Baseball Cards

[MadJack]

I guess now is the time to buy that 84 Donruss set that I wanted as a kid.

Who's in that set? I think I remember the 86 Donruss being the more expensive set at the time but I don't remember who's in there either. Maybe McGriff but must be more names included.

 

[MadJack]

Who's in that set? I think I remember the 86 Donruss being the more expensive set at the time but I don't remember who's in there either. Maybe McGriff but must be more names included.

DUH! Bonds, Clark, Bo Jackson :0008

 

[Old School]

Yep, between $200-$300, him and Yount both.

I went after complete sets and top rookies.

Just checked Ripken rookie that was around $90-$120. Looks like he can be had for $5-$10.

:facepalm:

tells one all they need to know about the card collecting hobby..


and not a snowballs chance in hell of card collecting ever seeing that popularity again..

Todays and future youth have no interest in nostalgia..

"What can you do for me right now,not 10 minutes from now,RIGHT NOW."

 

[Old School]

1%er check Craigslist as well.

here is an Ad today ..

Ive got monster boxes of baseball cards 4000 to 5000 cards per box. Alot of stars. Im selling boxes for $10 to $20

 

[BuckwheatJWN]

I just gave a friend of mine a George Brett rookie to give to his 12 yr old daughter who is a softball pitcher. She never heard of him. not unexpected but her dad and he were born in the same town. :142smilie :142smilie I thought he would have told her that.
I figured you'd see a lot gamblers/former collectors on here. I know when I went to card shows in the fall in the 90's, everyone was checking scores or calling their bookies.
Make a list and post it on here. We'd probably be glad to ship cards to you for a little over the postage. :0008

 

[Trampled Underfoot]

Who's in that set? I think I remember the 86 Donruss being the more expensive set at the time but I don't remember who's in there either. Maybe McGriff but must be more names included.

I'm pretty sure the 84 set was always a lot more. It had the Mattingly and Strawberry rookies. Plus that set was pretty rare. The 86 had Canseco in it.

 

[1%er]

First place , and I hate to say this but it's a bad investment. I can't believe one of the others haven't told you this. Too many reasons to explain. Off the top of my head, one is that this generation won't look up to athletes or nostalgia as we do. They are growing up in a throwaway, 15 minutes of fame society.
But if you are going to go through with it, I'll offer a couple tips.
1. Include Roberto Clemente. Not sure if he still is, but when I actively collected, Mantle and he were the top 2. Besides by the time your son is older, we'll be 50% Latin americans.
2. Always get the best conditioned card possible. that way when you go to sell you are only dickering on price.
3. Look at as a hobby first, not an investment.
4. Like most things, read as much as you possibly can on the subject and with an open mind. A guy named Al Rosen "Mr Mint but out a couple good books years ago, but even they are outdated. I remember one piece of advice was to buy RICKEY HENDERSON rookies. Arguably one of the greatest players ever. Rookie card at one time $150. Now about $20 and not selling

I don't mean to mean to be the bearer of bad news, but I got a house full of cards and have not bought anything new since the mid 90's basically. It pains me now to go thru price guides and see how much they dropped in price. Even the "studs" of the day. Ripken, Ryan, Griffey, Bird, Magic, Jordan, Shaq and football forget it.

Presently I'm trying to get a collection of Clemente's which are in near mint condition (Grade 7). I'm doing it because he was my favorite growing up, not because in 20 years I'll double my money. Good luck

Thanks Appreciate the input. Totally understand and again more looking for a collection to pass onto my son and if it make money great. I'm sitting on about 12 boxes of comic books. About 6 years ago I took it to a shop to get a value, the guy laughed at me and said I was probably the 100th person to come to the shop that month asking about value. That being said I have a handful that are worth some money.
But again the memories I had with my Dad collecting and reading them, brings back a ton of great times for me.

So yes if they go up in value great, but if not at least something else he can pass onto his kids. Only so much they can put into their college acount and thats no fun when I'm gone.

Appreciate the suggestions though!! Will check those out for sure!!

 

[1%er]

Yeah - it is, however......who knows what the future holds and the other side of this is that this is something a father and son can together......that's the real investment.

Ya Exactly, Putting together the last lego set from Christmas with him Yesterday in between the games; I thought there should be something that he can look back on and maybe make his some cash. Again, he is good for college fund etc, want to do something that will have a few memories for him!

Where do live?

Do you have a favorite team which your son will probably end up liking as well?

That could be a good place to start.

I have a few friends who made the mistake of having children and I have started them off by getting them like the 2010 ravens topps set and a binder with plastic sleeve pages.

It does not cost alot and its a good way for the kids to enjoy the cards without spending alot.

PSA graded vintage stuff has the best chance of actually gaining value in time.

If you have any more questions let me know, I spent most of my youth playing sports and collecting cards and watching sports and I have managed to maintain my complete sports nerd style life today.

I'm in Toronto with all the other craze canucks up here. Most kids my sons class are hockey crazy, but he really enjoys baseball, which is great. Loves the Yankees when they are in town!

Thanks for advice, will post any questions for you in furture. and thanks for information on PSA will check those out.

I also have a decent collection from back in the late 80s and early 90s. But I also have some cards from the 50s and 60s. Get my Email from Jack if you wanna chat.....my wife would love it if I got rid of some of this stuff.....I have boxes and boxes of cards!

Thanks man, Jack feel free to pass on my email to him.

The only thing worth real money now is the autographs and game used cards.

A thousand bucks could MAYBE get you a Jordan/Kobe autograph.

Nobody cares about those cards from back in the day that have nothing on them unless theyre a huge name rookie.

The rage now is autographs and thats what is worth the most.


Just an example but here is what im talking about....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Jordan-...24841106?pt=US_Basketball&hash=item3cb4695a92


That comes from an extremely high end product, and boxes of that probably run close to $500 or more, depending on the year.

Years where players like LeBron has a rookie in the product, you are going to pay more for the box because of the possibility of him being in there.

The card I linked comes from a "box" where I believe the box contains 1 pack of cards, with 4 cards in it. And it runs you about $80 bucks I believe just checking on eBay quickly.

I think in each "box" you get 1 autograph and few other things.

Yeah its quite expensive if you're going high end.

Its going to be a very expensive hobby if you want him to have a collection that's worth a lot of money down the line, because like you can see, you could spend that whole $1,000 on just one card.

Ya exactly my problem I am finding out. Anything that may be of value is priced up there. So maybe I just buy him a box in the year he was born and start from there.

Is it worth it to buy only cards that have the PSA certification? Or will any cards do on the investment side?

1%er check Craigslist as well.

here is an Ad today ..

Ive got monster boxes of baseball cards 4000 to 5000 cards per box. Alot of stars. Im selling boxes for $10 to $20

Thanks for that, never thought of craiglist, will check that out.

I just gave a friend of mine a George Brett rookie to give to his 12 yr old daughter who is a softball pitcher. She never heard of him. not unexpected but her dad and he were born in the same town. :142smilie :142smilie I thought he would have told her that.
I figured you'd see a lot gamblers/former collectors on here. I know when I went to card shows in the fall in the 90's, everyone was checking scores or calling their bookies.
Make a list and post it on here. We'd probably be glad to ship cards to you for a little over the postage. :0008

Ya may take everyone up on that, if I can take some cards off some people on here and keep it in the Madjack family the better.


Thanks again for all your advice guys, I'll report back on how things progress. Again if anyone has any real good deals they come across please post as I'm going to do a bit of research on the above first, so may start buying in Feb.

:toast:

 

[BuckwheatJWN]

Having collected comic books, you probably have a good idea about collectibles in general. I just didn't want you to do what a lot of others did in the nineties with dreams you are going to pay for your kids college education and get taken by others. I know I'd been better off financially dumping mine in late 80's that I had as a kid, but must admit I enjoyed myself going to shows as a dealer and collector in the 90's. I still do one or 2 shows a year

 

[1%er]

Having collected comic books, you probably have a good idea about collectibles in general. I just didn't want you to do what a lot of others did in the nineties with dreams you are going to pay for your kids college education and get taken by others. I know I'd been better off financially dumbing mine in late 80's that I had as a kid, but must admit I enjoyed myself going to shows as a dealer and collector in the 90's. I still do one or 2 shows a year

Yup, Totally agree with your statement. I know I have invested alot more money in comics than I'll ever get outta them, but memories are great! Hope to do the same with the baseball cards. If he can sell a few to put more money on the Oakland Raiders future to win the superbowl in 2032 than I'm ok with that!!!

Thanks again

 

[Keyser Soze]

I think the '84 Donruss set is one of the best looking sets of all the 80's and 90's sets. It did have both Mattingly and Strawberry rookies in it. I also think the '84 Fleer set was a very clean looking set as well. Actually the only Fleer set I ever liked.

I had an unopened box of '84 Donruss in my shop and sold packs for $16 bucks a pop as everybody was trying to get the Mattingly or Strawberry. Oh those were the days. At least those were actually somewhat in short supply.