Any1 collect sports cards ?

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curious .. i used to alot back in the days when it was popular .. looks like they are making a return.

made an investment in kobe rookie card when he passed away.

Curious if others have some good rookie cards ( basketball, football )
 
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A friend of mine has a bunch of different rookie Michael Jordan cards! He said those will pay for his kids college tuition.
 
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A friend of mine has a bunch of different rookie Michael Jordan cards! He said those will pay for his kids college tuition.
If he has a fleer one and gets it graded by psa .. yeah they are all set
 
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used to have shoe boxes of tops cards that came with the gum...tom seaver rookie card joe nammath all of the big red machine joe montana....when i joined the navy mom threw them all out, lol.
 
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used to have shoe boxes of tops cards that came with the gum...tom seaver rookie card joe nammath all of the big red machine joe montana....when i joined the navy mom threw them all out, lol.
I think my mom did the same thing when I joined the Army. I need to ask her though because I had thousands of baseball and football cards...
 
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I had a sh1t ton of NHL/hockey cards back in the day. They may still be somewhere at my moms 🤔
go get them .. trade for supplements lol
 
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Yes. Growing up in the 90's and early 00's I used to collect a ton. It was my main hobby. Now it's supplements lol

But I have A LOT of sports cards. Used to go to card shows all the time.

Back in 2000, I purchased a Tom Brady Fleer autographed rookie card for $10. It now sells for $1,000's. Just one of the many cards I have probably worth a lot that I spend next to nothing on.

My funds were limited at the time. I would get $5/week allowance from my parents. BUT I made it count with all the cards I used to buy. I'd scour the $1/$5 bins at shows and mostly collect like that.

I did my research and followed sports avidly. I knew all the young prospects coming out.
 
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Eventually I got older and lost interest. Ironically, the card industry seemed to die around this time as well.

There were just too many brands of cards and they were getting too expensive to purchase. eBay changed the game A LOT. Card shows seemed to stop and card stores seemed to close.

While I still follow the NFL, I lost total interest in following the NBA and MLB.
 
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Eventually I got older and lost interest. Ironically, the card industry seemed to die around this time as well.

There were just too many brands of cards and they were getting too expensive to purchase. eBay changed the game A LOT. Card shows seemed to stop and card stores seemed to close.

While I still follow the NFL, I lost total interest in following the NBA and MLB.
yup same lost interest as getting older but now seems like they are trending again
 
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Just found out my mom has ALL my old baseball and football cards still from 30 years ago. I'm be going through those looking for that diamond in the rough!
 
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Just found out my mom has ALL my old baseball and football cards still from 30 years ago. I'm be going through those looking for that diamond in the rough!
send me the football cards lol dont know anything about baseball .. although at a garage sale i got a mike piazza rookie card for .50 and back in the day it was worth over $50 .. one of my best investment as a kid lol
 
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Eventually I got older and lost interest. Ironically, the card industry seemed to die around this time as well.

There were just too many brands of cards and they were getting too expensive to purchase. eBay changed the game A LOT. Card shows seemed to stop and card stores seemed to close.

While I still follow the NFL, I lost total interest in following the NBA and MLB.
Yeah I stopped collecting before the interwebs became really a thing. I bet that did change things a lot. I grew up in a smaller town and remember how exciting it was to go to a bigger city that had some of those card stores. I could've spent hours going through all the different cards at display and I showed some of the more special cards I've collected to the card shop owners, asking their opinions about them and all that. Allways left with at least one pack of new cards and going through them on a bussride back home. Man this thread brought up some memories, lol
 
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Yeah I stopped collecting before the interwebs became really a thing. I bet that did change things a lot. I grew up in a smaller town and remember how exciting it was to go to a bigger city that had some of those card stores. I could've spent hours going through all the different cards at display and I showed some of the more special cards I've collected to the card shop owners, asking their opinions about them and all that. Allways left with at least one pack of new cards and going through them on a bussride back home. Man this thread brought up some memories, lol
Yeah i was the same ..i was a huge card addcit too, we only had one store and loved going there and it was right next to blockbuster ..so yeah spent most of days there and got in alot of trouble for not letting parents know where i was

web/phones/media changed everything, i still feel our old generation ( if you are around 38-45years old) we all did exact same stuff outside and was best times .. now kids just sit inside with a cell phone and it really irritates me .. my son is only 2 years old and i would go crazy if thats all he wants to do and not be active in sports/gym
 
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Yeah i was the same ..i was a huge card addcit too, we only had one store and loved going there and it was right next to blockbuster ..so yeah spent most of days there and got in alot of trouble for not letting parents know where i was

web/phones/media changed everything, i still feel our old generation ( if you are around 38-45years old) we all did exact same stuff outside and was best times .. now kids just sit inside with a cell phone and it really irritates me .. my son is only 2 years old and i would go crazy if thats all he wants to do and not be active in sports/gym
I'm only 33, but pretty close. I agree with a lot of what you say here. I would only want to make a small 'separation' on the issue with the 'kids these days' and their activities. Only because I think that's what the older generation have and will allways say/think about the youth and what they're doing. I mean my initial thought about all this tech and smart phones on every child and social media is that it does not look like a good thing, but at the same time I'm afraid it's just the old hack in me thinking so 😄

I agree and think that all sports are really a great thing for kids and people to have in their life and grow up doing. It teaches so many things that you would not immediately think/realise. All the; effort equals success, pushing through fatigue, mental strenght, finding solutions to tacle obtacles, what to do or not to do today to be in good shape to perform tomorrow etc. etc. Team sports a little bit more on the social and group skills and individual sports maybe more of the dedication and attention to details. Anyway yeah, if I'll have kids some day, I'll definitely be encouraging them to enjoy some form of sport in their youth.
 
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Got a bunch I have kept since my youth. Bob Gibson, Bench, roses, yaz. A lot 50’s and 60’s. Sold a bunch on eBay in 2000’s.
 
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Got a bunch I have kept since my youth. Bob Gibson, Bench, roses, yaz. A lot 50’s and 60’s. Sold a bunch on eBay in 2000’s.
i bet that bob gibson was worth a pretty penny....i had tom seavers topps rookie card along with joe nammath and the entire big red machine.

good for you for hanging on to those cards!!!!
 
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I finally got my cards from my mom. I haven't looked through these in over 20 years. Everything from baseball, football, a few hockey and basketball to Marvel lol.

How do I figure out the value of these? Is there a good site? I have a Michael Jordan MVP card that goes from $1 to $2k and I can't tell the difference.

Edit: I also have a few signed baseballs by Mickey Mantle, Don Larsen and one that has several Phillies including John Kruk.

Edit 2: I should also say I have thousands of cards. This is going to be one helluva project to sort out lol.
 
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Mantle for sure if legit Larson no biggie. You can try Beckett’s for prices the books are the best
 
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Update: I've been looking up hundreds of my cards and everything I thought would've been worth something isn't. I'm have to go back through them and look for error cards since that seems to be the most valuable as crazy as it is. Lame.
 
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Update: I've been looking up hundreds of my cards and everything I thought would've been worth something isn't. I'm have to go back through them and look for error cards since that seems to be the most valuable as crazy as it is. Lame.
Here's a few that should've been worth something but I guess are too rough around the edges now. So frustrating. FTR, I know they aren't rookie cards but that's what I had 30 years ago.
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Update: I've been looking up hundreds of my cards and everything I thought would've been worth something isn't. I'm have to go back through them and look for error cards since that seems to be the most valuable as crazy as it is. Lame.
curious where are you checking the value ?

i know back in the day they had those magazines (beckett etc)
 
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Should we just hold our cards then until it picks back up?
To add to this, if all the collectors keep telling everyone to burn their 80's-90's junk wax cards, then eventually whose are left should be worth something right?
 
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curious where are you checking the value ?

i know back in the day they had those magazines (beckett etc)
I bought the 2021 Beckett price guide and checking eBay latest sales. Beckett sports that hank aaron cards I have on the front cover but it's selling between $5-15 on eBay last week. What am I missing here? lol
 
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I bought the 2021 Beckett price guide and checking eBay latest sales. Beckett sports that hank aaron cards I have on the front cover but it's selling between $5-15 on eBay last week. What am I missing here? lol
oh nice ill look in those magazines
might have couple cards for you to look at lol

haha yea thats way too low .. but honestly those prices dont mean much .. card values shoots up if you get graded 9-10 from PSA lol
 
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Dug up some old hockey cards.

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The 2 on the bottom are some 'hologram' cards, where the pic moves, lol.

That Mats Sundin card is interesting (Maple leafs), as it's completely of metal. Hard to keep fully flat, lol.

Then there's a case full for more.
 
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Dug up some old hockey cards.

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The 2 on the bottom are some 'hologram' cards, where the pic moves, lol.

That Mats Sundin card is interesting (Maple leafs), as it's completely of metal. Hard to keep fully flat, lol.

Then there's a case full for more.
nice, i dont recognize anyone but one player .. i think thats jagr lol
 
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Yeah, the pics are a bit poor. You may know Brett Hull, Mark Recchi, Eric Lindroos, Mike Modano?
brett hull and eric lindroos .. ok i see it .. other 2 not so much.

ive been to 3 games, 2 in Montreal and one in Calgary . i would never say to watching it live or playing in the streets .. but wont sit down and watch it in front of TV .. same with baseball

i cheer for pengs bc of sid the kid .. my ex and kid is in calgary ..so always cheer for them as well
 
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brett hull and eric lindroos .. ok i see it .. other 2 not so much.

ive been to 3 games, 2 in Montreal and one in Calgary . i would never say to watching it live or playing in the streets .. but wont sit down and watch it in front of TV .. same with baseball

i cheer for pengs bc of sid the kid .. my ex and kid is in calgary ..so always cheer for them as well
Yeah, I don't watch NHL too much these days myself either. Might watch a game here or there. As a kid I was more in to it and that was when I was collecting those cards.

The last years it's been MMA and NBA pretty much for me.

Btw, a funny thing watching hockey live; if you're close to the ice, you can hear and feel the game way different, but from the upper seats, seeing the plays happen and following the game is much easier and more clear. Whereas for something like basketball, the closer - the better, always.

I bet the atmosphere was great in Montreal and Calgary. Those Canucks love their hockey, lol.
 
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Yeah, I don't watch NHL too much these days myself either. Might watch a game here or there. As a kid I was more in to it and that was when I was collecting those cards.

The last years it's been MMA and NBA pretty much for me.

Btw, a funny thing watching hockey live; if you're close to the ice, you can hear and feel the game way different, but from the upper seats, seeing the plays happen and following the game is much easier and more clear. Whereas for something like basketball, the closer - the better, always.

I bet the atmosphere was great in Montreal and Calgary. Those Canucks love their hockey, lol.
yeah they do .. my 1 year old we dressed him up in habs gear and he got on jumbotron

ill see if i can find a video .. but we got alot of compliments .. and im sure some stinky eyes like "why are u bringing this lil guy into the loud ass game"
 
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Still have a bunch of NHL cards. I had a giant binder of MLB with some bangers from when I was a kid but I believe it was stolen or lost somewhere to this world
 

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