Collecting
What do you do with 20,000 baseball, basketball, football and hockey cards (most of which are basketball)?
It’s not a joke. I really need to know. I’ve got a handful of cards that I actually want to keep, but mostly it’s boxes of commons. What happened to cards? At one time people were buying them up like crazy! Now, brand new cards have value. After that, the individual values plummet.
Checking on ebay last night, it’s interesting that older cards have actually gone to extremely low prices. Coveted rookie cards can be found at bargain prices. I even saw the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird RC (w/Dr. J) for under $100 (ungraded) several places. Even those cool jersey cards can be found for next to nothing. Those who invested for money are probably disappointed right now. True collectors and sports enthusiasts are having a field day.
Oh well, I collected cards because it was fun for me. I hate the space it takes up, and need to get rid of a lot of it, but it was fun. My prized cards are my Karl Malone Rookie Card and an expansion insert for the New Orleans Jazz.
It’s a shame how some of those “fun” things have been turned into business, making little kids worry about “condition” and “book value”. I’ve even seen kids getting Star Wars action figures that they weren’t even going to open so the value won’t drop.
What a shame! In the long run, something will only have value later on if people really enjoy them now. Mark my words: in 20 years, people will be collecting video games.
Blaineism of the Day: Something is only worth what someone is willing to let someone else convince them they should pay for it.