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The Official "This card is worthless now, but it brings back memories" Thread.

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  • The first year that I can remember a current year, non error, card being worth $1 was 1981 with the Fernando rookies. I subscribed to SCD long before it was 1 huge sales ad (think SMR), and people were paying $1.25 for the Topps Valuenzuela rookies.


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    << <i>This card was as hot as the Griffey back in '89

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    Still have to love the look of 89 UD though!! >>



    '89 Upper Deck changed baseball cards forever. It was an inevitable progression.
  • I sold a few 85' mcgwires raw for nearly $200 during the HR chase.
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  • Man....the San Diego Chicken rocked!

    Am proud to be able to say that I saw both him and the Phillie Phanatic perform live and in person!

    My worthless card candidate would have to be the very first card I ever pulled out of a wax pack....a 1977 Topps Larvell Blanks.

  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>This card was as hot as the Griffey back in '89 >>



    It was hot, but never as hot as the Griffey. Perhaps you were thinking of THIS card...

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  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    I have to ask....why is that Jerome Walton card graded?? I figure the grading fees are about twice as much as that card is worth in GEM MT condition.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have to ask....why is that Jerome Walton card graded?? I figure the grading fees are about twice as much as that card is worth in GEM MT condition. >>



    So someone can have a completed set all graded PSA 10, I believe there is a least one all PSA 10 1989 UD BB set on the registery.
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>I have to ask....why is that Jerome Walton card graded?? I figure the grading fees are about twice as much as that card is worth in GEM MT condition. >>



    So someone can have a completed set all graded PSA 10, I believe there is a least one all PSA 10 1989 UD BB set on the registery. >>



    Wow. Ok. I really hope PSA has taken extra special care of whoever came up with the idea for the Set Registry.
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    I guess their low value just makes you wanna cry fowl, eh? image
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Didn't the Canseco sell for over $100? (In raw form since there wasn't grading back then). >>



    At it's peak popularity in 1990-91, yes it did!
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
    95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings
  • jswietonjswieton Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭
    It is so hard to pick who is going to be a star and who is going to flop. This is pretty entertaining.
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  • fujfuj Posts: 559 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It is so hard to pick who is going to be a star and who is going to flop. This is pretty entertaining.
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    jswieton: I bet a lot of us unfortunately have most or all of those same cards and thought they'd be worth a fortune by now - LOL
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    Haven't thought about Todd Van Poppel in a couple of years. That guy was a Texas HS legend and a sure fire, cant miss Hall of Famer!
  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
    Nice thread. I went through a 5000 count box last night and most were 1989 - 1994. So many bonds and averys and justice. Very sad.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>I have to ask....why is that Jerome Walton card graded?? I figure the grading fees are about twice as much as that card is worth in GEM MT condition. >>



    I only spent $5 on the grading fees. It fills a hole in my Rookie of the Year registry set, and looks good doing it. image


    I'm a sucker for the Registry, but others are even more so. A while back, a 1983 Fleer Ron Kittle PSA 10 was bid up to $53 by a couple of registry guys.
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  • As a lifelong LSU fan, I offended myself by forgetting about the Ben McDonald craze.

    My best story about the 1986 Donruss Canseco was a trade. I drove to a card shop about an hour from me. Guy had a sign in the window stating he would trade a half box of unopened 86 Donruss wax packs for one MINT Canseco rookie. I traded him two for the entire box and pulled 4 Canseco's. Not to mention a few Gallaragas, O'Neils and McGriffs. Was a great day.
  • I'm going to have to co-sign almost all of the cards here. I have almost all of those gooden, eric davis, canseco, frank thomas, etc cards ... they're all nice memories but maybe worth at the most $1 ea (maybe the Gooden topps traded is worth a few more) .... my collection is worth more if I donate it then sell it at this point.
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