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I collected baseball card in late 1980s and early 1990s. I remember that it was hard keeping baseball card with black borders in a good condition. Think 1986 Topps, 1992 Pinnacle, and 1971 Topps. Did you think those cards were hard to keep in good condition as compared to most cards??

Don't worry about the players below. I'm using cards as example for anyone who may not know what a 1971 Topps, 1992 Pinnacle, 1987 Donruss, and a 1986 Topps look like.

1986 Topps Traded Barry Bonds rookie BGS 8.5 with completed traded set | eBay

Manny Ramirez 1992 Pinnacle RC #295 | eBay

1971 topps #26 BERT BLYLEVEN twins rc rookie BGS BCCG 8 | eBay

2001 Donruss 1987 MARK MCGWIRE Rated Rookie Reprint SP 71/87 | eBay
 
I never understood this fascination with baseball card collection :dunno2:
 
I never noticed that. As long as I kept the dog away most of mine held up. I have ton's of 71's
 
TXgolfer said:
I never noticed that. As long as I kept the dog away most of mine held up. I have ton's of 71's
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Good to know. I think the 1971s hold value the best of all I mentioned. It seems like the older the cards are, the better value they holds. I'm pretty sure that goes for most vintage and antique stuffs.
 
I think that's mostly because earlier cards were not overproduced. Newer cards are overproduced and when there's too much of something, it isn't as valuable.

I have some 70's and 80's cards that someone gave me and some early 90's cards. I should probably try to sell them.
 
dereksbicycles said:
Good to know. I think the 1971s hold value the best of all I mentioned. It seems like the older the cards are, the better value they holds. I'm pretty sure that goes for most vintage and antique stuffs.
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Yeah, several reasons. One is what DB said. Also in the 80s people really started seeing the value in collecting... so cards didn't go to waste. In the 70s and before the goal was to get one full set each year. You would save your multiples for trading and then after a while those multiples would end up taped to the spokes of your bicycle (made it sound like a motorcycle) so, much of the 70s cards were destroyed. I even used Yankees and Dodgers cards as BB gun targets. :lol: There no telling how many 1,000s of cards I destroyed
 
Jiro said:
I never understood this fascination with baseball card collection :dunno2:
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They are a part of history and it is neat to be in ownership of them. I have a 70s baseball card of my uncle when he was playing for the Phillies. :)
 
I used to collect baseball, football, and basketball cards when I was young. Most of the cards were from 1988 to 1991.

My most valuable card became my most worthless card... the Bo Jackson football/baseball card. :(
 
VamPyroX said:
I used to collect baseball, football, and basketball cards when I was young. Most of the cards were from 1988 to 1991.

My most valuable card became my most worthless card... the Bo Jackson football/baseball card. :(
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Why did it become the worthless one?
 
shel90 said:
Why did it become the worthless one?
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He was a famous baseball and football player because he played two sports. He injured himself during a football game and his career went downhill. A player's card is as good as his career. If a player ends his career while on top, the card will remain valuable and increase in value. If a player ends his career with a mistake or going downhill, then the card's value will go down.
 
I used to be envy of my friends. I had a lot of 1992 Bowman and 1990 Leaf cards. They were $$$ in early 1990s. Now, I would be lucky if I can get anything for them.

I used to have a lot of 1988 Topps card team sets. I was excited, then saw that no one would want team sets so I threw away the common cards :(.

I sold a 1969 Nolan Ryan card earlier this year. I figured that they don't make good investment. I would rather have $$ for other investments.
 
Jiro said:
I never understood this fascination with baseball card collection :dunno2:
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Of course not, you not a sports fan. We are die hard sports fans b/c we crazy about sports.

DeafBadger said:
I think that's mostly because earlier cards were not overproduced. Newer cards are overproduced and when there's too much of something, it isn't as valuable.

I have some 70's and 80's cards that someone gave me and some early 90's cards. I should probably try to sell them.
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Late 80s to mid 90s were most overproduced,ever. You could buy them at gas stations, not today.

I collect all three sports cards, baseball,basketball,football. Michael Jordan big collector,here. :)

I truly dislike autographed cards as well jersey cards. They're just ugly.
 
I still collect hockey cards and do once in a while buy some baseball cards.. am working on trying to get some good complete sets for hockey, baseball and etc.. ahh lots of work but worth it to enjoy somehow..
 
I dont know where the 1975 thru 1978 baseball cards went. they were probably dumped. :(
 
I have a familiy friend who was crazy enough to buy the Nolan Ryan rookie card. :crazy:

I also remember reading an article in a newspaper years ago about a lawsuit between a sports card store owner and a little boy. Apparently, the little boy was at the store with his mom and he saw a Nolan Ryan rookie card for sale. The price tag was $2500. I think it was an employee (not the owner) that thought the tag was $25.00 and not $2,500 and let the boy have it for $25. When the owner found out later, he tried to take the boy to court to make him pay the full $2,500... but the boy won and got to keep the card for $25. :)
 
VamPyroX said:
I have a familiy friend who was crazy enough to buy the Nolan Ryan rookie card. :crazy:

I also remember reading an article in a newspaper years ago about a lawsuit between a sports card store owner and a little boy. Apparently, the little boy was at the store with his mom and he saw a Nolan Ryan rookie card for sale. The price tag was $2500. I think it was an employee (not the owner) that thought the tag was $25.00 and not $2,500 and let the boy have it for $25. When the owner found out later, he tried to take the boy to court to make him pay the full $2,500... but the boy won and got to keep the card for $25. :)
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I remember that story now. I never heard the end of it. I would be interested in googling up that story and finding out what happened.
 
Jiro said:
I never understood this fascination with baseball card collection :dunno2:
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It has a lot to do with American Culture and History, as well as Nostalgia. I collected baseball cards when I was a kid. They used to come in a bubble gum package. I also collected glass coke bottles and took them to the convenience store for a refund so I could buy comic books and baseball cards.
 
Steinhauer said:
It has a lot to do with American Culture and History, as well as Nostalgia. I collected baseball cards when I was a kid. They used to come in a bubble gum package. I also collected glass coke bottles and took them to the convenience store for a refund so I could buy comic books and baseball cards.
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I bought alot of my cards with bottles. I lived a block away from a large bayou and people were always throwing their bottles in there. SCORE!!!
 
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