Is this the card? If so, it sold for $19.99.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nolan-Ryan-1991...ZViewItemQQptZUS_Baseball?hash=item563b06c6c7
http://puckettspond.com/2015/02/08/baseball-cards-dying-breed/
[h=1]Are Baseball Cards A Dying Breed?[/h] by Ted Schwerzler
I haven’t had a baseball card collection since I was in my early teens. After going through thousands of packs and putting them into a binder by team, I had created a pretty comprehensive collection. Then, one day it all seemed to end. I wondered why I cared, was I hoping some sort of monetary value would come out of this collection? I surely didn’t find myself perusing the players or cardboard works of art all that often. Eventually, that led to my entire collection meeting its doom at a garage sale.
So why now? And who else still finds value?
While on vacation, I sought out a pack of the new 2015 Topps Series One cards. Knowing that the Twins have a handful of fresh new faces, it seemed fulfilling to check out some of their new baseball cards. My search led me to a collector’s store. Instead of being focused solely around sports or even baseball, I found myself inside of a toy collectors store. The walls were flanked with everything from retro games to LiteBrite’s. Then, behind the register, a couple dozen or so boxes of baseball cards made their home.
Spending just under $20 for 57 cards, I found myself content with my purchase. I hopped back in the card, and headed back to my hotel room. Upon sitting down and opening the packs, I wondered what sort of nostalgia would come rushing back. Would tearing each pack open fulfill the gap in the offseason that baseball had left me? Would I have a strong desire to purchase more? What would come of this little adventure.
So then it began. I carefully opened each pack, and perused through the cards. For the most part, their appearance was the same. Some had a foil background, and a few had different milestone or legend players being honored. At the end however, I couldn’t help but feel like “what’s next.” I gathered my cards in a pile, tweeted a picture of the Twins players, and moved on.
I don’t think I’ll be compiling a new binder any time soon, and I’m not sure if the fulfillment was enough to warrant a second purchase. I briefly considered putting the cards on eBay as to get some return of my original investment back, but then assumed the feeling for my cards would be the same that I had just experienced on my own. Really, it brought the thought of where exactly do baseball cards stand today.
Now I ask you, do baseball cards really have a place in today’s market? What is the point of collecting a handful of players artistically displayed? Are they designed and geared more towards children? Would you really shell out a handful of cash for that one player, or even the relatively steep amount for the pack with unknown contents inside? Where do baseball cards stand for you, and why? Let us know!
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[h=1]Are Baseball Cards A Dying Breed?[/h] by Ted Schwerzler
I haven’t had a baseball card collection since I was in my early teens. After going through thousands of packs and putting them into a binder by team, I had created a pretty comprehensive collection. Then, one day it all seemed to end. I wondered why I cared, was I hoping some sort of monetary value would come out of this collection? I surely didn’t find myself perusing the players or cardboard works of art all that often. Eventually, that led to my entire collection meeting its doom at a garage sale.
So why now? And who else still finds value?
While on vacation, I sought out a pack of the new 2015 Topps Series One cards. Knowing that the Twins have a handful of fresh new faces, it seemed fulfilling to check out some of their new baseball cards. My search led me to a collector’s store. Instead of being focused solely around sports or even baseball, I found myself inside of a toy collectors store. The walls were flanked with everything from retro games to LiteBrite’s. Then, behind the register, a couple dozen or so boxes of baseball cards made their home.
Spending just under $20 for 57 cards, I found myself content with my purchase. I hopped back in the card, and headed back to my hotel room. Upon sitting down and opening the packs, I wondered what sort of nostalgia would come rushing back. Would tearing each pack open fulfill the gap in the offseason that baseball had left me? Would I have a strong desire to purchase more? What would come of this little adventure.
So then it began. I carefully opened each pack, and perused through the cards. For the most part, their appearance was the same. Some had a foil background, and a few had different milestone or legend players being honored. At the end however, I couldn’t help but feel like “what’s next.” I gathered my cards in a pile, tweeted a picture of the Twins players, and moved on.
I don’t think I’ll be compiling a new binder any time soon, and I’m not sure if the fulfillment was enough to warrant a second purchase. I briefly considered putting the cards on eBay as to get some return of my original investment back, but then assumed the feeling for my cards would be the same that I had just experienced on my own. Really, it brought the thought of where exactly do baseball cards stand today.
Now I ask you, do baseball cards really have a place in today’s market? What is the point of collecting a handful of players artistically displayed? Are they designed and geared more towards children? Would you really shell out a handful of cash for that one player, or even the relatively steep amount for the pack with unknown contents inside? Where do baseball cards stand for you, and why? Let us know!
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I collected Redskins cards for about 10 years. Have about 30k of them. Collecting new age shit is basically worthless (well it costs a shit load, but you never get any where). All the 1 of 1s, the thousands of game used, autos, etc. There's still a huge market for vintage and quality new age stuff.
These days now that I'm not a kid, it's more about the premium stuff (vintage PSA graded cards and higher end autos) and shit is still too expensive. Like I want a Joe Theismann PSA 10 RC and one sold for $2900 and one is listed for $4700 right now. I have the PSA 10 Art Monk 81 topps, PSA 10 Darrell Green 84 topps. So if you wanted a truly legit high end collection of just the Redskins, you can easily spend $50k and still not even make that big of a dent. There's still real demand out there.
And opening packs these days is absolutely worthless. You have a better chance at winning the lottery than making any money busting packs. I paid like $600 for 3 packs of this premium product. Got maybe $80 in return. It's that bad. When you pay $200+ for a pack and get stuck with a Bilal Powell auto, you are screwed. Those are the last packs I've bought. Now it is just collecting vintage Redskins and Robert Griffin RC cards (the actual rc cards, not the 1000s of parallels and inserts).
I still think it's a fun hobby. But I hate the buy it now and offer crap on ebay. I miss the old school auction style that really determined the demand. People still want 2012 RGIII prices!! Come on now, don't be crazy.
These days now that I'm not a kid, it's more about the premium stuff (vintage PSA graded cards and higher end autos) and shit is still too expensive. Like I want a Joe Theismann PSA 10 RC and one sold for $2900 and one is listed for $4700 right now. I have the PSA 10 Art Monk 81 topps, PSA 10 Darrell Green 84 topps. So if you wanted a truly legit high end collection of just the Redskins, you can easily spend $50k and still not even make that big of a dent. There's still real demand out there.
And opening packs these days is absolutely worthless. You have a better chance at winning the lottery than making any money busting packs. I paid like $600 for 3 packs of this premium product. Got maybe $80 in return. It's that bad. When you pay $200+ for a pack and get stuck with a Bilal Powell auto, you are screwed. Those are the last packs I've bought. Now it is just collecting vintage Redskins and Robert Griffin RC cards (the actual rc cards, not the 1000s of parallels and inserts).
I still think it's a fun hobby. But I hate the buy it now and offer crap on ebay. I miss the old school auction style that really determined the demand. People still want 2012 RGIII prices!! Come on now, don't be crazy.
I will always remember collecting the 75 reds. Got them all. Last guyi needed was joe Morgan. Took me a month to finally get him. My mom would always take me down the road to a little candy store to buy me and my brother cards. I was 10 that summer. Good ole days. I will always cherish that set still have them in mint condition.
I remember that 1985 rookie set looked so promising back in the day.
All those future HOFers in that Set.
Mark McGwire, Doc Gooden, Roger Cleamons.oops
Worst investment I ever made was 91 or 92.
I was in high school and I made 250 a week max.
I saved up months and months of pay and bought 1000 Todd Van Poppel Score rookie cards. It cost me almost 5 grand.
Those 1000 cards aren't worth 5 cents combined now.
I remember when I first bought them a had visions of selling them for $100 each to make me a cool 100k in 2 or 3 years on a 5k investment.
I followed every single pitch he threw when he first came up thinking that each K would make my investment go up.
I still have those cards and looked at them the other day.
I have absolutely nothing of value in my entire collection other then a BGS 9.5 Barry Bonds 1987 opening day card that was worth about 2k last I checked.
Probably not worth that now.
All those future HOFers in that Set.
Mark McGwire, Doc Gooden, Roger Cleamons.oops
Worst investment I ever made was 91 or 92.
I was in high school and I made 250 a week max.
I saved up months and months of pay and bought 1000 Todd Van Poppel Score rookie cards. It cost me almost 5 grand.
Those 1000 cards aren't worth 5 cents combined now.
I remember when I first bought them a had visions of selling them for $100 each to make me a cool 100k in 2 or 3 years on a 5k investment.
I followed every single pitch he threw when he first came up thinking that each K would make my investment go up.
I still have those cards and looked at them the other day.
I have absolutely nothing of value in my entire collection other then a BGS 9.5 Barry Bonds 1987 opening day card that was worth about 2k last I checked.
Probably not worth that now.
