Nice article

ChicagoGlen

Collecting now compared to the 1980's

I liked it and thought I would post it.

Thanks,

Glen

GoDodgersFan

What a nice article on the rise and fall of card collecting from the 1980s to now. I was part of that generation
that couldn't wait to open a pack in search of Ripkens, Boggs, Sandbergs, and many other rookies and
HOFs. Some of my cards took a beating, but I did manage to also keep quite a few in MINT condition.

Change is constant and I have only one suggestion for the card manufactures: limit the number of sets and
keep the hobby simple.

Going to the National Show and I am just so excited. I am flying in from Virginia.

Tom

ajw

Great article. The last paragraph fits in very nicely with the group 1980s wax busts that are going on, too.

Thanks for sharing...

CDsNuts

That is a good article. Baseball cards suck now. Opening a new pack of $10 cards nowadays, I don't even get 1/1000th of the excitement I had opening a pack of .50 cards from 1988. Boo, card companies. Boo.

Lee

baseballfanatic

Great article. Couldnt have said it better myself............

Dallas88

I don't even get 1/1000th of the excitement I had opening a pack of .50 cards from 1988. Boo, card companies. Boo.

I agree with that 100%, except my years would encompass 70's thru mid 80's.

Stone193

Very interesting...

Thanx Glen!



<< <i>If I had to guess, I'd say that I spent a couple thousand bucks and a couple thousand hours compiling my baseball card collection. Now, it appears to have a street value of approximately zero dollars. >>


This kind of reminds me of the expression...

of a person who knows the price of everything and value of nothing.



<< <i>In that spirit, the other day I opened three Topps packs that I'd stowed away as an investment in the late 1980s. I even tried the gum, which was no staler than I remember it being 20 years ago. And as I flipped through my new cards hoping to score a Mattingly, I felt that particular tinge of excitement that a generation of kids have missed out on. >>


Now we're at the core - as Drew said - just have fun with it!

If the card companies stay going down the current road...perhaps there is salvation?

Kids will always view cards differently than those who lived in the dark ages - BC (Before Cardcatalogs!).

When I was a kid - the card only had one implied value - was he who "I" needed or could I "trade" him?

Let's hope kids today are having fun also.

mike