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1993 baseball card newsletter. "Topps" among collectors!

RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭
edited July 24, 2023 5:09PM in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

It's really amazing how much certain cards have appreciated in 30 years. Did anyone back then think 1952 Topps cards of even Mantle, Robinson and Mays becoming 6 or 7 figure cards? (It was hard enough to believe 1992 Frank Thomas Rookie Sensations were $100 right out of the pack.)

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A look back always has 2 sides. Cards you wished you kept and cards you wished you sold before the bottom dropped out.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
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    2dueces2dueces Posts: 6,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have the entire set of rookie sensations somewhere. I remember trading, buying and hunting for each one in 1992.

    W.C.Fields
    "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
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    waxmanwaxman Posts: 957 ✭✭✭✭

    A 1952 Mantle in mint condition was valued at $32,000 back then. My how times have changed.

    Adam
    collecting O-Pee-Chee (OPC) baseball cards
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    olb31olb31 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @waxman2745 said:
    A 1952 Mantle in mint condition was valued at $32,000 back then. My how times have changed.

    11 mill now.

    Work hard and you will succeed!!
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    RonSportscardsRonSportscards Posts: 1,244 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @olb31 said:

    @waxman2745 said:
    A 1952 Mantle in mint condition was valued at $32,000 back then. My how times have changed.

    11 mill now.

    Overvalued relative to his WAR.

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    DavidPuddyDavidPuddy Posts: 3,491 ✭✭✭

    Seems like a fairly well written ad for the R&N China Porcelain cards of the 90's.

    Good read, thanks for posting.

    "The Sipe market is ridiculous right now"
    CDsNuts, 1/9/15
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    GreenSneakersGreenSneakers Posts: 916 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 27, 2023 2:20AM

    @olb31 said:

    @waxman2745 said:
    A 1952 Mantle in mint condition was valued at $32,000 back then. My how times have changed.

    11 mill now.

    I wouldn’t necessarily say times have changed. It’s really the same thing. I couldn’t spend $32k then and I can’t spend $11m now.

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    olb31olb31 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1999 - dan snyder bought the redskins for $800,000 million

    2023 - dan snyder sales the redskins for $6 billion.

    Rich get richer.

    Work hard and you will succeed!!
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