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I think it will stop when the card companies start putting effort in to their product again. The Topps and Bowman sets from the rivalry years were and still are works of art. Even after the rivalry ended, you can still take a 1960s or 1970s Topps card and hold it up as an example of postwar era pop art. Nowadays, they take a photo, wave their photoshop wands, and call it a card (the low point, IMO, is the 2007 Topps set). The Heritage and A&G sets aren't much better; that's just ripping off someone else's design. There's no originality anymore.
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This is where my art collector and card collector find a great common ground. Also, it's the reason I have outlandishly overpaid for color shift errors as they often exaggerate the "pop art" aesthetic.
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Looking back at the last set I really tried to collect which was 2002 Topps, it reminded me of 1988, where the more packs I bought the more packs were available. I think 2001 was just as bad just to promote not only the 50th anniversary of Topps, but also Ichiro joining MLB.
I have a feeling that after Ichiro retires a lot of unopened 2001 boxes and packs are going to start coming out of the wood work just to cash in on his legacy. Last edited by Bill77; 07-17-2016 at 07:05 PM. |
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