Thoughts on O.J. Simpson cards

handyman

What are yalls overall opinion on this guy/cards? I question it because I liked the guy a lot before all of what we know went down. But now it seems I want to buy his stuff but I cant justify it sometimes. Its kind of like the world history cards with a swastik on it at times for me. Just a bad feeling. Id love to pick up a rookie in a 9. And they seem fairly priced for what he did in the sport.
But how do yall view simpsons cards in this hobby at this time is my main question? Will it hold or go up in value just because of what he has done with his life. Or will it fade away?

vladguerrero

I was a pre- OJ fan, and his Naked Gun acting was rivaled only by Leslie Nielson.

But I just can't touch him hobby wise. I don't what it is.

Even in your comparison I personally don't feel the same way about the swastika guy as I feel that deals with world history. ...cough rallys at MSG...cough.... that SHOULD NOT be ignored. I realize that OJs cards were printed pre- but I just can't do it.

Albertdidit

I think the values will stay close to where they are. If they would have really been wiped out it would have happened long time ago.

johnny1976

I would like to hear everyone's opinion as well. I was just talking to my wife's uncle last night about his card collection and he was wondering about OJ's cards as well.

californiacards3

I need his rookie for my raw set, have an off center one. As you say this, maybe I leave it off center. I have a great raw set, maybe it makes sense to keep the off center in my pristine raw set. I would appreciate your thoughts.

This was very thought provoking. I don't collect modern, would like to here other thoughts to the PED would be hall of famers. I am currently reading Tyler Hamilton's account of Lance Armstrong. Food for thought this Christmas.

Regards

Happy Merry

Barry

Foo3112

Hi cards will always continue to be popular with collectors. I don't think there's 1 person on these boards that wouldn't be happy if they pulled one of his cards out of a vintage pack.

mtcards

I think when you consider his sports achievements, he will always be somewhat collectible. Take a look at Pete Rose, granted Rose didnt do what OJ did, but honestly, people pretty much collect him without thought of his questionable activities, although there are some that do.

TheCARDKid

I think the problem with OJ vs somebody like Baby Faced Nelson, the whole world got a criminal class 101 in OJ in 1994.

-The OJ case was pretty much a breakthrough/watershed event in american pop culture and for the american psyche. It was the first big super trial covered by everyone. There was so much minute detail covered. People remember his Bruno Magli's....18 years later? It was in your face for so long.....it pretty much scarred people of post football OJ.

People don't know as much detail of Jesse James, Cap Anson. Plus, people romanticize things over time.

He's somewhat analogous to Pete Rose. Great player, but there's always going to be that mark next to him. Plus his recent robbery, imprisonment was kind of bizarre.

EchoCanyon

<< <i>Plus his recent robbery, imprisonment was kind of bizarre. >>



Indeed

itzagoner

i recall how his cards went sky high immediately after the murders became public knowledge and then he was accused.

and i doubt those cards or money will ever change hands at that pace again, but they will always be necessary to Hall Of Fame collectors, etc.

no way to rewrite history and he was a great player to watch in college and the pros. i'll remember that.

bizarre? that's when you drive after midnight near a crime scene and a policeman politely asks you to stop briefly, show your ID, then please go directly home. i'll remember that, too. it happened a few blocks away.

CDsNuts

I would kill for an OJ rookie in PSA 9.

itzagoner

ClockworkAngel

The problem with O.J, as compared to others like Bonnie and Clyde, is that he got off a murder charge by playing an incredibly bogus "race card". He and his attorneys set race relations back 25 years with that trial. It pissed a lot of people off. It was just an ugly portrayal of where America was in race relations, and to this day the fact that he still denies it hurts. Believe it or not, if the trial had been "normal" and he was found guilty and went to jail, I think his cards would be doing better.

But to answer the OP's original question, I think they are a decent long term investment, once he is dead and gone, his football achievements will be looked on a little differently. Like it or not, the dude was one of the most incredible RB's to ever play (on some very bad teams), a la Barry Sanders

hockeycrazy

I may be in the minority, but I have no use for any of OJs cards. I collect for enjoyment and sadly, I get no enjoyment when seeing a picture of him...

Bosox1976

<< <i>I would kill for an OJ rookie in PSA 9. >>



Quality mirth.

itzagoner

if that fruit hung any lower, it would be a root.

Goodsport40

I wouldnt own any of his cards.


Robert

digicat

Around 10 years ago or so I bought a raw OJ rookie because it was an object of interest when I was a kid in the late 80s and early 90s, prior to his whole murder thing. I was sorta into football cards at the time and had an idea to collect HoFer football rookie cards.

Anyways, I submitted the raw OJ rookie and it came back a PSA 9! It instantly became my most valuable card. I held on to it for a bit, but decided that I wasn't really all that into football and would rather collect old SF Giants cards instead. Plus it was sort of embarrassing that the most valuable card in my collection was OJ Simpson's.

I got close to $700/dlvd out of it on Ebay in 2006, so it was a good flip.

Hank36

One reason I'm kind of sketchy about the whole sports memorbilia "industry" (and the people invvolved in it) is that O.J. wound up going to jail over, of all things, armed robbery of a bunch of supposedly valuable game balls and sports jerseys.