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Anyone still got some laying around? The market has absolutely exploded. Its a bubble. Rookie cards have gone up thousands of percent in value in the last year. Its insane. Its also insane the thousands and thousands of cards I got rid of way too cheap, but hindsight is meh
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I know 2 people who buy cards online, then send to an authenticator, who grades them and sends back.
Then the cards either go up or down in value, and they resell.
It's like gambling.
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yeah ill trade you a wade boggs rookie for a pack of bubble gum
but only a vintage slice inside a 1991 sealed fleer foil pack pack
just want the gum
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Like comic books I got rid of all my cards when I was a teenager. Had I kept them all I would be a very rich man.
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I know 2 people who buy cards online, then send to an authenticator, who grades them and sends back.
Then the cards either go up or down in value, and they resell.
It's like gambling.
ya ungraded cards arent worth selling. However PSA and Beckett the major graders are absolutely overrun. Looking at minimum one year to get cards back after submission for grading. The whole market is insane. Leaf Slab Mania boxes that have 7 cards total are 2500 bucks, even low level boxes that used to be 70 are now 200 and up.
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ya ungraded cards arent worth selling. However PSA and Beckett the major graders are absolutely overrun. Looking at minimum one year to get cards back after submission for grading. The whole market is insane. Leaf Slab Mania boxes that have 7 cards total are 2500 bucks, even low level boxes that used to be 70 are now 200 and up.
I didn't realize it had gotten to that level of backlog.
I do know when they "hit" on some, it was thousands in profit.
One guy was getting advice on soccer players from a buddy, and buying the cards, and was doing pretty well.
They don't tell me about the stinkers though, so I'm sure it balances out a bit.
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A Mickey Mantle baseball card has broken the record for the highest-selling sports card ever, PWCC Marketplace announced on Thursday.
The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which was rated a 9/10 by the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), sold for $5.2 million to actor and entrepreneur Rob Gough, ESPN reported.
a piece of cardboard for 5 mill. Unreal
Zion Williamson 1 of 1s were over 100k 3 months ago and have plummeted so the bubble is bursting
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this guys channel is the best for discussing the card market
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Ha, stopped collecting in '90 and still have them all. Hmmm.
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Ha, stopped collecting in '90 and still have them all. Hmmm.
you may be sitting on a fortune. As long as its pre 90s. The market got way oversaturated in the 90s and not much is worth anything unless you have a big name rookie or a special insert
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have all the 70's stars rookie cards hof brett,yount,molitor,boggs,fisk,ECT,,,wonder how much$$$
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have all the 70's stars rookie cards hof brett,yount,molitor,boggs,fisk,ECT,,,wonder how much$$$
it all comes down to grading, and you have to get them graded
a Brett rookie can range from 200 to 1000 depending on grade
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/1975-TOPPS-GEORGE-BRETT-228-ROOKIE-RC-HOF-PSA-8-NM-MT/184620156965?hash=item2afc380825:g:1wgAAOSwoYNf~2LG
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Curt Flood's monopoly man
So-called "Flood guy" Mike Hally shows off his extensive Curt Flood baseball card collection. Winni Wintermeyer
Aug 26, 2014
Mina Kimes
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BASEBALL CARD COLLECTING, like baseball itself, is a world governed by tidy metrics -- achievement, timing, scarcity. But every now and then, an aberration throws things into disarray. Rich Klein stumbled across one such glitch a few years ago when he heard a rumor about a card that was confounding hobbyists. Klein, a mortgage servicer who moonlights as a collector, looked up the card -- the 1964 Topps Curt Flood, a middling, widely produced issue -- and saw that it was inexplicably overpriced. "I did a little research and thought, 'This is fascinating,'" he says.
A low-quality copy of the '64 Flood goes for about $30 -- more than five times what it should, Klein estimates. A pristine copy costs upward of $1,000. Such prices defy logic; while the Cardinals' center fielder was an exceptional ballplayer -- Flood won the Gold Glove seven times -- he was no Mickey Mantle. Flood is best known for challenging baseball's reserve clause, spurring the creation of free agency.
A low-quality copy of this Curt Flood card sells for about $30, but higher-quality cards can go for more than $1,000. Winni Wintermeyer
The case of the '64 Flood has befuddled card hounds for years. A blogger who chronicled his pursuit of the entire '64 Topps set called it "one of the more perplexing cards" in the collection. Numerous message-board threads pondered the riddle. "This card was a pain," complained one collector. Others said they had heard a single buyer was gobbling up inventory. "Perhaps he's just absent-minded and forgets to cross that card off his want list," someone offered. Klein wrote about the '64 Flood for Sports Collectors Daily, noting that it had attained "mythical status."
Many fans build collections around a single player. Very few, though, have sought out multiple copies of a single card. Reggie Jackson is rumored to have tried to buy every copy of his own rookie card; one anonymous collector owns more than 300 of the 1,000 copies of Albert Pujols' 2001 Donruss Elite card. Cornering the market is not only difficult but also unlikely to be profitable; as soon as supply expands again, inflated prices typically plummet.
Chris Buckler, a dealer in Kentucky, says he's sold about 10 cards to the so-called Flood guy. He's met him at card shows, but he can't recall his name. "It's a weird hobby," he says. The message-board threads didn't reveal the collector's identity, but one commenter wrote that an eBay account belonging to Madcardbuyer seemed to be a locus of Flood-related activity. The user's avatar is a tiny photograph of two cats lounging inside a home office. His name, the site says, is Mike Hally.
A quick records search produces an address, then a number. When Hally picks up the phone, he chuckles. "You've found the guy," he says.
Hally, 59, is a retired engineer. He spent 25 years at Atari designing games like Star Wars. He's lived in California since 1969, when his family left tiny Centralia, Missouri. During the summer of '64, Hally, then 9 years old, played center field like his idol Flood. "He could do everything," says Hally, who smuggled his mom's transistor radio into school to listen to games. That fall, St. Louis won its first World Series in 18 years.
Decades later, while working at Atari, Hally started collecting cards. When he first saw the '64 Flood, memories washed over him. He was enchanted by the player's grave pose -- glove up, hand nestled inside. "He's just got that look of determination in his eyes," Hally says. He decided to purchase several copies of the card. Then he bought a few more. Eventually he had acquired so many '64 Floods that dealers started setting them aside for him. Today he owns some 4,000 copies, likely close to a quarter of the population. He keeps them in special boxes, stashing the most valuable mint-condition ones in a safe.
Hally admits that his hoarding has created "a nightmare in the hobby." He has seen the posts about the collector. "I thought, 'Oh yeah, that's me.'"
It's easy to understand why Hally loves Flood's card. It's less clear why he decided to buy all of them. He doesn't have a simple explanation. "Lots of people do things that some people think are weird," he says. He has no plans to sell. Instead, he's still chasing a dream that reminds him of his past while also pushing him forward. Every morning, he wakes up and checks to see if a new '64 Flood is for sale.
"I bought one yesterday," he says. "I'll probably buy one today."
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Curt Flood's monopoly man
So-called "Flood guy" Mike Hally shows off his extensive Curt Flood baseball card collection. Winni Wintermeyer
Aug 26, 2014
Mina Kimes
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This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's September 15 Renegades Issue. Subscribe today!
BASEBALL CARD COLLECTING, like baseball itself, is a world governed by tidy metrics -- achievement, timing, scarcity. But every now and then, an aberration throws things into disarray. Rich Klein stumbled across one such glitch a few years ago when he heard a rumor about a card that was confounding hobbyists. Klein, a mortgage servicer who moonlights as a collector, looked up the card -- the 1964 Topps Curt Flood, a middling, widely produced issue -- and saw that it was inexplicably overpriced. "I did a little research and thought, 'This is fascinating,'" he says.
A low-quality copy of the '64 Flood goes for about $30 -- more than five times what it should, Klein estimates. A pristine copy costs upward of $1,000. Such prices defy logic; while the Cardinals' center fielder was an exceptional ballplayer -- Flood won the Gold Glove seven times -- he was no Mickey Mantle. Flood is best known for challenging baseball's reserve clause, spurring the creation of free agency.
A low-quality copy of this Curt Flood card sells for about $30, but higher-quality cards can go for more than $1,000. Winni Wintermeyer
The case of the '64 Flood has befuddled card hounds for years. A blogger who chronicled his pursuit of the entire '64 Topps set called it "one of the more perplexing cards" in the collection. Numerous message-board threads pondered the riddle. "This card was a pain," complained one collector. Others said they had heard a single buyer was gobbling up inventory. "Perhaps he's just absent-minded and forgets to cross that card off his want list," someone offered. Klein wrote about the '64 Flood for Sports Collectors Daily, noting that it had attained "mythical status."
Many fans build collections around a single player. Very few, though, have sought out multiple copies of a single card. Reggie Jackson is rumored to have tried to buy every copy of his own rookie card; one anonymous collector owns more than 300 of the 1,000 copies of Albert Pujols' 2001 Donruss Elite card. Cornering the market is not only difficult but also unlikely to be profitable; as soon as supply expands again, inflated prices typically plummet.
Chris Buckler, a dealer in Kentucky, says he's sold about 10 cards to the so-called Flood guy. He's met him at card shows, but he can't recall his name. "It's a weird hobby," he says. The message-board threads didn't reveal the collector's identity, but one commenter wrote that an eBay account belonging to Madcardbuyer seemed to be a locus of Flood-related activity. The user's avatar is a tiny photograph of two cats lounging inside a home office. His name, the site says, is Mike Hally.
A quick records search produces an address, then a number. When Hally picks up the phone, he chuckles. "You've found the guy," he says.
Hally, 59, is a retired engineer. He spent 25 years at Atari designing games like Star Wars. He's lived in California since 1969, when his family left tiny Centralia, Missouri. During the summer of '64, Hally, then 9 years old, played center field like his idol Flood. "He could do everything," says Hally, who smuggled his mom's transistor radio into school to listen to games. That fall, St. Louis won its first World Series in 18 years.
Decades later, while working at Atari, Hally started collecting cards. When he first saw the '64 Flood, memories washed over him. He was enchanted by the player's grave pose -- glove up, hand nestled inside. "He's just got that look of determination in his eyes," Hally says. He decided to purchase several copies of the card. Then he bought a few more. Eventually he had acquired so many '64 Floods that dealers started setting them aside for him. Today he owns some 4,000 copies, likely close to a quarter of the population. He keeps them in special boxes, stashing the most valuable mint-condition ones in a safe.
Hally admits that his hoarding has created "a nightmare in the hobby." He has seen the posts about the collector. "I thought, 'Oh yeah, that's me.'"
It's easy to understand why Hally loves Flood's card. It's less clear why he decided to buy all of them. He doesn't have a simple explanation. "Lots of people do things that some people think are weird," he says. He has no plans to sell. Instead, he's still chasing a dream that reminds him of his past while also pushing him forward. Every morning, he wakes up and checks to see if a new '64 Flood is for sale.
"I bought one yesterday," he says. "I'll probably buy one today."
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http://baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/1993_Stadium_Club limited series of first day production high end cards.
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for those who like to watch paint dry.
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EBAY IS ALLOVER THE PLACE $$ WISE,i have ripken and rickey henderson rookies they are either so so or over the top prices.
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I used to be big into collecting. Used to sell some stuff as well.
Sold an Eli Manning autographed rookie card with a patch from his jersey for $325
Sold a Peyton Manning and Eli Manning dual autograph for $425.
There is one card I regret not holding on to.
It was an Aaron Rodgers autographed rookie.
I sold it for like $125 bucks back when he was still a backup to Favre. Ungraded, it is worth about $1,000 bucks.
Getting it graded would of added a ton of value to it as well.
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Collecting cards is also very expensive. To really have a chance of getting valuable cards these days, you have to buy hobby packs and boxes, not that crap they sell for $19.99 at Target or Wal-Mart.
A box of cards (the packs and amount of cards vary) can easily cost $100's of dollars.
It's basically like gambling and the stock market.
I should have waited to sell the Rodgers, and I sold the Eli cards when they were hot.
Best card I have now would probably be a Jamal Murray (NBA) autographed and jersey patch rookie card.
I believe it's only numbered to 25. Should of tried to sell it when he was going nuts in the playoffs this past season.
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I just payed my property taxes selling comic books on Ebay.
I have some insane comics that they will have to pry from my cold dead hands.
I could buy a nice new car if I sold them all.
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I know 2 people who buy cards online, then send to an authenticator, who grades them and sends back.
Then the cards either go up or down in value, and they resell.
It's like gambling.
They do the same thing with comic books.
I could have a comic with a higher grade than the same exact issue that you have,but if you pay 65 bucks to get it graded by CGC, even though I may list mine online for 70 bucks the cat with the graded one lists his for 500 dollars even though my book may be in better condition,and the idiots pay for it.
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I just payed my property taxes selling comic books on Ebay.
I have some insane comics that they will have to pry from my cold dead hands.
I could buy a nice new car if I sold them all.
What are some of your gems, Wes?
I have a few boxes of comics myself. Mostly Batman, some Wolverine and Blade.
Don't think any of mine are particularly valuable. Except for maybe a series I have of Batman (Dark Victory)
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They do the same thing with comic books.
I could have a comic with a higher grade than the same exact issue that you have,but if you pay 65 bucks to get it graded by CGC, even though I may list mine online for 70 bucks the cat with the graded one lists his for 500 dollars even though my book may be in better condition,and the idiots pay for it.
It's basically because collector's want a verified product.
I sold all my cards ungraded. However, I'm a stickler for the condition of my cards. I wouldn't sell something if it had a bent corner, scratches etc....
So I would tell them in the description, that the card was in great condition, and would grade high, if they chose to do so.
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What are some of your gems, Wes?
I have a few boxes of comics myself. Mostly Batman, some Wolverine and Blade.
Don't think any of mine are particularly valuable. Except for maybe a series I have of Batman (Dark Victory)
I have 99% Marvel comics from the Silver and Bronze ages..............60`s and 70`s............early to mid 80`s.
Every issue of the Avengers from # 1 to the mid 300`s.................some are reprints as I could never afford to buy some of the very early issues.............they go for HUGE money and I mean HUGE.
Have tons of old X-Men,Thor,Fantastic Four etc. etc.................all worth pretty big bucks.
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It's basically because collector's want a verified product.
I sold all my cards ungraded. However, I'm a stickler for the condition of my cards. I wouldn't sell something if it had a bent corner, scratches etc....
So I would tell them in the description, that the card was in great condition, and would grade high, if they chose to do so.
Yup,I hear ya` !!
The sad part is that I could be better at grading than the employee at the grading company.
Over the years,I got pretty good.
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I also had a chance to nab a Tom Brady auto rookie card for $400, from my local card shop (those things are going extinct, except for online)
Every time I went in there, I would see it under that glass case, and I would be tempted.
Sure as shit, that card goes for 4 or 5 grand all day long now.
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I used to have so many cards,I had sandy Koufax rookie,yogi Berra rookies,hank Aaron rookie,willie Mays rookie,mantles 54-57s,Michael Jordan rookie,Nolan Ryan rookie and all the 80s rookies then I sold them all many years ago.
I hate sports but loved cards and used to do card shows.
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I just payed my property taxes selling comic books on Ebay.
I have some insane comics that they will have to pry from my cold dead hands.
I could buy a nice new car if I sold them all.
see this is waht I dont get Why wouldnt you sell them and absolutely blow the money? What good are they to you dead?
I never hold. I may drop dead tomorrow and I dont want a single cent or asset left over--granted Im really good at not having money or assets :D
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grading is everything .
I've got comics that are selling for over $50000.
but without grading they are pretty much asswipe.
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grading is everything .
I've got comics that are selling for over $50000.
but without grading they are pretty much asswipe.
Not true. A comic (or a card) will still sell. You can add the coin business as well.
Sure, highly graded merchandise will always sell for the premium. But you have to ask yourself a few important questions:
What kind of shape is your $50,000 comic in?
You can easily get a hefty sum from a buyer, if you have a good selling record, and take clear photos of the product.
Trust me, there are buyers out there who will purchase an ungraded product (at a discount) to get it graded themselves, and flip it
Long story short, if you have a comic worth $50,000 dollars, you can still easily wipe your hands at 40k, ungraded.
But in the end, it's all about what someone else is willing to pay.
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Not true. A comic (or a card) will still sell. You can add the coin business as well.
Sure, highly graded merchandise will always sell for the premium. But you have to ask yourself a few important questions:
What kind of shape is your $50,000 comic in?
You can easily get a hefty sum from a buyer, if you have a good selling record, and take clear photos of the product.
Trust me, there are buyers out there who will purchase an ungraded product (at a discount) to get it graded themselves, and flip it
Long story short, if you have a comic worth $50,000 dollars, you can still easily wipe your hands at 40k, ungraded.
But in the end, it's all about what someone else is willing to pay.
here's three. have thousands.
and hockey cards
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here's three. have thousands.
and hockey cards
So what's the issue here? My point, is that you can still sell your stuff at a hefty price. Even ungraded. It's just not going to fetch the price of a 9.5 or a 10 grade item.
It's the way commerce works.
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So what's the issue here? My point, is that you can still sell your stuff at a hefty price. Even ungraded. It's just not going to fetch the price of a 9.5 or a 10 grade item.
It's the way commerce works.
i've had 'graders' say they can help me out.
when we meet they try to buy everything for a couple hundred dollars.
and that tales of suspense #39?? 9.5 grade has gone for over $100000 US
3.5 grade is worth about $1500
so i get what you mean when you say grading doesn't matter.
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i've had 'graders' say they can help me out.
when we meet they try to buy everything for a couple hundred dollars.
and that tales of suspense #39?? 9.5 grade has gone for over $100000 US
3.5 grade is worth about $1500
so i get what you mean when you say grading doesn't matter.
You should also get that there will always be people that will try to screw you over.
Know the value of your shit (realistically) and don't settle for anything less than what you are willing to part for.
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You should also get that there will always be people that will try to screw you over.
Know the value of your shit (realistically) and don't settle for anything less than what you are willing to part for.
yes . that's why i still have them
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I have a shitload of cards mainly from 1976-1984 but none are anywhere close to mint condition.
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I started collecting hockey cards in 1990-1991, being a fan of hockey/Wayne Gretzky, and because cards from my dad's childhood were worth so much.
This led to such an over-printing of sports cards [and comic books] that they aren't worth the binders and plastic sleeves they are stored in.
What's happening now is probably a bubble, as said - a bubble because COVID is taking things up to SEVEN WEEKS to ship domestically here in Socialist Canada. So I'm guessing this delivery trend is impacting prices. Also...casinos are closed here, so maybe other things being closed is causing growth in markets we can still access. Otherwise, I'm not sure why sports cards would be on the rise.
FYI, eBay made the price of comics decrease substantially. I would think, cards too.
Oh...and epic mentioned the Wade Boggs rookie card: I think in 1985, it came out that it was worth $1 million, with maybe 1-3 in total, found [possibly only one]. This led to people searching their closets for the card, and the price dropped to $25,000, LMAO.
As time goes on, and collectors die, and heirs who don't much care leave giant collections sitting in closets as a backup plan, or lost in bankruptcy estate sales, etc, cards will either get lost or disappear completely, and the price will rise.
I guess...buy stuff no one is collecting, and it may have value in the future? Buy the cards NOT hot right NOW, if you want to play the long game here.
No idea how these bubbles work. My friend who worked at one of the comic stores in town said there are these little bubbles you can make money off.
I'm going to plug Robert Stack Unsolved Mysteries from time to time...just so everyone knows. I'll try to keep it as on-topic as possible. Let me know if I get out of line, spamming videos or links.
This episode features a missing baseball memorabilia episode, and the rotund baseball memorabilia mogul who skipped town with the collection:
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I also had a chance to nab a Tom Brady auto rookie card for $400, from my local card shop (those things are going extinct, except for online)
Every time I went in there, I would see it under that glass case, and I would be tempted.
Sure as shit, that card goes for 4 or 5 grand all day long now.
That's the plan.
I'm thinking of opening my own comics and cards store here in Port Arthur, T. BAY:
Kool Kollectibles & Komics.
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That's the plan.
I'm thinking of opening my own comics and cards store here in Port Arthur, T. BAY:
Kool Kollectibles & Komics.
But aren't you retarded?
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the hot cards coming in the next year will be the Forumla 1 that have Shumacher and Hamilton rookie cards. F1 caters to a worldwide audience unlike the big 4 sports. Those rookies are ballpark 500 right now but will shoot up. Soccer is already catching the wave with some rookie soccer cards fetching 30 thousand
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But aren't you retarded?
here Matt let me
Matt has a viciously high iq and high level education
Also invested wisely in crypto and has more money than you and I will hope to see
not retarded but rather on the spectrum which, other than questionable social skills is actually an advantage iin many areas
taht about right Matt?
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the hot cards coming in the next year will be the Forumla 1 that have Shumacher and Hamilton rookie cards. F1 caters to a worldwide audience unlike the big 4 sports. Those rookies are ballpark 500 right now but will shoot up. Soccer is already catching the wave with some rookie soccer cards fetching 30 thousand
What is your favorite card of all time?
For me, it's the 1989 Upper Deck rookie card from Ken Griffey Jr.
Looking back, That is what sparked everything
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here Matt let me
Matt has a viciously high iq and high level education
Also invested wisely in crypto and has more money than you and I will hope to see
not retarded but rather on the spectrum which, other than questionable social skills is actually an advantage iin many areas
taht about right Matt?
Lol, yes. Thank you. Although on crypto, this current bubble is insane. I was all over EVERYWHERE telling EVERYONE to invest in Bitcoin at $180 per coin.
I don't even want to look at how expensive they are now - it just gives me anxiety for the entire bubble bursting.
I am comfortably set for life now, IF the economy holds up. Unlike way too many people, I take nothing for granted. The West is a walking corpse now, economically and demographically. And WTF does every White idiot think will happen when The West collapses, and every White country has a massive 40%+ non-White population leaching off our social services?
Canada imported 400,000 people in 2021 - during a global pandemic, and the greatest recession since The Great Depression.
The ONLY point is replacing White people. Once anyone figures that out, every political move makes sense - because everything is consistent with that agenda.
And yes, on your point about my IQ. I am autistic, not retarded. I have almost the same IQ as two retards.
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What is your favorite card of all time?
For me, it's the 1989 Upper Deck rookie card from Ken Griffey Jr.
Looking back, That is what sparked everyting
Mark Messier rookie card
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Mark Messier rookie card
That was legendary when the Rangers won the Cup. I dont even like hockey, but I respect the accomplishment.
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I must have ten boxes of comics, in storage. I got my first comic in May of 1990, at a friend's birthday.
Nothing in the 1990's would be worth anything though, would it? I'm assuming they are only worth the boards and bags they are stored in.
Oddly enough, Richie Rich comics digests went up in the past decade - because no one was collecting them.
So now that Trump is out of office, everyone has forgotten about COVID, despite it still being peak flu season in the Western hemisphere?
That makes sense. COVID wasn't a giant psy-op to get Trump out of office and replace him with a dementia candidate or anything.
And now Facebook is inviting me back, despite pledging my allegiance to Adolf Hitler in numerous posts? HAHAHAHA, how desperate will Big Tech get to get people back?
Dear Facebook: "It's not you, it's me. Thank you for conveniently banning me through the whole hyped pandemic though."
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But aren't you retarded?
No, but you believed COVID was real.
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I must have ten boxes of comics, in storage. I got my first comic in May of 1990, at a friend's birthday.
Nothing in the 1990's would be worth anything though, would it? I'm assuming they are only worth the boards and bags they are stored in.
Oddly enough, Richie Rich comics digests went up in the past decade - because no one was collecting them.
So now that Trump is out of office, everyone has forgotten about COVID, despite it still being peak flu season in the Western hemisphere?
That makes sense. COVID wasn't a giant psy-op to get Trump out of office and replace him with a dementia candidate or anything.
And now Facebook is inviting me back, despite pledging my allegiance to Adolf Hitler in numerous posts? HAHAHAHA, how desperate will Big Tech get to get people back?
Dear Facebook: "It's not you, it's me. Thank you for conveniently banning me through the whole hyped pandemic though."
haha Im banned too
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No, but you believed COVID was real.
You are diagnosed with a medical condition, from a doctor, correct?
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You are diagnosed with a medical condition, from a doctor, correct?
Psychologist.
Didn't you believe COVID was real?
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Psychologist.
Didn't you believe COVID was real?
You were diagnosed. Matt, I'm saying this as someone who cares about you....
Meltdown.
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I have 99% Marvel comics from the Silver and Bronze ages..............60`s and 70`s............early to mid 80`s.
Every issue of the Avengers from # 1 to the mid 300`s.................some are reprints as I could never afford to buy some of the very early issues.............they go for HUGE money and I mean HUGE.
Have tons of old X-Men,Thor,Fantastic Four etc. etc.................all worth pretty big bucks.
If they are in mint condition then you can make a shitload of cash! I had all of those you mentioned from the late 70's through mid 80's but never kept them in good condition and later threw them away.
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see this is waht I dont get Why wouldnt you sell them and absolutely blow the money? What good are they to you dead?
I never hold. I may drop dead tomorrow and I dont want a single cent or asset left over--granted Im really good at not having money or assets :D
I just cant part with them.
I sold off 2 collections on different occasions many years ago only to amass them once again..........you never get what they are worth.
If I got sick again and wasn`t gonna make it,I`d sell them and give the money to my wife.
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I must have ten boxes of comics, in storage. I got my first comic in May of 1990, at a friend's birthday.
Nothing in the 1990's would be worth anything though, would it? I'm assuming they are only worth the boards and bags they are stored in.
Oddly enough, Richie Rich comics digests went up in the past decade - because no one was collecting them.
So now that Trump is out of office, everyone has forgotten about COVID, despite it still being peak flu season in the Western hemisphere?
That makes sense. COVID wasn't a giant psy-op to get Trump out of office and replace him with a dementia candidate or anything.
And now Facebook is inviting me back, despite pledging my allegiance to Adolf Hitler in numerous posts? HAHAHAHA, how desperate will Big Tech get to get people back?
Dear Facebook: "It's not you, it's me. Thank you for conveniently banning me through the whole hyped pandemic though."
There are some comics that are considered "KEY" issues so some may be worth a bit depending on condition............... ..condition is everything.
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If they are in mint condition then you can make a shitload of cash! I had all of those you mentioned from the late 70's through mid 80's but never kept them in good condition and later threw them away.
No such thing as a MINT comic in the comic book world.......even if it`s right off the press.
Mine are in various stages of condition..........some great,some downright shabby cuz I`m a poor bastard LOL ;D
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here's three. have thousands.
and hockey cards
I`ve got that issue of J.I.M./Thor but nowhere near as nice.................... ....OK but not that nice.
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At least the most expensive card ever sold is a classic that has sold for huge amounts for decades. I couldn't believe when the Giannis rookie and Mike Trout rookie sold for millions!
The only even remotely valuable cards I have are a Griffey Rookie and a Shaq beam team rookie. Having the Griffey rookie made me a god as a kid! As it's Beckett value was the highest of any modern card at the time.
I haven't collected cards for decades, but I was a huge video game collector until recently. The same madness that exists in the card game has infected sealed video games as well. A sealed left bros (first print of Super Mario Bros 3) just sold for 150,000, and there are at *least* 5 other copies that I know of in other collectors hands. One of them being a higher grade than the one that sold. I personally own a opened but complete copy and didn't even think it was valuable at all until I saw that auction.
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I just heard Hank Aaron died.Anyone have that card
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There are some comics that are considered "KEY" issues so some may be worth a bit depending on condition............... ..condition is everything.
Interesting. I suspect the ones we were told to collect are not worth much - such as "The Death of Superman".
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currently displayed at the smithsonian institute valued at 'priceless'at this time.
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I have 99% Marvel comics from the Silver and Bronze ages..............60`s and 70`s............early to mid 80`s.
Every issue of the Avengers from # 1 to the mid 300`s.................some are reprints as I could never afford to buy some of the very early issues.............they go for HUGE money and I mean HUGE.
Have tons of old X-Men,Thor,Fantastic Four etc. etc.................all worth pretty big bucks.
Friend of mine had a large collection, some first editions.
He left them at home when he got married, his mum threw them out, he said now some of them would have been worth thousands.
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I still have a lot of Spider-Man and GI Joe comics.
Have quite a few others as well.
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Friend of mine had a large collection, some first editions.
He left them at home when he got married, his mum threw them out, he said now some of them would have been worth thousands.
I would have murdered her. LOL ;D
I started reading them around 1966 or 67 amassed quite a collection.........sold them,rebuilt my collection,sold them again now I`m ure I have all the comics that I had as a kid, but I ued to think "wow if I had kept thoe I`d be rich".
I`m pooer than poverty piss but I got me some great comics! :)
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I was removing some carpet from an old home and they had some old floor boards and underneath some baseball cards. Found a Mike Schmidt rookie card. Just googled it and it's $1200. Shit. Just a few years ago it was like $50.
I have an ARod rookie, a Gretzky card that has Luc Robataille stats on the back. It was some error print. I have a few. I have a Ken Griffey rookie, a Big Pappi rookie and a bunch more. I need to look through my collection. Shitty part is its in a storage locker burried under a shitload of stuff.
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great corners, strong edges, smooth surface---quality card. Would start myself on fire though before adding to my collection :-X
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heres this weeks hi roller vintage sales on ebay for you guys holding old cards
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great corners, strong edges, smooth surface---quality card. Would start myself on fire though before adding to my collection :-X
Great detail on the bunny hole.
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Great detail on the bunny hole.
gem mint bunny hole :D ;D
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I`ve got that issue of J.I.M./Thor but nowhere near as nice.................... ....OK but not that nice.
cool, not sure how i ended up with two copies?!
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cool, not sure how i ended up with two copies?!
Shit,two i better than one
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cool, not sure how i ended up with two copies?!
Hey Rik,check this out just reprinted that Journey Into Mystery issue you showed.
Check out the pic of the back cover:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thor-450-NM-9-4-Flip-Book-reprint-Journey-into-Mystery-87/164590832000?hash=item265260c980:g:55cAAOSwIWtf3grb
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Great detail on the bunny hole.
I have a PSA 8 pozzed tbunny and it is just not the same when the bunny hole is not super sharp looking on the card :-\ :'(
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Hey Rik,check this out just reprinted that Journey Into Mystery issue you showed.
Check out the pic of the back cover:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thor-450-NM-9-4-Flip-Book-reprint-Journey-into-Mystery-87/164590832000?hash=item265260c980:g:55cAAOSwIWtf3grb
weird. two books in one?
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The whole card/comic industry is a scam to induce people to create fake scarcity and cause people to overpay for common items and pay more for common items that are ‘rated’ or ‘certified’.
An original piece of art’s value is its scarcity. It’s a one of a kind. Some of these baseball cards like Ken Griffey Jr were printed millions of times. Who on earth believes that a common Griffey rookie is worth $1 on eBay but a GM10 rated is worth $10k?? It’s a total scam.
The rating industry thrives on making you pay $100 to have your $1 card ‘certified’ to induce you into thinking you can sell it for 10k.
As everyone here has said, as soon as you try to actually sell something, there’s no buyers. Only scammers trying to get your entire collection for pennies.
Collecting comics/card=Scam. Hard pass.
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The whole card/comic industry is a scam to induce people to create fake scarcity and cause people to overpay for common items and pay more for common items that are ‘rated’ or ‘certified’.
An original piece of art’s value is its scarcity. It’s a one of a kind. Some of these baseball cards like Ken Griffey Jr were printed millions of times. Who on earth believes that a common Griffey rookie is worth $1 on eBay but a GM10 rated is worth $10k?? It’s a total scam.
The rating industry thrives on making you pay $100 to have your $1 card ‘certified’ to induce you into thinking you can sell it for 10k.
As everyone here has said, as soon as you try to actually sell something, there’s no buyers. Only scammers trying to get your entire collection for pennies.
Collecting comics/card=Scam. Hard pass.
They got smart with cards years ago, by basically equating with your artwork explanation.
Many of the top cards of the past 15-20 years are usually serial numbered. There are actually 1/1 cards that exist these days. Those are usually the holy grail of card collections. Imagine getting a Michael Jordan, or a Tom Brady 1 of 1?
Those are the cards that usually sell for huge money. The Eli manning rookie card that I sold for $325 dollars was numbered to only 25. The Peyton and Eli dual auto was numbered only to 50.
These aren't your daddies cards anymore. They give you autographs, pieces of game-worn jerseys, serial number many of them to prove scarcity, 1/1 printing plates etc...
So yes, you can actually get a card these days that is a one of a kind
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I agree with Shizzo here.
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Honus wanker was worth 10 million
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Like I mentioned earlier,I could possibly be better at grading a comic than the employee who is grading yours that works at CGC for 65 bucks or more.
Of course the graded one has the potential to fetch thousands depending of course on what it is, while mine, though in better condition but ungraded, gets purchased for a fraction of what it`s actually worth.
Fucking scam is right.
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weird. two books in one?
Yeah,something new......they call it a flip book.
It`s a new one on me.
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I know 2 people who buy cards online, then send to an authenticator, who grades them and sends back.
Then the cards either go up or down in value, and they resell.
It's like gambling.
All collectables are like gambling...
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Shit is worth what people will pay for it.
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Cards have gone up thousands of percent over the last year. Its now being reported that this is now a method of laundering money. Im not too sure of details, but by the sounds of it someone buys a card at a card show for cash, then sells it on ebay, rarely losing money on the sale, and in comes the clean cash
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Cards have gone up thousands of percent over the last year. Its now being reported that this is now a method of laundering money. Im not too sure of details, but by the sounds of it someone buys a card at a card show for cash, then sells it on ebay, rarely losing money on the sale, and in comes the clean cash
Isn't that a normal business? Like I said (and others) it's both gambling and the stock market. The whole point for many people is buying a card to sell for profit down the line. How is that money laundering? You buy something legally, and sell it for a profit somewhere else.
That's what the top end of every hobby does these days.
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Isn't that a normal business? Like I said (and others) it's both gambling and the stock market. The whole point for many people is buying a card to sell for profit down the line. How is that money laundering? You buy something legally, and sell it for a profit somewhere else.
That's what the top end of every hobby does these days.
I dont think you quite understand how money laundering works
But hey I know you'll think you do cause you've called me dumb multiple times...so let's hear your version
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I dont think you quite understand how money laundering works
But hey I know you'll think you do cause you've called me dumb multiple times...so let's hear your version
Im just going by what you said in your post. I know that real money laundering comes from fake businesses, and fraudulent bankers, who are willing to participate.
I watched Wolf of Wall Street, and Scarface.
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My cousin had cards worth thousands of dollars and his house burnt to the ground a few years ago. He was completely devastated. Lesson learned i guess for him.
I was never into collecting cards, i collected comic books that were rare when i was a kid and still have a few. Nothing worth that much, but in 20-30 years i bet.
I have several autographed baseballs, footballs, jerseys, bats, etc. I can't remember all of them, but off the top of my head, Barry Sanders, OJ Simpson, Earl Campbell, Ken Griffey jr, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Nolan Ryan, Jose Conseco, JJ Watt, Tom Brady, Warren Moon, etc. I have several more that i don't remember. They are all in a climate controlled storage unit. No idea what they are worth.
One of my uncles worked in merchandise marketing throughout the 80's up to the 10's. He gave me all these over the past 20 years because he doesn't have any sons. He still has hundreds in his collection.
At one point i had 3 Roger Clemens signed baseballs, but they aren't worth too much so i have given them away.
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I saw a comic book yesterday on Ebay............"Near Mint Condition".....$12.99............same book similar condition but graded a 9.3 by CGC................guy was asking $699.99 for it.
I just put my head in my hands and sighed.
If there is an idiot that exists out there that would pay that, I`d shoot him in the face if I knew him....................T WICE.
I see that type of shit all the time on Ebay
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I saw a comic book yesterday on Ebay............"Near Mint Condition".....$12.99............same book similar condition but graded a 9.3 by CGC................guy was asking $699.99 for it.
I just put my head in my hands and sighed.
If there is an idiot that exists out there that would pay that, I`d shoot him in the face if I knew him....................T WICE.
I see that type of shit all the time on Ebay
Yes! Now you get it. In an auction setting, some people will pay outrageous prices, just because they have the money, and want the item.
Auction. It's the ultimate piss match.
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Yes! Now you get it. In an auction setting, some people will pay outrageous prices, just because they have the money, and want the item.
Auction. It's the ultimate piss match.
Anyone that would pay that would be nuts or extremely rich.......... and nuts.
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I saw a comic book yesterday on Ebay............"Near Mint Condition".....$12.99............same book similar condition but graded a 9.3 by CGC................guy was asking $699.99 for it.
I just put my head in my hands and sighed.
If there is an idiot that exists out there that would pay that, I`d shoot him in the face if I knew him....................T WICE.
I see that type of shit all the time on Ebay
for proper perspective click the sold square on the left side of ebay. Anyone can ask anything they want, the sold items are the true numbers.
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for proper perspective click the sold square on the left side of ebay. Anyone can ask anything they want, the sold items are the true numbers.
I agree, but sometimes it doesn't matter. Set a Buy It Now price, that is already at a profit, then let the auction begin.
Either someone will pick your Buy it now (For a profit) or there will be a battle between sellers, at the buzzer.
It's like a Mecum auction show.
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for proper perspective click the sold square on the left side of ebay. Anyone can ask anything they want, the sold items are the true numbers.
I hear ya` !
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I agree, but sometimes it doesn't matter. Set a Buy It Now price, that is already at a profit, then let the auction begin.
Either someone will pick your Buy it now (For a profit) or there will be a battle between sellers, at the buzzer.
It's like a Mecum auction show.
yes, youre the expert, at literally everything
Im dumb remember?
I mean geez, what is this ebay thing? Dumb people dont know how to use it
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yes, youre the expert, at literally everything
Im dumb remember?
I mean geez, what is this ebay thing? Dumb people dont know how to use it
I said I agreed.
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I said I agreed.
Im too dumb to understand
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Not a baseball fan, but back in 1988 an old friend of mine gifted me a 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan Rookie Card.
Not really appreciating the value behind it, as I was never a fan of the sport, I gifted it to the son of a close friend who was into the Yankees. The kid was 10 years old when I gave him the card. A few years back, I heard he managed to sell it for over $20,000.
Amazing how much value those cards tend to accrue.
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Not a baseball fan, but back in 1988 an old friend of mine gifted me a 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan Rookie Card.
Not really appreciating the value behind it, as I was never a fan of the sport, I gifted it to the son of a close friend who was into the Yankees. The kid was 10 years old when I gave him the card. A few years back, I heard he managed to sell it for over $20,000.
Amazing how much value those cards tend to accrue.
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graded 10 may pull 100 thousand now,...Ive seen a few 9s go for 40k or so lately
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graded 10 may pull 100 thousand now,...Ive seen a few 9s go for 40k or so lately
I am not sure about the grading aspect of it, I really have no idea about that stuff. But years back when he sold it, he said it would probably go up in value after another 5 years or so. It wasn't in perfect shape, but no obvious tears or hard creases. I also gifted it to him in a clear plastic container.
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I have a few boxes of the 1993 IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Trading Cards! Woo Hoo!
That, and a big box of cards from the 70's and 80's, Rookie Cards, Basketball Cards, Baseball Cards. One day, maybe this weekend now, will go over them with my son and see what we got there, but I know there are some very good cards.
Trading Cards, and other types of items are valuable when others want them in terms of value. Hence, magazines, and many other items. Now, you guys got me interesting in seeing what I have in those boxes besides sports cards.
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I have a few boxes of the 1993 IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Trading Cards! Woo Hoo!
That, and a big box of cards from the 70's and 80's, Rookie Cards, Basketball Cards, Baseball Cards. One day, maybe this weekend now, will go over them with my son and see what we got there, but I know there are some very good cards.
Trading Cards, and other types of items are valuable when others want them in terms of value. Hence, magazines, and many other items. Now, you guys got me interesting in seeing what I have in those boxes besides sports cards.
you should probably mail the cards to me Ron,....for safe handling and you know,...things like that ::) ::) :D
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;D
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/25-PRO-BODYBUILDERS-1993-STAR-Cards-Bodybuilding-Duffy-Labrada-Ichinose/264675635803?hash=item3d9fe5b25b:g:8ukAAOSweR1ebV-x how much is a dorian yates rookie card worth ?
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the ever popular porn star cards