V8 Beast Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) So Im in the basement and find a shoe box filled with old cards. It funny how times change. I have a bunch of losers in hard plastic cases and things like Brett Favres rookie card in the general population I also found a Barry Sanders and Emmit Smith rookie along with baseball cards from 1986. Maybe in 20 more years they will be worth a lot. Oh the memories :masturboy: Edited August 20, 2011 by V8 Beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I've got the entire 1990 set of topps baseball cards.. call of duty and halo has made that shit worth less than the cardboard papery stuff it's printed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I've got the entire 1990 set of topps baseball cards.. call of duty and halo has made that shit worth less than the cardboard papery stuff it's printed on. They will make a comeback someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01sentrase2.0 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 That is one thing that I haven't gone through yet from my parents basement. Binders and binders and boxes and boxes of baseball cards and a few football cards too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I have a Rick Nash card from when he was in the juniors. A lot isn't worth too much unless it was pre 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Give it 20-30 years and it will be all be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I still have all of my football cards. Some were worth $200+ back in the day. They need to be popular again soon so I can get rid of the bitches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 yeah i gotta lot of old baseball and especially football cards. one of them mark brunell game ball cars and they spelled brunell's name wrong. that shits gotta be worth something right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterSS Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 So Im in the basement and find a shoe box filled with old cards. It funny how times change. I have a bunch of losers in hard plastic cases and things like Brett Favres rookie card in the general population I also found a Barry Sanders and Emmit Smith rookie along with baseball cards from 1986. Maybe in 20 more years they will be worth a lot. Oh the memories :masturboy: funny you mention this, I was going through all my old football cards too, but I had my good cards in plastic sleeves, most of my stuff is from the mid-late 70's to late 90's I've got the entire 1990 set of topps baseball cards.. call of duty and halo has made that shit worth less than the cardboard papery stuff it's printed on. this ^^ and Ebay is what killed the market, well that and back when we were kids a pack of cards cost $0.50 and you got 10-12 cards per pack, cards today cost $3.00-5.00 a pack and you get 3-4 cards per pack. I watched my nephew buy a pack of cards and of the 3 cards 2 were the same card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLOWLX Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I've got a couple unopened packs from the 80s I dare someone to eat the Gum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Someday I'll go through all of mine. That was my life for a couple years around 86-87. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verse Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I still collect sports cards. I have a rather large and expensive Blue Jackets collection. Cards are still worth a lot today, as long as they aren't from 82-97ish. The years inbetween there don't have a lot of cards worth very much money, there are exceptions on some though. Vintage, pre 1970 still has a very big market and cards still have good value and the cards from the last decade still have good value. The problem with cards of this generation is they are expensive to buy. No longer can you go to the store and get a pack of cards for a dollar or two. There are packs of cards that range from $3.99 to $425.00 per pack, that's 5-8 cards. Just a couple of my favorite that I own so you get an idea. The 1/1 shields sell from, depending on player, $300 to $30,000. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/irockacorolla/Cards/PC/Kris%20Russell/206Russell1.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/irockacorolla/Cards/PC/Kris%20Russell/DSJRRussell1.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/irockacorolla/Cards/PC/Vintage/Hull6768.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patterson Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I still have Mgr and Player cards of Pete Rose. Sadly I doubt they're worth anything anymore. But mostly I collected Hockey cards from the late 80's til 94ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyFKINPowerz Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Brendon has like 4 big boxes full that were given to him. We started going through them and after about 2 days I said F it and put em all back in the boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I litterally have damn near 1 million cards. Anyone that knows me on here has seen my collection and its insane. I was lucky enough to have 2 uncles and my dad pass them down to me plus a neighbor guy when I was young gave me his entire collection. I used to collect but havent bought a pack of cards in forever. Funny this thread gets made because I have been going through my cards and putting them all in protective sheets. I would like to get back into collecting once my son is older so we have a hobby to do together. I remember being about 12 years old, maybe 13 when McGwire and Sosa were on their run with homeruns. I had over 200 rookie cards (still do) of them and at the time they were going for 100-500 a piece, my dad tried getting me to sell them but I was like "nah these will be worth so much in 20 years" boy was I wrong as they are now worth $1-$5 a piece lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger1647545502 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 The problem with 80s and 90s cards is simple supply and demand...when there are 20-25 MILLION copies of each card printed, they aren't exactly scarce. Even quote-unquote Limited Editions had runs of over a million. Then throw in run-away licensing, the '94 MLB strike, and the steroid scandals...when the baseball card market collapsed, all the others went too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickey4271647545519 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I have close to 500 cards. Mostly Reds cards. Have some neat cards, doubt they're worth much. I do know I have Barry Bonds rookie card and Roger Clemons rookie card. Outside of cards I have quite a bit of signed Reds memorabilia. My favorite piece I have, is Danny Graves warm up ball from his 35th save of the 2000 season, have it signed by him, also have his 2000 season card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyBuiltRacing Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Most of my cards are from the 60's and 70's due to my dad and uncles. I have some memorabila as well such as an autographed George Steinbrenner ball, Jim Abbott (pitcher with one arm) signed ball, Hockey stick signed by the bluejackets plus more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99BlownYellowGT Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 The problem with 80s and 90s cards is simple supply and demand...when there are 20-25 MILLION copies of each card printed, they aren't exactly scarce. Even quote-unquote Limited Editions had runs of over a million. Then throw in run-away licensing, the '94 MLB strike, and the steroid scandals...when the baseball card market collapsed, all the others went too. Not only that there were about 20 different companies jumping into the game. It made it impossible for somebody to collect certain teams,players,collections,etc. It was no longer fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterSS Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 The problem with 80s and 90s cards is simple supply and demand...when there are 20-25 MILLION copies of each card printed, they aren't exactly scarce. Even quote-unquote Limited Editions had runs of over a million. Then throw in run-away licensing, the '94 MLB strike, and the steroid scandals...when the baseball card market collapsed, all the others went too. the 90's ruined a lot with the over printing of everything not just sports cards but comic books too, those also took a HUGE nose dive, then came the internet, if you ever went to a card/comic show before the internet period certain cards/comics were rare and very hard to find, now with the internet here you can find anything anywhere, as stated above massive over prints, other company's getting into the market, its not fun anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black00ws6 Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 I have close to 30,000 cards from 88-92 when I collected. Have some old mantles,Maris,Ryan, etc too. Have a Jordan fleer rookie and quite a bit of autographs. Might sell somoe one day but for now, they are boxed up or the nice cards are in hard sleeves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Anyone with cards, save them for your kids.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 I have 3 of the store display cases for jordans rookie year. They are just as the came from the manufacturer and when opened, turn into the display itself and then the boxes inside stacked up, are opened and individual packs are sold from them. At one time they were guaranteeing at least 3 rookie cards in each display box. I will never open them to find out. Still have several thousand randoms. I collected every Bo Jackson card I could find. I really thought he was going to be the biggest thing since sliced bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FST94TSI Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 I still haven't seen an overall better athlete than Bo Jackson to this day. If he hadn't been injured I believe he would have been the most dominant football player of our time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterSS Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Anyone with cards, save them for your kids.... that's what I'm doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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