Hockey Card Collectors Anyone?
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Upper Deck and McDonalds got me back into it for a few years, but it is not the same from your childhood years. Companies charge waaaay too much for the cards. It is no longer a 'just for fun' thing to do.
I have not seriously collected for about 10 years now.
I have not seriously collected for about 10 years now.
If I had my stuff from the 50's 60's 70's I could retire now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ROOKIE cards I had is like a HOF reunion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stuck in bike spokes , up against a wall for knocksdowns or flippsie's etc.
The ROOKIE cards I had is like a HOF reunion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stuck in bike spokes , up against a wall for knocksdowns or flippsie's etc.
Here's the thing. My local card store is telling me that back in the 90's, Upper Deck flooded the market, hence why cards back then hold very little value (which explains why I have 5 Hasek rookies for example). Nowadays, apparently, production is much more controlled. As an example, the store is selling a box of 92-93 Upper Deck for $30CAD versus a box of 09-10 Upper Deck Series 1 for $90.
I'm basically trying to find as much info as I can about today's market. There are so many different types of sets from Upper Deck, that I'm getting dizzy and I can't afford to buy them all. Is it worth it to invest in rare boxes compared to regular series-run boxes? That's kind of my dilemma.
I gave up on my hockey card collection and now trade MMA UFC cards because they are so easy to get autographed and authenticated.
my prized possession so far is a Topps Round 1 George St. Pierre autographed card from UFC 46. I'm pretty sure I can get over $1000 for it.
my collection is small, but it is easy and cheap to acquire cards.
my prized possession so far is a Topps Round 1 George St. Pierre autographed card from UFC 46. I'm pretty sure I can get over $1000 for it.
my collection is small, but it is easy and cheap to acquire cards.
I think the problem nowadays is that the base common cards are not worth that much, nor are they likely to increase. It is all the sub sets that are valuable, but you need to buy so many packs and boxes to have a chance at them, the outlay to residual value decreases in my opinion.Here's the thing. My local card store is telling me that back in the 90's, Upper Deck flooded the market, hence why cards back then hold very little value (which explains why I have 5 Hasek rookies for example). Nowadays, apparently, production is much more controlled. As an example, the store is selling a box of 92-93 Upper Deck for $30CAD versus a box of 09-10 Upper Deck Series 1 for $90.
I'm basically trying to find as much info as I can about today's market. There are so many different types of sets from Upper Deck, that I'm getting dizzy and I can't afford to buy them all. Is it worth it to invest in rare boxes compared to regular series-run boxes? That's kind of my dilemma.
It may be better to invest in boxes prior to 1980 or so, not too many sets held their value after 86/87.
Of course, you just may get lucky buying packs or boxes of recent cards and find an autographed Crosby patch for example, but the big scores will be far and few between
I think all of us here collected hockey cards as kids and played those games for fun and some actually collected. I remember having 4 Gretzky rookie cards and playing knock'zies with them.
Then of course my dad threw out my entire collections from 78-84 telling me they were a waste of money.
It wasn't till the boom in the early 90's when I started collecting again but then hobby got out of hand and it wasn't fun collecting.
Thanks to eBay I was able to buy some rookie cards from the 80's that I once had, at least the ones I could afford. Still wanting a decent Guy Lafleur rookie for a reasonable price.
Then of course my dad threw out my entire collections from 78-84 telling me they were a waste of money.
It wasn't till the boom in the early 90's when I started collecting again but then hobby got out of hand and it wasn't fun collecting.
Thanks to eBay I was able to buy some rookie cards from the 80's that I once had, at least the ones I could afford. Still wanting a decent Guy Lafleur rookie for a reasonable price.
I also collected baseball cards and some football, basketball, auto racing(NASCAR), strippers, junior hockey as well as finding the occasional specialty card like an actor, Kevin Costner, getting to play with a major league baseball team.
I would like to collect again, but only if it going to be reasonable, like in hockey having an average of 15-20 players per team, a card for each trophy(Stanley Cup, Hart, etc), first and second allstars, goal/assist/points etc leaders.
That would be a base collection of between 450 - 600 cards, add to that the trophies, allstar players, stats leaders and it could keep one season of cards to under 1000 in the set. There could be new cards released after the trade deadline for any player that got traded or a player who turned heads after getting called up.
Now I want to go out and start collecting again. lol
I would like to collect again, but only if it going to be reasonable, like in hockey having an average of 15-20 players per team, a card for each trophy(Stanley Cup, Hart, etc), first and second allstars, goal/assist/points etc leaders.
That would be a base collection of between 450 - 600 cards, add to that the trophies, allstar players, stats leaders and it could keep one season of cards to under 1000 in the set. There could be new cards released after the trade deadline for any player that got traded or a player who turned heads after getting called up.
Now I want to go out and start collecting again. lol
Hey fellas,
I'm 99% set on exclusively collecting high-end products such as Upper Deck The Cup and Upper Deck Black Series. I don't like ending up with $0.50 common cards. When a hot rookie comes out, I'll just purchase that rookie card individually. The problem now is of course having the money to purchase these expensive boxes...grrrr
I'm 99% set on exclusively collecting high-end products such as Upper Deck The Cup and Upper Deck Black Series. I don't like ending up with $0.50 common cards. When a hot rookie comes out, I'll just purchase that rookie card individually. The problem now is of course having the money to purchase these expensive boxes...grrrr
