You are an intelligent group. If you had $1500 to spend.

1980scollector · July 7, 2016 12:36PM

Would you keep it because the market is too high or buy a card?

If you would buy a card(s)that you think will appreciate over the long haul which would you pick.

To keep it simple you could pick $500/$1000/$1500.

Stone193 · July 7, 2016 12:49PM

Hiya Nathan

I'm not good with appreciation.

If I had around a grand+?

I would've bid on a Fisk RC PSA 9 for my HOF set.

n8miller00 · July 7, 2016 1:21PM

I don't know why but I am on a mission as of late to pull a Jeter from a 93 SP pack so I would probably buy a box of 93 SP Baseball.

Not too intelligent as you mentioned as I would probably have the luck of pulling a min size one.

ThoseBackPages · July 7, 2016 2:14PM

as many Jeter SP RC PSA 7's as i can find in the $75 range

arex · July 7, 2016 8:15PM

I'd buy the nicest 53 Topps and Bowman Mantles $1500 would get me. So most likely a PSA 2 Topps and a PSA 4 Bowman Color

craig44 · July 7, 2016 10:30PM

I would consider the 1964 rose. First card of him alone. With the crazy prices the rookie is going for, the second year is sure to follow. Psa 7 can be had for around $500. Psa 8 for around $2000

1980scollector · July 7, 2016 10:42PM

These all make a lot of sense.

rexvos · July 8, 2016 12:01AM

I would buy a PSA 6 Bart Starr rc and PSA 7 Fran Tarkenton rc, just because I like them and need them. Value should continue to rise but more interested in owning them

miwlvrn · July 8, 2016 12:12AM

I'd go with as many PSA 9's of 2004 Mega Cracks 71 Messi & 2003 Megacraques C.Ronaldo as I could find to purchase under that price cap.

ClockworkAngel · July 8, 2016 12:32AM

$1500 sure doesnt get what it used to, but I'd focus ion a vintage HOF's RC in PSA 9. Perhaps a Robin Yount, Rickey Henderson, Ozzie Smith, etc. I don't think you can get a Brett or Schmidt anymore at that price but there are still some solid cards from the 1970's hanging around that price

doctorperfecto · July 8, 2016 12:39AM

if i had 1500 for cards and didn't spent it because i was worried about the market, i don't think i could call myself a card collector anymore

billwaltonsbeard · July 8, 2016 12:52AM

What's a dollar?

travis t · July 8, 2016 12:55AM

I take it you're not one of the 10-30 guys.

LarkinCollector · July 8, 2016 1:03AM

Originally posted by: billwaltonsbeard
What's a dollar?

Valid question, hopefully someone can respond without snark.

I'd be going for GOAT/superstars whose RCs haven't exploded yet outside the big 4 sports. Hard to believe 70s RCs in PSA 8 for ~$200. There are still a lot of good buying opportunities even in this bull market on both singles and unopened.

ClockworkAngel · July 8, 2016 1:22AM

Originally posted by: LarkinCollector

Originally posted by: billwaltonsbeard
What's a dollar?

Valid question, hopefully someone can respond without snark.

I'd be going for GOAT/superstars whose RCs haven't exploded yet outside the big 4 sports. Hard to believe 70s RCs in PSA 8 for ~$200. There are still a lot of good buying opportunities even in this bull market on both singles and unopened.

I agree. I think the Henderson RC and Ozzie Smith RC are pretty good buys and reasonably priced compared to all those other HOF's cards going nuts. IMO, both Ozzie and Rickey are more than just HOF's. They are icons and changed the game in their own ways.

travis t · July 8, 2016 1:26AM

I think PSA 9 Rickey just boarded the celestial starship. Better hurry.

doctorperfecto · July 8, 2016 1:35AM

The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories. It is divided into 100 smaller cent units. The circulating paper money consists of Federal Reserve Notes.

JHS5120 · July 8, 2016 1:44AM

Originally posted by: doctorperfecto
The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories. It is divided into 100 smaller cent units. The circulating paper money consists of Federal Reserve Notes.

I don't think anyone specified US dollar.

MantlesMantra · July 8, 2016 1:44AM

HOF rookie. Even as pops increase these hold their value and increase.

I'd also consider unopened (and keeping it unopened!).

doctorperfecto · July 8, 2016 1:44AM

That's your opinion

miwlvrn · July 8, 2016 2:39AM

Originally posted by: JHS5120

Originally posted by: doctorperfecto

The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories. It is divided into 100 smaller cent units. The circulating paper money consists of Federal Reserve Notes.

I don't think anyone specified US dollar.

Wait, I thought he meant these:

MULLINS5 · July 8, 2016 2:53AM

I'm partial to the Gretzky OPC rookie, so I could say go with the highest graded, nicely centered (with centered oil drop) you can find for the price. Will it be a great return on investment down the road? Probably not.

Wonder if the Sakic Topps PSA 10 will ever take off? Super tough card. If it ever becomes a $5,000 card I'd sell mine in a heartbeat since I didn't pull it out of a pack.

I would consider looking into 1940 Superman cards, particularly the high number cards (or card number #1). I've been collecting and following this set and it is extremely popular and that popularity is growing. I'd either buy one high grade high number or several very low grade high numbers.

Surprised the Frank Thomas error hasn't taken off yet. You can get something in the $1,500 range there.

Thinking outside of the box (and keeping it collectibles related), I would consider going another route altogether in investing. For me, as I've said before, I deal with antiquarian books. It's very easy to turn $1,500 into $5,000 in as little as a year - then re-invest that and make $15,000. There are lots of people doing this. So, if there are other collectibles you're interested in other than sports cards, there may be opportunities to make sound investments with them. It just seems, to me, that if one didn't "invest" in sports cards a few years ago then the ship has sailed, but who know, I've never been really good at making money off sports cards.

Best of luck.

n8miller00 · July 8, 2016 3:21AM

A NNOF for $1,500, where?

MULLINS5 · July 8, 2016 3:28AM

Originally posted by: n8miller00

A NNOF for $1,500, where?

Has it already taken off? Not long ago you could get a low grade one in the $1,500 range.

n8miller00 · July 8, 2016 3:40AM

I haven't seen anything low grade in a while.

LarkinCollector · July 8, 2016 3:40AM

Asking prices have gotten ridiculous ($20K for a BGS9), but there are still some steals out there: 90 Auto'd NNOF

BobH · July 8, 2016 3:43AM

Originally posted by: craig44
I would consider the 1964 rose. First card of him alone. With the crazy prices the rookie is going for, the second year is sure to follow. Psa 7 can be had for around $500. Psa 8 for around $2000

Along this same line of thinking but with non rookie HOF stars. 56 Clemente 7, Aaron,Mays 8, Koufax 7, maybe a Kaline or Banks 8
55 same idea maybe a grade or 2 less except Clemente

MrNearMint · July 8, 2016 3:53AM

As many 87-88 fleer Michael Jordan's I could buy in bgs 8, 8.5 and 9 as I could.

n8miller00 · July 8, 2016 4:07AM

Yeah I think the auto'd nnof has been Fs for a while

ClockworkAngel · July 8, 2016 5:35AM

Yeah I have gone back to that Auto Thomas a few times. Thats a true rarity. Kind of surprised no one has picked it up

NYYanksFan7 · July 8, 2016 8:13AM

Originally posted by: travis t

I think PSA 9 Rickey just boarded the celestial starship. Better hurry.

The most recent sale of a PSA 9 went for over $2k. Absolutely nuts. It had the PWCC 'high end' label attached however, so I suppose it's justified. /sarcasm

swartz1 · July 8, 2016 9:14AM

silver

lwehlers · July 8, 2016 10:05AM

If I had 1500 to spend I would get myself a nice psa 7 68 topps Nolan ryan. then with the rest I would get a Henderson psa 9.

kingbeeswax · July 8, 2016 2:43PM

Originally posted by: lwehlers

If I had 1500 to spend I would get myself a nice psa 7 68 topps Nolan ryan. then with the rest I would get a Henderson psa 9.

That would cost you $2600-$3000 at the moment. They both went up

stevegarveyfan · July 11, 2016 1:42PM

I'd pick up the one card I really need for my collection: a 1971 Topps Steve Garvey PSA 9. That'd use up the allotted funds right there.

seebelow · July 11, 2016 5:05PM

Originally posted by: stevegarveyfan

I'd pick up the one card I really need for my collection: a 1971 Topps Steve Garvey PSA 9. That'd use up the allotted funds right there.

is that all that its going for? i do remember its a relatively low pop. awesome card with the black borders and the crisp white dodger uniform. also, he was my childhood hero....id def buy more if its just over 1k...great card, great taste

RipublicaninMass · July 11, 2016 7:23PM

Best signed Hof rc I could find

craig44 · July 11, 2016 8:45PM

I have checked out that nnof thomas on ebay too. It is in very rough condition.

craig44 · July 11, 2016 8:46PM

I thought the 71 garvey in 9 would be much more expensive as well. Isn't it around $25000 in a 10?

You are an intelligent group. If you had $1500 to spend.

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