Myth of rookie cards

ORANGE

The only reason rookie cards got their high price reputation was because kids threw them away and only cared about the players they'd heard of.
Kids were the ones buying the cards, so no rookie cards survived in good shape.
Nowadays there's no reason at all for a rookie card to command a higher value.

shouldabeena10

I agree!! So let's start the dawning of a new day, right here and right now.

I'll buy all of your vintage football rookie cards ... for common card prices.



Mike

ORANGE

Not my rookie cards!!!

qmayer

<< <i>The only reason rookie cards got their high price reputation was because kids threw them away and only cared about the players they'd heard of.
Kids were the ones buying the cards, so no rookie cards survived in good shape.
Nowadays there's no reason at all for a rookie card to command a higher value. >>



I somewhat disagree (and I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not). I think your theory would apply to vintage rookies, but with modern rookies, it doesn't fit. High grade vintage is tough to find regardless. Rookies are that much more in demand because, I believe, people think its cool to have the "first card" of a player. Maybe it doesn't make sense to you, but there's that allure of having the first card of a player in their pro team's uniform. I would liken it to collecting autographs -- what's the big deal about those? They're just signatures, but its still of that athlete/figure that we're drawn to. Modern rookies, on the other hand, are a little more difficult to understand since the majority of them are found easily in higher grades. The player is not proven and its all based on "upside potential" so I don't see how they could be more valuable than a vintage rookie of a comparable player.

Just my $0.02.

Justin

TJMAC

Justin,

Unfortunately, over the past several years we have seen rookies in anything, but their pro uniforms. I still don't want a Bowman Manny Ramirez or Mariano Rivera in their dockers and polo.

I agree with you regarding vintage rookies.

MantleMarisFordBerra

I don't know that I agree w/ this regarding vintage cards. I think the while kids may have cared more about guys they know, I think that may actually benifit rookie cards. Most kids would want to play with, show off & trade their Mays & Mantle cards, however that Steve Carlton rookie meant nothing to them, so was most likely tucked away with the rest of the "common" cards, thus preserving its condition.

Just a thought.

storm888

Bicycle spokes ate alot of vintage rookies.

qmayer

<< <i>Unfortunately, over the past several years we have seen rookies in anything, but their pro uniforms. I still don't want a Bowman Manny Ramirez or Mariano Rivera in their dockers and polo. >>



I agree in that respect, too. What I was trying to get to (unsuccessfully) was that people will always want the "first" of a player.

Justin