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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Bruce Babcock
Here are two pages from the Card Collectors Company price list for March 1, 1965. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Mike P.
Even with inflation those are still good prices. The Mantle today would cost just over $6 and the Wagner would set you back about $1550. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: petecld
I recently won a few old copies of "The Trader Speks" and the one thing that surprised me was that asking prices for HoFers and common players from the same set were either the same price or very close to each other. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Dave Yoken
Hey Mike, |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: TimJ
Ohh yea,The Card Collectors Company.I remember looking at their cataloge and dreaming about the cards I could buy.I got a mint condition '55 Koufax cheap! How about the '52-Topps 311-407 at $1 a piece !The only bummer was when you would place an order and it would come back as"Out of Stock". |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Robert
I want to place an order who do I call |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: TimJ
I did a search and they aren't out there anymore.Where is the time machine when you need it? !! |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Mike P.
...is what I used. The GDP deflator would have the Mantle at $5 and the Wagner at roughly $1200. I'm not sure on which is more accurate. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Dave Yoken
For what it's worth, the GDP deflator is a broader index of what we call the "market basket" of goods and services - i.e. a broader sampling of prices for things that are not just for consumers, but for the government, private enterprise, etc., thus it is a more accurate index than the CPI, which just measures prices specific to household consumers. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: pete
I hear ya Dave. My first t206 which I bought at a national as a kid was a white cap mathewson for $2. I wish I was more into vintage stuff than 77 pinella burger king cards and reggie jacksin rookies! |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Josh K.
Amen to that - when I was a kid, I was too busy accumulating cal ripken jr. and steve sax rookie cards. I didnt even know they made cards before the 1950's. I lived right down the street from the house of cards and all I ever remember them carrying was cards from the early to mid fifties and newer. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: warshawlaw
I was living in NYC at the time and it was big news there. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Bob Marquette
I'd sure like to buy that Topps All American FB set from '55 for $7 or a complete run of Topps cards from 1956 to 1964 for $63.25! I wonder what condition those cards were in back then. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: warshawlaw
judging from what I received, they were vending box-fresh. I could cry over some of those hockey cards... |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Paul
My recollection of the fire is different. They put out a catalog in which fire damaged cards were half price. As a kid, I was so cheap that I decided to spend 10 cents each for my 1962 Topps Ford and Berra cards, instead of 20 cents. Same for my Seaver rookie. And I believe I paid $2 for my 65 Mantle, instead of the regular price of $4. Most of the cards were just warped irregularly from water damage, but some had smoke stains. For some reason, the smoke seemed to effect the back more than the front. I believe the Mantle was the worst. |
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When it was a hobby . . .
Posted By: Hoytdunk
I wanted cards for my birthday present in 1974 (I think that was the year) and my parents decided a week before my birthday to let me place an order the CCC. I waited and waited, but cards from CCC. |
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