Coins vs Basketball cards
stevepk
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Anyone on this board who has ever collected basketball cards may have feedback on this post. For those who have collected Basketball cards, have you ever compared 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards to Indian Head Cents? They share a lot of similarities.
*132 cards in the set, 52 Indian head cents in the series (both are achievable collecting goals)
*Michael Jordan rookie equivalent to 1877 Indian Head cent in terms of valuation and desirability
*Hakeem Olajuwon rookie somewhat comparable to 1909-S Indian
*plenty of star rookie cards with significant value, plenty of semi-key dates with significant value
*common examples in common condition readily available for a dollar or two
*certification on key issues is mandatory
*1986-87 Fleer Basketball are considered to be of the classic era of collecting, just like Indian Cents
*Both are condition sensitive
*Both are considered to be high demand and somewhat scarce
While there are many similarities between 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards and coin collecting, there are so many differences between the two hobbies. First, coins within the same grade can have many different looks depending on toning, color, luster, and strike. Cards assigned to the same grades pretty much look the same. Cardboard doesn't tone.
A comprehensive coin collection never ends! Take the simple type set for example. Once a collector has completed the set, there is ALWAYS something that can be added to expand the type set. Within each example of the type set is an entire date run with mint marks and in many cases, even die varieties to collect. Compare a collector of coins from the 'yesteryear' to a sports card collector who focuses on the 1950-1990 era. Each sport can be adequately covered in the back issues of Beckett. A Beckett magazine is only a quarter of an inch thick, and the price guide summary of classic-era cards is only about five pages total per sport. I referred to my March 1996 issue of Beckett by the way.
Would any sports card collectors or former sports card collectors like to chime in?
*132 cards in the set, 52 Indian head cents in the series (both are achievable collecting goals)
*Michael Jordan rookie equivalent to 1877 Indian Head cent in terms of valuation and desirability
*Hakeem Olajuwon rookie somewhat comparable to 1909-S Indian
*plenty of star rookie cards with significant value, plenty of semi-key dates with significant value
*common examples in common condition readily available for a dollar or two
*certification on key issues is mandatory
*1986-87 Fleer Basketball are considered to be of the classic era of collecting, just like Indian Cents
*Both are condition sensitive
*Both are considered to be high demand and somewhat scarce
While there are many similarities between 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards and coin collecting, there are so many differences between the two hobbies. First, coins within the same grade can have many different looks depending on toning, color, luster, and strike. Cards assigned to the same grades pretty much look the same. Cardboard doesn't tone.
A comprehensive coin collection never ends! Take the simple type set for example. Once a collector has completed the set, there is ALWAYS something that can be added to expand the type set. Within each example of the type set is an entire date run with mint marks and in many cases, even die varieties to collect. Compare a collector of coins from the 'yesteryear' to a sports card collector who focuses on the 1950-1990 era. Each sport can be adequately covered in the back issues of Beckett. A Beckett magazine is only a quarter of an inch thick, and the price guide summary of classic-era cards is only about five pages total per sport. I referred to my March 1996 issue of Beckett by the way.
Would any sports card collectors or former sports card collectors like to chime in?
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Am I rich?
I'm so sad I didn't buy me a few at $30 or whatever the going retail might have been. Basaball wasn't too hot back then.
It sure is smokin hot now.
One of these days I swear I'm a gonna get me a Dr J rookie and a Lew Alcinder rookie.
When I bought the pack, collectors and dealers took notice. I pulled a Jordan and a few other high dollar cards out, easily "making me some money" on the gamble. Helped me complete the set! The excitement surrounding that one purchase enticed others at the show (collectors and dealers) to buy more packs -- so the local dealer ended up selling the whole box at the show in about 30 minutes.