I'm glad someone documented these grease balls, because they been scamming kids for decades

thanks so much

Sports Card Shows in the mid and later 80's were insane... I was a kid, born in 1980... It was when price guides first came out... thats why there is a dramatic difference in value between pre-1985 cards and the cheap mass produced cards 1986-current. I couldn't imagine being a broke ass 30 year old 80's dad with 3 kids, shitty job, and high mortage rate seeing cards worth $1000's of dollars that you used as BB gun targets as a kid... The quiet ride home from the Card Show, stopping to get cheap beer because you only have $11.86 left until Friday and its Sunday.

Imagine this. Right across the street from middle school was an arcade. In 1975 we had pinball and air hockey. We had it better back then.

This is amazing. I was 13 when this would have been made. What's fascinating is that nothing has really changed. I was certainly one of the kids who liked older card, but they were just out of reach financially. I still have a 71 Thurman Monson that I bought at the time, and every time I went to the card store i would look at the 73 Dwight Evans rookie wishing I could afford it.

They were all so very wrong about the way the industry would move on.

Love this documentary! Such a great insight into the past and present of the "hobby", thanks for preserving it on YT!

Thank you for this upload. I was 14 1990. Takes me back.

that mantle now is worth like 20 million

Funny how these days there are actually prominent millionaire investors who buy cases of cards hoping to pull that 1 of 1 card that they will immediately sell for a profit.

Just think if they had put all their money in Mantles. Year?? I am guessing 1991.

Geoff is rubbing his hands together..

The guy that paid 15 bucks for the Mantle and Mays got the deal of a lifetime.

Great Video. Really enjoyed this!

Thanks for sharing, I remember these days fondly. The days before grading and cardboard dreams.

Does anybody know the name of this guy? 5:08

I really miss Cable Access TV.

great trip into our past.

Take me back

What’s funny to think about is the people that said back then the kids are only in it for the money and they only care about what the Beckett says. I wonder if some of those very same kids are still in the hobby It’s the same thing the older crowd complains about now, the kids are just in it for the money

I wonder what happened to that kid that said his favorite set was 86-87 fleer. He knew something most people didn’t apparently. Beautiful set I wish I could have kept some of them

Now in 2023, I realize I’m one of the dumb kids who preferred the new vs the old cards. Nonetheless, I’ve started collecting again, but only the cards from the “junk wax” era purely for nostalgia. It’s just incredible that I can finally buy the Donruss Canseco rookie and Upper Deck Griffey Jr. cards for super cheap and appreciat owning them. Gotta say that I’m enjoying my childhood through sportscards from the 80’s and 90’s and I don’t care what people think of it. Sportscards now really seem to be about profits and less for the love of the team, athletes and hobby. $3000 for a Trey Young card!!! That’s just disappointment waiting to happen!!! Not going to buy into the hype anymore!

It’s amaziing how wrong these guys were lol

33 years later... the messages are exactly the same. Don't buy strictly for "investments"...enjoy the cards.

It would be great to interview all these guys 2023 and here what they think about the card market today.

legend has it his phone is still ringing

Someone should use this audio and today’s influencers in the hobby. Scary how this repeats.

The guy at 23:32 about kids just seeing the money and not collecting. If he only knew what card shows would look like with 8 year olds carrying around briefcases and slabs 🤦‍♂️

I wonder how many of those autographed 8x10’s and baseballs were forged because no one paid much attention until 20/20 investigated in the 90’s and found that 95% of all Mantle's and Ted Williams autos were forged.

I miss these days because every mom was selling their sons 1950’s-1960’s sports cards in ziplock bags at a garage sale and selling them for $1 for 100 cards because they were cleaning out the attic and they had no idea even then that cards were worth anything. You could scoop up thousands of cards for so cheap. Now everyone sees a baseball card and it’s automatically $1 a common because they don’t know the card is a common.

I liked the guy at 13:38 with the table of Broder cards. I remember there were pop up overnight card shops in my town that had tons of them and just laid out on tables. People would buy a few and then they would just go under the table and replace it with the same card. Like printing money because they were usually $1-$5 a card. I was so awestruck as I had never seen them before and gladly forked over the money because none of my friends had them. What a terrible waste of money. I remember some shows would ban the guys selling Broders because they were illegal.

2023 here. Boy that guy saying the quip about there never being oversaturation because the companies know better...goddam that did not age well at all, neither for the junk wax era nor anything after 2020 especially lol!

Shows that adults talk the same garbage back then as they do know. Talking crap about kids and their motives and not being true collectors. I hear the same garbage today. The funny thing is, the adults talking crap today are the kids seen in this video. Funny how 30 year old video sounds identical to the garbage I hear today. The irony. If I see a kid collecting cards, I’m stoked to see a kid collecting cards. Could care less what the kids motives are.

Anyone who says they "aren't in it for the value" is lying AND/or stupid!!!

Marijuana was never "scorned" by the PEOPLE!!!

Didn't need the first 60 seconds...

Bro you say uhm so many times in this. Jesus Christ.

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I can’t wait to see Stallone’s version of rocky v’s director’s cut❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Wonder if any of these card shops is still around. Prolly not but i think the guy with the mustache shop would be. He sounded smart and knew alot bout the card business and what not to do if u dont want to go out of business.

Pre-card crading stupidity era.

I remember these days. Ed Walsh used to have shows at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, N.J.

Man 15$ for a 51 Mantle & Mays? That guy must be rolling over in his grave right now lol.

Dam sounds like the same old shit

(17:50) Great version "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"!

Wow what a great documentary thanks for sharing every collector needs to watch this video 👍👍

Thank you for this

22:21 Whatnot before Whatnot with all the junk shitty lots being sold.

The card I always wanted as a kid was Don Mattingly’s 1984 Donruss, but I couldn’t afford it. Now I have several of them.

Stuff like this is what makes KZfaq so great. Thank you for sharing!