A Cultural History of the Baseball Card

[Fred]

Originally Posted by z28jd

It's just basically someone that bought the wrong cards as an investment, now complaining about it. I have over 100,000 cards from my childhood and while they will probably never be worth anything, you can't replace the fun I had collecting them as a kid, trading them with friends, getting cards of my favorite players and finishing an entire set one-by-one. I can grab a box of cards anytime I want and look through them without worry about the value of the cards.

Admit it John, the first offer from someone to trade an OJ Larry card and the whole 100,000 cards you have will be traded and delivered to the person making the offer.... no losing any sleep over the memories of the childhood...

When I first saw the thread I thought I was going to be in for a really cool article. Oh well, maybe someday someone will write that article the way it should be written.

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by Fred

Admit it John, the first offer from someone to trade an OJ Larry card and the whole 100,000 cards you have will be traded and delivered to the person making the offer.... no losing any sleep over the memories of the childhood...

When I first saw the thread I thought I was going to be in for a really cool article. Oh well, maybe someday someone will write that article the way it should be written.

I'm putting a couple of paragraphs about the T206 Southern League subset in my master's paper this spring, but it is going to be far from an in-depth study on the subject.

[Bosox Blair]

Hahahaha - more junk reporting. What a "piece" of crap. One of the funniest things is that all the cards illustrated with this "piece" have tremendous value, despite the ignorant thesis of this garbage article.

Sad that people actually read and believe the junk that gets printed.

"Now they're worth virtually nothing." Too funny. This would be surprising to the 20 or 30 auction houses that make fantastic six and seven figure profits every year dealing in these virtually worthless goods. Or the many hundreds of dealers doing profitable sales regularly. Or the thousands of collectors who make gains from selling these items for more than they paid.

But why talk to any of those people before declaring your educated opinion in a published article? That would require actual work and integrity.

Cheers,
Blair