I'm glad someone documented these grease balls, because they been scamming kids for decades
@mothersoul13 ай бұрын
thanks so much
@darylmixan81704 ай бұрын
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.
@Jerlynvins4 ай бұрын
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.
@Kbunk_Youth_Football_Wrestling4 ай бұрын
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.
@davidportnoy32375 ай бұрын
They were all so very wrong about the way the industry would move on.
@shorebreakcards5 ай бұрын
Love this documentary! Such a great insight into the past and present of the "hobby", thanks for preserving it on YT!
@dean-marr5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this upload. I was 14 1990. Takes me back.
@archstanton43654 ай бұрын
I was 13 in '90 and started ripping packs of 86 Topps but only started getting serious about it in 89 with that year's Topps, Donruss and Fleer. Oh, let us not forget the wonderful inaugural series of Upper Deck! Amazing times and the great memories that still help carry me through hard times. Take care, friend.
@BSABD3156 ай бұрын
that mantle now is worth like 20 million
@tomservo56076 ай бұрын
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.
@jude9996 ай бұрын
Just think if they had put all their money in Mantles. Year?? I am guessing 1991.
@giantasparagus6 ай бұрын
Geoff is rubbing his hands together..
@jasonsmith24397 ай бұрын
The guy that paid 15 bucks for the Mantle and Mays got the deal of a lifetime.
@C-SkiSportsCards7 ай бұрын
Great Video. Really enjoyed this!
@kenscardboard7 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, I remember these days fondly. The days before grading and cardboard dreams.
@jherda898 ай бұрын
Does anybody know the name of this guy? 5:08
@boboy10008 ай бұрын
I really miss Cable Access TV.
@boomslang0249 ай бұрын
great trip into our past.
@MistaTea24710 ай бұрын
Take me back
@zachpierce64111 ай бұрын
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
@NikkisCards Жыл бұрын
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
@TA-mu4jt Жыл бұрын
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!
@PJLeo-sp4gn Жыл бұрын
Fellow junk wax collector - Cheers!
@MistaTea24710 ай бұрын
Just like stocks
@antz19coyote73 Жыл бұрын
It’s amaziing how wrong these guys were lol
@smizu1442 Жыл бұрын
33 years later... the messages are exactly the same. Don't buy strictly for "investments"...enjoy the cards.
@jameskenneally5644 Жыл бұрын
It would be great to interview all these guys 2023 and here what they think about the card market today.
@matthewthacker3683 Жыл бұрын
legend has it his phone is still ringing
@ZiggyNo Жыл бұрын
Someone should use this audio and today’s influencers in the hobby. Scary how this repeats.
@carolinatarheels7903 Жыл бұрын
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 🤦♂️
@carolinatarheels7903 Жыл бұрын
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.
@carolinatarheels7903 Жыл бұрын
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.
@carolinatarheels7903 Жыл бұрын
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.
@joerussell9574 Жыл бұрын
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!
@yankees296 ай бұрын
Upper deck was still printing 89 Griffey rookies on 1990 stock. Sheets at a time. Lol And they were still producing 89 cases in 1990 because they were like printing money.
@joelebstein Жыл бұрын
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.
@carolinatarheels7903 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, yet the dealers today weigh 400 pounds and stink up the show and not just with the crap they spew.
@guywilliams6569 Жыл бұрын
Anyone who says they "aren't in it for the value" is lying AND/or stupid!!!
@guywilliams6569 Жыл бұрын
Marijuana was never "scorned" by the PEOPLE!!!
@guywilliams6569 Жыл бұрын
Didn't need the first 60 seconds...
@giantasparagus6 ай бұрын
Didn't need this comment..
@coastalcomedynetwork3076 Жыл бұрын
Bro you say uhm so many times in this. Jesus Christ.
@AnthonyVenutolo Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the positive feedback... Now, can I go to YOUR page and say something nasty?
@Jackknifethegoat Жыл бұрын
And rocky balboa director’s cut❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@Jackknifethegoat Жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to see Stallone’s version of rocky v’s director’s cut❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@mantlecollector Жыл бұрын
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.
@AnthonyVenutolo Жыл бұрын
Yes. He’s still around in Livingston, NJ. Great guy.
@Ynalaw Жыл бұрын
Pre-card crading stupidity era.
@mattinnj2561 Жыл бұрын
I remember these days. Ed Walsh used to have shows at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, N.J.
@jayboley9683 Жыл бұрын
Man 15$ for a 51 Mantle & Mays? That guy must be rolling over in his grave right now lol.
@DOPECARDS Жыл бұрын
Dam sounds like the same old shit
@riverview9320 Жыл бұрын
(17:50) Great version "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"!
@sportcardcollector9599 Жыл бұрын
Wow what a great documentary thanks for sharing every collector needs to watch this video 👍👍
@gordonshumway2974 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this
@brockman562 Жыл бұрын
22:21 Whatnot before Whatnot with all the junk shitty lots being sold.
@chris_stoller182 жыл бұрын
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.
@dagjo2 жыл бұрын
Stuff like this is what makes KZfaq so great. Thank you for sharing!