@Thorekk Thats racist

@M Soccer sucks. There's something wrong with someone who voluntarily watches a game where 0-0 ties are common.

Yes at nearly $5.00 a pack.

someday I hope that production facilities will be in place where you can get "paid" or at least have food and basic housing where you don't have to "work" at a normal job makes people generally miserable

Maybe the kids are playing an adult game. Some people like to look tough - so what?

Since when was baseball a child's game, if it was adults who created baseball, first played it for centuries before there was any sort of little league baseball.

Greed! Agreed!

You may be right. I'm acting like one of the old guys who insists that everything was better when they were young. Maybe so, maybe not. But, different for sure.

You may be right. I'm acting like one of the old guys who insists that everything was better when they were young. Maybe so, maybe not. But, different for sure.

SHONUFF If baseball cards were only two dollars a pack and there were only base cards, kids would still be collecting. I think the internet would actually help if this were the case because you could trade for cards to complete your set.

I have 2 kids between 5 and 8. The electronic age is in full swing. My kids know how to use technology better than me and I'm no slouch. They figure out how to download games, videos, etc. and they are experts at smart phones, laptops, i-pads, etc. by the time they reach 1st grade. Physical items like toys and cards are almost nonsense for most kids - although I make every reasonable effort to get cards into the hands of kids I coach and my son.

Joey Porto - I'm totally with you. I only collect t206 cards at the moment and have been for many years and don't see any reason to collect other cards.

'52 Topps is still very popular. The Mantle has since broke the million dollar mark.

eBay just showed how many of these cards were actually out there and made it much easier to get access to them -- supply and demand. Not everyone is going to sell their cards at the exact same price, because if you want your card to sell, you have to go a little cheaper than the next guy. When there are hundreds of the same card being sold on eBay at the same time, a card that was originally valued at $50 goes down to $10 pretty quickly. Since there were millions of people buying these cards and stashing them away for a big payday, the supply just never runs out. eBay didn't kill the industry. It just exposed the hype and showed the reality. People couldn't live in a dream world anymore and depend on Beckett to tell them what their cards were worth.

eBay DID kill the baseball card shops, however. I don't feel bad for them, though. They were ripping people, especially kids, off for years.

you said it perfectly

mobus1603 I agree completely. my local card store is a big rip off. a football box from 2014 they still charge $90 when I can get one online for about 50

This is an old comment, but i'd say it will. Not because kids collect them, but because the market value has already been established. 80's and 90's cards however...

Huge money in 2011 to current cards. Beckett isn't the market though, ebay and other sites set the market

Thanks for ruining it for everyone else, TOPPS, F U.

Players going on strike in 94 killed the hobby. Thankfully it's making a comeback

I don't blame Topps. In the late 80's they only had the factory and traded sets. I blame Upper Deck. I could get a pack of 15 Topps cards for 50 cents for the longest time. Then Upper Deck came out with their premium cards and charging way more than the other 4 manufacturers. It ends up jacking the price up for basic wax packs. Then the 90s hit and every manufacturer starts churning out multiple sets in every sport. I still loathe Upper Deck to this day.

Mostly 50s -70s

Awe, that's really sweet! Just don't give your kids the impression that it's anything more than a pure hobby, because the cards won't ever be worth anymore than the material on which they're printed.

Like these overpriced jerks care? The amount of money they get is a drop in the bucket for them. Only reason they are even there is due to the contract they signed.

The ebay one is a fake from china (the PSA 9 might be a fake from china too, they're even faking the holders these days).

The graded card is certified which takes the fear out of buying. The $2500 sales you pointed out inspires scammers to trim and sell raw ( a big problem with vintage raw which I have fallen victim to multiple times ).

You have to watch out with graded these days, lots of fakes ending up on ebay..

@@DemonChildCC theres more product on ebay so of course theres fakes floating around, but they just make up a small portion of the card market, theres an ocean of real cards on there, you just have to know what to look for. If it sounds to good to be true, its probably so.

I collect all sports cards it a fun hobby

the physical topps set boxes are too small and the cards stick together. Its been going on since 1992 and noone cares.

Yup, just like movie stores closing, doesn't mean that no one's watching movies anymore. It's just evolved.

I'm just getting back into it and found collecting mid-grade cards from the 50' 60's the best because it's super affordable and you get legendary players in their prime for very nice prices on eBay. The same cards in near mint condition look to good to be true, my spidey senses go off thinking they might be fake.

+LT productions I totally agree. I took a break from collecting them because of a medical issue I developed but rest assured the allure of doing it once again is still there. Next time, I plan on collecting back to 1965 and onto the present.

+1979WSchamps glad you agree

Greedy dealers and also card companies themselves flooding the market with a bunch of different types of card sets and series and it makes following it a chore. I had a simple choice back then: Donruss, Topps, Score, Bowman, Fleer or Upper Deck now it's Topps Legends, Topps Masters, Topps Vintage, Topps this, Topps that. Who could keep up with up with any of it and who has the money to buy packs that priced way too high. No kids are going to be able to buy it. All we have now are grown adults with money who are looking to score some big loots out of the pack.

It is because no one cares about the game. When I was a dealer, in the late 1980's, most cards could sell. People made sets and fans bought players from their favorite teams (no matter how good/bad they were). Today, no one makes sets (except, perhaps, old fogies) and only buy the hot rookies and "sure" HOF'ers. 99% of all cards in a set are "worthless"! Heck, 99.99%!!! Only the artificial "rarities"....the inserts....have any "value"! And even then, most of those are junk. In 1988, a Marty Castillo 1984 Topps card would sell just as fast as an Alan Trammell or Lou Whitaker. Today, only inserts (autographed or memorabilia piece) of Cabrera or Verlander would sell (and only at a discount). Can't give away base set cards....even to kids. It is a joke. It will all die out, eventually. The baby boomers will die off and no one will give a crap about Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays.

kyokogodai What you said made sense until the last part.

Jim Brady Find me a dozen millennials that even know who Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays were. Then I will retract that last part. Out of sight, out of mind. Why else would so many garbage players be lifted up to greater heights than Mantle/Mays/Gehrig/Foxx/Musial/etc.? I know how it works. I saw the death of stamp collecting (father was a stamp dealer until about 1980). Sportscards are going in the exact same direction. I hope I live long enough to see it happen. Unless I get hit by a bus, I will.

kyokogodai I'm a millennial and could name you a large part of the 55 Yankees roster

Jim Brady 11 more needed.

Go for it! Just don't expect to make any money

Used to own that many. Thew most of them in the trash, because I couldn't even give them away. Sold a hand full that still had a little value.

I luv to open packs to. What cards do u collect? I collect baseball, football, hockey, basketball, wrestling and some other cards

That translates to Pokémon cards too. Our artwork is a lot prettier, and appeals to kids more. I'm sorry to say that the reason kids don't collect baseball cards, is because, if they collect anything at all, they are collecting Pokémon.

The nostalgia from my childhood may be nice, but I know they're not worth anything. I just view it as clutter now. In fact, I actually feel bad for all the suckers who wasted so much money on what they thought would be a great investment.

It is like Christmas with every pack

Go for it! Just don't plan on ever making a profit from your hobby.

As long as you don't plan on ever turning a profit, have at 'em! They're all yours.