Mistake #1) choosing 2x boxes of 1990 Upper Deck over 10x 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr's A card show came to town at one of the local hotels, and Griffey Jr and his dad were signing. $8 for an autograph ticket I think. Anyways, I got my 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr signed, then went into the show. Right there, the first table had a huge stack of 1989 Upper Deck Griffey's for $6 a piece. Raw and naked (not even sleeved). I asked to see a few, and they looked to be in nice shape (no scratches). Anyways, I liked to wander the show before spending any money, so I did. I brought $75 with me. The fresh boxes of 1990 Upper Deck baseball were calling my name, so I scored a pair of them for $30 each. With the extra $15, I got the guy with the big stack of Griffey's to sell me 3 at $5 each. So, I was VERY happy. Until...
Mistake #2) not keeping a close eye on my cards at school.
I show up to school the next Monday and showed off my new 1990 Upper Deck cards to the sports card crowd, and got some good trades, and likely scored some Gregg Jefferies', some Sandy Alomar's, some Jerome Walton's...
I knew most of the kids there, but sometimes, some folks who we didn't know would wander in and take an interest. All the regulars trusted each other pretty well, so our binders would end up getting passed from person to person (away from the owner). When I got home that night, no Griffey's. They were all gone. Never to be seen by me again. They also lifted my 1989 Pro Set Barry Sanders cards too! I never allowed my binder to leave my sight ever again. A good lesson learned the hard way.
1969 near the end of the summer I kept pulling Mickey Mantle's. This old guy doesn't even play anymore. Used the clothpin on the bike spokes with about 15 of that card only. 30 years later have 15 Bobby Munser's and Aurillio Rodriquez but only 2 mantle's left!
About the promo and error cards. I still like them, even though most don't care. I still think they are something special.
As mistakes. 92 was when I started heave into collection. 92 Donruss and 92 Fleer. Now I see that was the biggest waste of money I ever did. I still have all my Diamond Kings, and 2 complete sets, which aren't even worth the shipping cost to send them to anyone.
<< <i>1. Grading my 1977 topps set. 1. Grading my 1977 topps set. 2. Selling Al Rosen my 1952 & 1953 Topps sets in 1987. 3. Joining the "LTS" forums. 4. Did I mention grading my 1977 Topps set. 5. Not whacking the BIN on a 1977 OPC Munson PSA 10 at $100 because the seller was a wierdo (Waxme). 6. Getting into exchanges on card-chatboards with personalities that are volatile, uniformed and aggressive.
it would be hard for me to pick just one dumb mistake !
Let's see first i would say selling my entire vintage collection when i was 19 to buy a stereo. I had several mantles, koufax rookie,ryan rookies. rose rookie. ted williams you name it !
Next trading all my 86 fleer bkb for crap ! My friend and I open many boxes of this stuff but either traded or sold it all, probably less than a year later. I remember wrapping my 86 fleer Jordan sticker around a Bic lighter! I had 3 or 4 Jordan rookies at one time. I bet we opened two cases of the stuff from Piggily Wiggily.
Do you still have the lighter? I wonder what it would grade? Does PSA have a holder that it would go in? Would it have any qualifiers? I wonder what it would bring on Ebay?
All the time I spent driving around to all the Waldenbooks in 1992 looking for 1992 Fleer cell boxes so I could pull Frank Thomas, Orlando Merced, and Phile Plantier "Rookie Sensations". Was any insert set that universally hot before or after?
In '93/94, I really enjoyed collecting Star basketball cards.
Out of the cards I bought, I happen to catch the all time top in the Patrick Ewing rookie bag. This was in early '94 when the Knicks were in the Finals for the first time in ages. I laid down $500 cash for it from a dealer at a show here in So Cal. It was alot of money for a young wheeler dealer.....but it seemed like a good investment.
Sold it for $50 a few years ago on Ebay. One of my worst percentage losses ever!
Speaking of French Upper Deck hockey, I picked up a box on Ebay a few weeks ago for $7 for the heck of it. The last time I opened a pack, they were selling for $20 a piece. So much for that print run....
I consider this a blunder because I feel I should have spent my money more wisely. I started collecting cards again in 1998. My goal was to collect every Jerry Rice card that was ever made. I actually collected most of them. It was fun for awhile, but then the card companies started putting out 50 sets a year, with 30 Rice cards in every set. I eventually became disillusioned and gave up.
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Mistake #1) choosing 2x boxes of 1990 Upper Deck over 10x 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr's
A card show came to town at one of the local hotels, and Griffey Jr and his dad were signing. $8 for an autograph ticket I think. Anyways, I got my 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr signed, then went into the show. Right there, the first table had a huge stack of 1989 Upper Deck Griffey's for $6 a piece. Raw and naked (not even sleeved). I asked to see a few, and they looked to be in nice shape (no scratches). Anyways, I liked to wander the show before spending any money, so I did. I brought $75 with me. The fresh boxes of 1990 Upper Deck baseball were calling my name, so I scored a pair of them for $30 each. With the extra $15, I got the guy with the big stack of Griffey's to sell me 3 at $5 each. So, I was VERY happy. Until...
Mistake #2) not keeping a close eye on my cards at school.
I show up to school the next Monday and showed off my new 1990 Upper Deck cards to the sports card crowd, and got some good trades, and likely scored some Gregg Jefferies', some Sandy Alomar's, some Jerome Walton's...
I knew most of the kids there, but sometimes, some folks who we didn't know would wander in and take an interest. All the regulars trusted each other pretty well, so our binders would end up getting passed from person to person (away from the owner). When I got home that night, no Griffey's. They were all gone. Never to be seen by me again. They also lifted my 1989 Pro Set Barry Sanders cards too! I never allowed my binder to leave my sight ever again. A good lesson learned the hard way.
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
they are something special.
As mistakes. 92 was when I started heave into collection. 92 Donruss and 92 Fleer. Now
I see that was the biggest waste of money I ever did. I still have all my Diamond Kings, and
2 complete sets, which aren't even worth the shipping cost to send them to anyone.
<< <i>1. Grading my 1977 topps set.
1. Grading my 1977 topps set.
2. Selling Al Rosen my 1952 & 1953 Topps sets in 1987.
3. Joining the "LTS" forums.
4. Did I mention grading my 1977 Topps set.
5. Not whacking the BIN on a 1977 OPC Munson PSA 10 at $100 because the seller was a wierdo (Waxme).
6. Getting into exchanges on card-chatboards with personalities that are volatile, uniformed and aggressive.
dgf >>
boo hoo
Let's see first i would say selling my entire vintage collection when i was 19 to buy a stereo. I had several mantles, koufax rookie,ryan rookies. rose rookie. ted williams you name it !
Next trading all my 86 fleer bkb for crap ! My friend and I open many boxes of this stuff but either traded or sold it all, probably less than a year later. I remember wrapping my 86 fleer Jordan sticker around a Bic lighter! I had 3 or 4 Jordan rookies at one time. I bet we opened two cases of the stuff from Piggily Wiggily.
Shane
Shane
Shane
You been burglarized, too!?
The rage does subside?
Excellent.
Lee
Out of the cards I bought, I happen to catch the all time top in the Patrick Ewing rookie bag. This was in early '94 when the Knicks were in the Finals for the first time in ages. I laid down $500 cash for it from a dealer at a show here in So Cal. It was alot of money for a young wheeler dealer.....but it seemed like a good investment.
Sold it for $50 a few years ago on Ebay. One of my worst percentage losses ever!
Speaking of French Upper Deck hockey, I picked up a box on Ebay a few weeks ago for $7 for the heck of it. The last time I opened a pack, they were selling for $20 a piece. So much for that print run....
I started collecting cards again in 1998. My goal was to collect every Jerry Rice card that was ever made. I actually collected most of them. It was fun for awhile, but then the card companies started putting out 50 sets a year, with 30 Rice cards in every set. I eventually became disillusioned and gave up.
They call me "Pack the Ripper"