OT but front page worthy Jordan card ebay

Peter_Spaeth · #1 02-18-2019, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by orly57

I�ve watched kids in card shops and card shows rip open a pack, flip through the cards, and throw away the entire contents of the pack just because there was no autographed, diamond encrusted, jersey card with MLB logo on it. It appears to me that these hidden inserts have become the entire hobby, and base cards are just pack-filler. I think this difference alone is enough to put the Goudey comparison to rest. One sleezy gum company completely left a card out of a set 85 years ago. No one here is saying that�s ok, but I don�t see how it relates to the current state of modern cards. Those kids bought more packs in efforts to complete their sets, not in search of a 1/1 card that they hoped would pay for college. At worse, they ended up with a duplicate and a fresh piece of gum. The motivations of the collectors were far different, irrespective of the motivation of the card company, which is always money.

I think this Jordan card is particularly annoying to the vintage collector because there doesn�t seem to be anything really special about the card other than rarity. It�s not a rookie, or even an early Jordan card. It�s not from an all-time set. It�s not autographed. It�s not some spectacular image. It�s just a card that a company printed 10 of. That�s it. You can�t blame a collector for imagining all of the amazing cards they could buy with that money, and being stunned that someone would spend it on this rare, if unspectacular Jordan card. I�m sure that vintage guys grumble when an LBJ rookie sells for crazy money, but they will usually conceed that a 1/1 LBJ rookie is a special card. This Jordan just leaves some heads scratching.

Don't forget it's also altered.

darwinbulldog · #2 02-18-2019, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Don't forget it's also altered.

It's the only altered one. Talk about rare!

orly57 · #3 02-18-2019, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

It's the only altered one. Talk about rare!

This was funny no matter what side of the aisle you are on.

Rhotchkiss · #4 02-18-2019, 10:55 AM

I just read this entire thread. I don’t collect modern. I don’t even like modern-day baseball. I own two cards that are newer than 1921 (the infamous 33 Lajoie and a 35 Nagurski). I love old, I love rare, and I love it most if its 100+ years. I hate when I take my kids to shows and they want to spend $100 on some lottery box instead of buying a mid-grade Clemente or something similar (my kids are not into the 100+ year stuff). All that said, I am glad that New cards are popular and valuable. It’s good for all aspects/areas of the “hobby”/asset class.

So you modern guys, keep collecting, or playing the lottery, or whatever you do. You are good for us old-stick-in-the-mud vintage collectors. You are good for cards. You keep the hobby new and you help keep cards valuable. I don’t understand your taste, but I don’t need to understand. We are all on the same team, look at the same auctions, attend the same shows, search the Internet for like-minded friends on forums like these. Go Sports Cards!

Orioles1954 · #5 02-18-2019, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I just read this entire thread. I don�t collect modern. I don�t even like modern-day baseball. I own two cards that are newer than 1921 (the infamous 33 Lajoie and a 35 Nagurski). I love old, I love rare, and I love it most if its 100+ years. I hate when I take my kids to shows and they want to spend $100 on some lottery box instead of buying a mid-grade Clemente or something similar (my kids are not into the 100+ year stuff). All that said, I am glad that New cards are popular and valuable. It�s good for all aspects/areas of the �hobby�/asset class.

So you modern guys, keep collecting, or playing the lottery, or whatever you do. You are good for us old-stick-in-the-mud vintage collectors. You are good for cards. You keep the hobby new and you help keep cards valuable. I don�t understand your taste, but I don�t need to understand. We are all on the same team, look at the same auctions, attend the same shows, search the Internet for like-minded friends on forums like these. Go Sports Cards!

Well said.

Neal · #6 02-18-2019, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Well said.

Indeed!

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swarmee · #7 02-18-2019, 01:47 PM

https://www.buzzsprout.com/238508/96...5th-of-an-inch
People care so much about this card they just recorded a 2 hour, 40 minute podcast discussing it (and the rest of the set).

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