying to decide between Pete Incaviglia and Kal Daniels to do the upstairs bathroom.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>John- my neighbor threw out a really sturdy cardboard box when he bought a new refrigerator. I think I can build it into a two room condo. I will have enough money to finance the supplies.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Frank Jennings</b><p>Barry,<br><br>If you are looking for a high rise with the proceeds, I will be willing to let this baby go at a reasonable price? If you act now, I'll throw in the pool for free.<br> <br><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1240521063.JPG" alt="[linked image]"> <br><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1240521171.JPG" alt="[linked image]"> <br><br>Frank
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>That's a little too upscale for my pocketbook.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>jdrum</b><p>Hey I kind of like that trailer on stilts, it could double as a deer stand.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p><<Plenty of people made tons of money on modern cards; they just had to time it right. It was pure casino capitalism, the poor man's penny stocks.>><br><br>I was smart when I sold my Frank Thomas rookie cards for a couple dollars a piece, after buying them for $.50 each. (No such luck on Marquis Grissom.)<br><br>I also sold a rare Travis Lee insert, limited to 100, in 1998 for $100 over the Internet -- before I had ever even heard of ebay. It really is all about timing, opportunity and luck. <br><br>_ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ <u></u> _ _ <br><br>Visit<a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for Net54 T206 archive, signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Rich Klein</b><p>Is the glut of cards from let's say 1986-1993 which everyone and their brother "put away" for their retirement fund; kid's college education; etc.<br><br>Those cards are still out there a dime a dozen; last night I went on Craig's List for the heck of it to see what was available and realized that<br><br>1) I'm better off with BST right here.<br><br>2) At least 3/4 of the posters had cards from that era and they were all asking 1/2 Beckett or more. In reality; those cards should be 10-25 of Beckett. <br><br>50's, 60's, 70's are obviously better than mid 80's - early 90's but even then; there are no guarantees.<br><br>Buy what you like; enjoy it -- and be happy<br><br>Rich
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Greg Ecklund</b><p>Many 60's and 70's rookie cards have softened quite a bit in the past few years, and the recession has made things even worse. Lately I've picked up a few rookie cards from that era that I always wanted, but never wanted to pay up for. In the past few months I've added Fisk, Brett, Billy Willams, and Marichal rookies to my collection - all were graded SGC 88 and I bought each for half or less of the prices in a Beckett I have from 1993.<br><br>Funny thing is that the conventional wisdom back in the day was that you couldn't go wrong investing in rookie cards. The especially popular method was to buy rookie cards of soon to be Hall of Famers like Carlton, Schmidt, or Nolan Ryan before they got elected to the Hall. The problem, of course, was that those guys getting in surprised absolutely nobody and the event was already priced into the cards and then some.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Fred C</b><p>It was all about timing in the late 80s and early 90s. Get in, get out and try to predict the next hot product or card. I remember buying close out 1984 wax football cases for $125 a case (8 of them) because of the Marino, Elway and Dickerson rookies. This is right when the rookie card craze started for baseball cards. I remember when people were trying to get $2 for the '84 Topps Mattingly rookies and thinking everyone was nuts but hey, why not play the game. I dumped the last of the 84T wax football for $1600 a case and I could have sold more if I had more of them. I was never into that rookie card crap, to me I liked reading the stats of the players at the end of their careers. I liked those '76 Aaron cards with that huge HR total on the back. <br><br>People can't seem to give away the cards from the 80s or 90s now. The sad part is that a lot of people got turned off when they saw the value of the cards go down so drastically. It soured a whole generation on baseball cards. However, there were a few that stuck around and are now part of this vintage collecting crowd. Heck, I don't even know what's being sold these days.
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Todd</b><p>A couple of years ago, I donated thousands of cards from the 90s to a local Kids Shriners Hospital. They were very appreciative.<br><br><br><br>
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>does have one positive outcome...I use those boxes to occasionally satisfy my hunger for opening packs...and depending on the issue, you can pick up an entire box for the same price as some of today's packs!<br><br>and 1984 Fleer will always have a special place in my heart, -as a single cello pack of those cards that my Mom brought home from the grocery store is what first got me interested in blowing all my money on baseball cards...
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Because they have become worthless everyone will throw them out...then they will be scarce...I better hold on to mine. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height="14" width="14" alt="happy.gif">
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>I've always enjoyed players' last cards because of the statistical pile-ups on the backs. Besides the 1976 Aaron, my other favorites are the 1969 Mantle and the 1973 Clemente.<br><br>I think as people of my generation start reaching middle age and start getting nostalgic for their childhoods they will start collecting cards from the early 1970s more and more. I know I've spent some time lately trying to fill out and upgrade my cards from those sets, strictly because I realized that the cards were 30-40 years old and make me smile when I go through them. Plus, nice ones are so friggin' cheap lately that it is almost pain-free to go after them. <br><br>Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Greg Ecklund</b><p>The 73 Clemente is a great card...I always liked the perspective of the photo on that one. Last cards are great when a guy played his entire career with one team, or at least ends it on a team where he spent some significant time. There's something a little sad about seeing Mays on the Mets and Harmon Killebrew on the Royals.<br><br>The 1973 Clemente:<br><br><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n82/Gecklund311/a7b6_1.jpg" alt="[linked image]">
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The only sad thing about the 73 Clemente is that by the time anyone had it he was already gone. <img src="/images/sad.gif" height="14" width="14" alt="sad.gif">
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Scott Dango</b><p>you said "It soured a whole generation on baseball cards. However, there were a few that stuck around and are now part of this vintage collecting crowd. Heck, I don't even know what's being sold these days. "<br><br>i disagree...i think a lot of those collectors (including myself) developed a love for cards that continues today...we didnt know they were worthless until AFTER the fact--many years later....so the enjoyment of those collecting years is still there and only the most cynical used the learned lesson to quit the hobby....<br><br><br>...I still have 500 Ron Jones 1989 Topps cards if anyone is interested....
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>Fred Y</b><p>---there's a way!<br><br>Like alot of us I have a backroom full of cards & sets from the 1986--1992 era of vast overproduction.<br><br>About 2 months ago I tried one of those "FREE under $50" ads w/ a local weekly PennySaver type paper--for example 4 complete sets 88-89-90-91 Topps for 1/2 Beckett-- just to see if I'd get any response at all.<br><br>As of this AM when I sold a guy 8 sets for $65 from a free ad I have sold a total of 28 junk wax sets for $280---at an average far & above what the going rate really is.<br><br>I can't explain it, but it's working for me!<br><br><br><br><br><br>
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There's No CardBoard Like Old Cardboard
Posted By: <b>JohnnyH</b><p>The overproduced 86 and up cardboard issues are very nice sets, and 1989 and under is almost considered vintage at this point. Great photo's and stats and if you get sick of storing them they are cheaper than firewood !
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