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[Exhibitman]

Poor Marky Mark; didn't even merit a bold typeface.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Poor Marky Mark; didn't even merit a bold typeface.

LOL, that was exactly what I thought when I read it.

[esehombre]

Good post--and you are right, although there are similarities this is significantly different from the 90's bubble. I worked in a baseball card shop after school in the 90's. You had a bunch of local fly by nights buying up Phil Plantier and Dante Bichette cards thinking they were going to live on the interest in retirement! It was pretty funny. The day trading culture, Sneaker Heads, the marketing, the connectivity--and of course, like him or not the Gary Vee's of the world bring a whole new theatrical element to sports card collecting. It will be interesting to see how things shake out in the next 3 years or so. I expect LeBrons and Jordans to continue to set records along with Messi, Pele, Gretzky, etc to continue to rise to absurd levels. Man i miss the days of walking into a card shop and buying a quality or high grade rookie for $20!

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Poor Marky Mark; didn't even merit a bold typeface.

He isn't in it to win it, and got the hell out

[conor912]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

He isn't in it to win it, and got the hell out

Awesome 😎

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Poor Marky Mark; didn't even merit a bold typeface.

And there was a reason I didn't bold Mr Wahlberg....

There have been plenty of pure celebrity collectors over the years from the entertainment world that collectors enjoy looking to, but they have rarely truly moved the needle in their respective hobby.

Wahlberg is a huge watch guy, has a magnificent wristwatch collection that's been the subject of a few watch enthusiast specials, but while his image on cardboard in a watchshop adds cache to the brand he wears it doesn't greatly change the number of collectors or purchasers of fine watches.
And by that I mean greatly, because watch collecting has undoubtedly been enjoying a renaissance in recent times.

But world known athletes talking cards, talking collections etc would reach an audience in the billions across the world, and who already have some knowledge of what a sportscard looks like and might have an appreciation of - even if they've never collected.

If you're talking mainstream collecting, as opposed to niche hobby, this is A moment we might be seeing where that takes place.
And it would have enormous consequences on prices and how we talk about it.

Course I could be jumping the shark here.....but it has that look and feel of an industry about to come out of the basement.

[Pjere]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Poor Marky Mark; didn't even merit a bold typeface.

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[pawpawdiv9]

MORE NEWS!!!

Reality TV star Rob Kardashian has decided to put his 1-of-1 Honus Wagner cut signature and game-used memorabilia card up for auction.

TMZ Sports reported Saturday that Kardashian, who pulled the card from a 2020 Topps Dynasty pack in November, reached a deal to sell it through Goldin Auctions, which expects it to fetch around $50,000.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/...140651479.html

Here is the link to card in auction: https://goldinauctions.com/2020_Topp...-LOT77694.aspx

As much as i hate to see these cards..expect 50K is