How much does emotional buying affect our hobby?
pootshwan
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Is it a good or bad thing? Does it not really matter in the grand scheme of things?
Spent a good 20 minutes trying to wrap my head around this.
Seems like he need to smash every Tom Brady record for this to be justified. 
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Probably not the correct answer or view but 100% of my buying is emotional. Be it love of player, love of card appearance, sentimentality or twilight memories of days gone by that will never return.
I just turned on the 1950 Jackie Robinson story...and now find myself browsing Ebay and auction houses for more Robinson's
Football is a sport in which a career ending injury is plausible on every single play. Then there are those who have decent season or 2 then loose it usually due to injuries as well. Then of course others who simply never do pan out. Most who spend money investing on new Rookie Cards issues for the Sport will incur losses especially for QB's.
For every Tom Brady or Payton Manning there are 100 Gino Torretta's, Ty Detmer's, Browning Nagle's, Rick Mirer's, Todd Marinovich's, Heath Shuler's,Jim Druckenmiller's,Ryan Leaf's,Tim Couch's, Danny Wuerffel's, Dee Milliner's, Johnny Manziel's, or Andrew Luck's for example. Some may say who are they and that's exactly the point....
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
I have to say, I have not seen the original Jackie Robinson Story move in quite some time, and with Spider Man multi-verse being the last movie I have seen in a theatre, I love the simplicity of movies from that time of the Robinson story.
I'm not sure how many people have seen this movie and know that Jackie Robinson plays himself in the movie.
It tells his story well, and reinforces how well Jackie Robinson's 1948 Swell Sport Thrill baseball card captures the essence and importance of Jackie Robinson better than any other baseball card.
So yes, emotion plays a role, and some cards capture and connect that emotion from the event to the viewer...and what better way to feel that than to hold the card in your hand.
Is that a 1/1 card? If so, $65k may be a bargain long term.
Especially when looking at this card:
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/premier-auction/1921
(Now a $2,040,000 card)
I think that emotional buying is the foundation of our hobby, at least for the last 40 years or so. What has driven lots of cards to sky-high prices is nostalgia. As the kids of the 1950's reached the point where they had stable incomes and plenty of disposable income, they reached back and sought out the Mantles, Mays, Robinsons etc that they had (or wished they had) as children. Likewise the kids of the 1980's who have driven the latest boom of junk era cards, where cards from 1985-1990 have blown up as those adults now find themselves with extra cash on hand and a desire to revisit Jordan and Bo and Barry and Griffey. When the Bulls special aired on ESPN, Jordan cards went through the roof. When the McGwire/Sosa special aired, 1985 Topps had another moment in the sun and McGwire cards peaked. Same thing for Mahomes and his Super Bowl excellence. He spins another miracle, and his cards skyrocket. Quite a lot of our hobby's purchases are driven on some level by emotion, and that's not a bad thing.
kevin
I can understand that. I buy like that as well sometimes.