[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

I think the bottom line is that those of us 40 and older lived and breathed baseball in the summer. When I was growing up, there was no such thing as "play dates." My friends and I just used to meet at the park and play baseball. We also would hop on our bikes and go to the stationary store and buy baseball cards....Today, kids have: travel leagues, play dates, video games, the internet,etc....They're just not as obsessed with baseball as we were in the summer time. Boy...am I really feeling old.....

My friend it is the +40 crowd that gets marketed too these days...they have the money and they have the memories...

The issue really is in back filling the void as they die off...

[MJHMarc]

With the brilliant creation of Fantasy Baseball and video games, children can play baseball everyday during the year including the off-seasons. You can now go back in time where you can play with the unstoppable 1955 Dodgers and the invincable 1924 Yankees. It is always a pleasure seeing who will win a match-up including two different teams from different decades and eras. But the truth is, you can not trust the video games to determine the outcome of 18 players working their hardest on the field.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by MJHMarc

With the brilliant creation of Fantasy Baseball and video games, children can play baseball everyday during the year including the off-seasons. You can now go back in time where you can play with the unstoppable 1955 Dodgers and the invincable 1924 Yankees. It is always a pleasure seeing who will win a match-up including two different teams from different decades and eras. But the truth is, you can not trust the video games to determine the outcome of 18 players working their hardest on the field.

Hey Marc buddy...the topic is cards...work it into the post dude...

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Here is a card that just jumped from 25 cents to $25 over night....its a Papale rookie card...got go find my old ones...

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

Here is a card that just jumped from 25 cents to $25 over night....its a Papale rookie card...got go find my old ones...

Well I'll be darned... I guess he's going to gain a lot of new fans thanks to Invincible, eh?

[azrael492]

I agree with a lot of what has been said here. I would add one more point. The resale value is not what people were expecting. Kids buy Beckett magazine and see a card they found in their pack is worth $20 dollars, but go to sell it and only get $4. A lot of hobbies go downhill when it gets to its most popular. Then the casual hobbyist gets involved thinking they can put their children through college with their "investment". Look at beanie babies and comic books. They became a huge fad and people started snapping them up. The companies started making premium hologram, foil covered, die cut covers, cards with jerseys in them just so they can sell more. The people who were buying because they loved it can no longer afford to keep up. Then the bottom falls out when the actual collector leaves.

[epic37311]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

But its a lot easier to get cards on the secondary market, like e-bay, flee markets, blow out sales at card stores, garage sales...

I agree with looking on ebay. I just go after certian rookies from my football team and it is by far the easiest and cheapest way to go.

I think 400 inserts of the same card and all the parallels ect, really sucks.

[MJHMarc]

Welcome back to the GoTeamsGo Fan Forum, azrael94.

In response to the baseball collection business going downhill, I found some great cards at a yard sale yesterday. I ended up buying a handful of cards for $2.00 in total including a Chipper Jones rookie card, and all the teammates of the New York Sack Exchange. You could not forget how I stocked up on all those Shawn Green rookie cards and the Randall Cunningham rookie as well. Whenever I see a rookie card for less than a dollar, I buy it immediately.