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Old 05-04-2021, 01:06 PM
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Kinda like playing a $50 scratcher. 1 in 300 might pay something over $50. 99% of the time you win next to nothing.
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Old 05-04-2021, 01:21 PM
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While that would be a fun night of box ripping, I doubt, once opened, they'll be worth anywhere close to $50K. Makes a foolish decision all the more foolish. The only real value for this guy (assuming his luck at pack ripping was similar to mine) is if he planned to sell unopened, which seems like it would be hard to do locally, unless he had connections already lined up.
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Old 05-04-2021, 01:34 PM
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How is it that total morons have so much money? And, how are there so many of them?
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Old 05-04-2021, 01:52 PM
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What makes a modern card collector a moron? They like what they like. People love gambling. Ripping packs is a small extension of that thrill. At least that's where I find the fun in it. Rolling the dice.

Modern collectors might think a pre-war guy is pretty nuts for spending five figures on a Sherry Magee card just because his name is spelled wrong too.
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Old 05-04-2021, 02:09 PM
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Personally, this seems like something that would be akin to bicycle robbery or chop shops. Cops have bigger fish to fry, and this could be put on the back burner. Still, I hope the best for the owner.
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Old 05-04-2021, 02:35 PM
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To each there own. I collect vintage but 10 years ago i bought these 2 boxes because my kids were playing baseball So i bought series 1 and 2 and by the time series 3 came out kids weren't interested in them so i
put away in there closet. I believe i was into them for $120
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some may say i sold to cheap Was able to pay my Hunt auction winning of some silks i needed.
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Old 05-04-2021, 02:35 PM
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The value of the cards once opened are irrelevant. The bottom line is that the boxes sell for a certain amount in the marketplace. It doesn't matter if you think it is a good buy or not, the store owner is now out tens of thousands of dollars. I'm sure there are plenty of people that think the prices of the Prewar cards that we all love are ridiculous too
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Old 05-04-2021, 09:16 PM
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Personally, this seems like something that would be akin to bicycle robbery or chop shops. Cops have bigger fish to fry, and this could be put on the back burner. Still, I hope the best for the owner.
Several years ago, my grandmother fell for a variation of the Publishers Clearing House scam. After she had sent the thieves a sum roughly equivalent to this heist, she told my dad, who alerted the police. From talking with them, the sentiment he got was that if they got any leads, they would follow them, but on their priority list, it wasn't very high up. I hope the best for this owner, but hopefully he's got insurance to cover this.
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What makes a modern card collector a moron?
It's the manufactured rarity unlike the totally natural rarity of, say, the 1933 Goudey Lajoie.
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Old 05-04-2021, 05:05 PM
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It's the manufactured rarity unlike the totally natural rarity of, say, the 1933 Goudey Lajoie.
lol

I see what you did there...
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Old 05-04-2021, 05:30 PM
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lol

I see what you did there...
Or 1933 Butter Cream Ruth or 1932 U.S. Caramel Lindstrom or Maple Crispette Stengel or.....

But, but this is different because shiny cards bad!
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It's the manufactured rarity unlike the totally natural rarity of, say, the 1933 Goudey Lajoie.
The Lajoie does have natural rarity. Goudey printed to demand and gave them away to everyone who requested one. Unlike today where card companies deliberately only print one of a card to make it a chase for gamblers.
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Old 05-04-2021, 08:34 PM
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The Lajoie does have natural rarity. Goudey printed to demand and gave them away to everyone who requested one. Unlike today where card companies deliberately only print one of a card to make it a chase for gamblers.
There were sets with manufactured scarcity back then though. Look at the R300 set for example
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How is it that total morons have so much money? And, how are there so many of them?
I know lots of people who would say that about men who collect 100 year old pieces of cardboard and willingly, even enthusiastically, fork over a king's ransom for said cardboard.
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The irony of grown men talking down to each other about their baseball card collecting habits.
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The irony of grown men talking down to each other about their baseball card collecting habits.
It would be weird if we all collected pictures of young athletic men in uniforms the same way.
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Kinda like playing a $50 scratcher. 1 in 300 might pay something over $50. 99% of the time you win next to nothing.
I have always enjoyed the fact that to win while gambling in any form, means that somebody else lost even more (to cover the expenses / profits / etc of the system which you are using to gamble).

Somebody pays for all the neon in Vegas...
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