Someone here mentioned pack searching. Yes! Looking though 1988 Donruss rack packs, cello packs and blister packs (remember those??) for Gregg Jeffries or Mark Grace rookies definitely means you were an '80s collector.
Did anyone else think the low Beckett price was the Dealer buying price and the High column was the sell price? I remember in 1987 getting a price guide for Christmas and later adding up my cards. Thought I could sell my cards for $60...lol
I remember '88 score was put in the pack sequentially, and Jeffries was near the tail end of the set. You could find his cards by looking at the back of the packs. My LCS owner applauded my ingenuity -- "that's impressive, I didn't think/realize that" and then told me if I ever did it again in his store he'd kick me out permanently.
He also showed me why I should never buy old rack packs unless i see them open the new box.
<< <i>Did anyone else think the low Beckett price was the Dealer buying price and the High column was the sell price? I remember in 1987 getting a price guide for Christmas and later adding up my cards. Thought I could sell my cards for $60...lol >>
I read my beckett from cover to cover usually and IIRC -- low beckett was what you'd expect to pay outside of the geographic region for that player and high would be for within the geographic region (or for extremely popular players).
i.e. a Dave Dravecky rookie was .25 in Atlanta, but .60 in San Diego. Whereas the current Pete Rose was .30 anywhere.
<< <i>You held the first edition of "Baseball Cards Magazine" in your hands and were awestruck. And you read every word of it...ten times.
The name "Renato Galasso" means something to you.
>>
These two are me, in spades. I LOVED reading BBCM and also Renata's magazine/catalog. I still remember getting notification of pre-orders for 1984 update sets - $7.99 each. I took my allowance and very carefully bought one....the Topps one. That Fleer will never be worth anything! Ooops.
<< <i>You remember the thrill of finding a Joe Charboneau rookie card! >>
You remember chasing Ron Kittle's 83 Fleer card. You remember thinking Kent Hrbek was the next great thing. You chased 81 Kirk Gibson, Tony Pena,Fernando, Mookie and Hubie Brooks and Tim Raines. You thought that Dayrl Strawberry was going to be the greatest ever and had loads of his Topps rookie but wanted the 83 Traded. All you wanted was the 84 Traded set for the Gooden XRC. You thought the 85 Donruss Highlight set was gold in the palm of your hand because of the 3 Gooden cards. You also thought that the 85 Fleer Limited edition set was actually limited . You thought the 85 Topps Gooden was worth 10 bucks and couldn't buy enough packs to satisfy your addiction to it. Pole Position, Track and Field, Punchout were video games inside of 7-11 and you played those while opening packs and drinking big gulps. You always wanted to go grocery shopping so you could go rifle through boxes of Drakes products for the card. I am very surprised I didn't get caught opening them up to get card and then putting it back opened Lastly you couldn't wait to see the design of the new cards around November the itch started and it was the longest stretch of the year Novemeber to February
You bought Kraft Macaroni & Cheese with the cards on the back. Instead of eating the Mac & Cheese, you hoarded the stuff in complete unopened boxes because you just knew they would be worth something someday.
(I know where there is about 20 or 30 unopened boxes of that stuff. The funny thing is is that it is probably ok to eat with all of the preservatives they put in that stuff; ok being a relative term).
Forget the CCP, Who remembers CPU? And who was on the (only) color cover of the first year anniversary price guide? What card brand and card year? This will definetly get you more points! Pete
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He also showed me why I should never buy old rack packs unless i see them open the new box.
<< <i>Did anyone else think the low Beckett price was the Dealer buying price and the High column was the sell price? I remember in 1987 getting a price guide for Christmas and later adding up my cards. Thought I could sell my cards for $60...lol >>
I read my beckett from cover to cover usually and IIRC -- low beckett was what you'd expect to pay outside of the geographic region for that player and high would be for within the geographic region (or for extremely popular players).
i.e. a Dave Dravecky rookie was .25 in Atlanta, but .60 in San Diego. Whereas the current Pete Rose was .30 anywhere.
<< <i>- You worked part time in a card store and got paid with boxes of 90 Donruss >>
I worked for awhile pricing and buying cards at a Drug Store. Got paid with 1990 Fleer. I quit when the owner (Dude) appeared to be hitting on me.
<< <i>You held the first edition of "Baseball Cards Magazine" in your hands and were awestruck. And you read every word of it...ten times.
The name "Renato Galasso" means something to you.
>>
These two are me, in spades. I LOVED reading BBCM and also Renata's magazine/catalog. I still remember getting notification of pre-orders for 1984 update sets - $7.99 each. I took my allowance and very carefully bought one....the Topps one. That Fleer will never be worth anything! Ooops.
Tabe
<< <i>You remember the thrill of finding a Joe Charboneau rookie card! >>
You remember chasing Ron Kittle's 83 Fleer card.
You remember thinking Kent Hrbek was the next great thing.
You chased 81 Kirk Gibson, Tony Pena,Fernando, Mookie and Hubie Brooks and Tim Raines.
You thought that Dayrl Strawberry was going to be the greatest ever and had loads of his Topps
rookie but wanted the 83 Traded.
All you wanted was the 84 Traded set for the Gooden XRC.
You thought the 85 Donruss Highlight set was gold in the palm of your hand because of the 3 Gooden cards.
You also thought that the 85 Fleer Limited edition set was actually limited .
You thought the 85 Topps Gooden was worth 10 bucks and couldn't buy enough packs to satisfy your addiction to it.
Pole Position, Track and Field, Punchout were video games inside of 7-11 and you played those while opening
packs and drinking big gulps.
You always wanted to go grocery shopping so you could go rifle through boxes of Drakes products for the card.
I am very surprised I didn't get caught opening them up to get card and then putting it back opened
Lastly you couldn't wait to see the design of the new cards around November the itch started and it was
the longest stretch of the year Novemeber to February
ON ITS WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658
(I know where there is about 20 or 30 unopened boxes of that stuff. The funny thing is is that it is probably ok to eat with all of the preservatives they put in that stuff; ok being a relative term).
Shane
<< <i> if someone gives you the name of a common player you could tell him what team he played for. >>
So true!
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<< <i>You thought a Corey Synder RC was valuable. >>
Or you thought you'd scored a great deal buying one $3.50 when everyone else in the show wanted $5 or $6.