Rooftop Shots Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 About 3 years ago, I was talking to an attorney (an avid Sox fan about 70 years old) about My Sox collection. He told me something that blew me away. He said that he stopped in 1995, but from 1952 (when Topps first started) to 1994 he has COMPLETE SEALED UNOPENED SETS of all of the Topps baseball cards. Can you even imagine the value of those? Mindblowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomSlowik Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Probably 2005 when I volunteered at the All-Star game fanfest. They were giving away limited edition cards if you purchased a certain number of packs. I still have an insane number of cards around the house. I collected a ton from about 92/93 to 2001/02, mostly baseball and basketball. I really enjoyed it, but there was just too much stuff out by the time I quit, and it was becoming cost-prohibitive to get the stuff I wanted. Unfortunately, I ended up selling/trading a lot of my cooler stuff whenever I'd go to a convention in my quest for whatever was hot and new. Best card I ever pulled out of a pack was a Scottie Pippen autographics. That set had so many weird and random people, it was awesome to get a star player. I could have sold it for a few hundred dollars, but I traded it for some other stuff that's long gone now. At this point, the only thing I ever buy is short-printed (under 100) cards of Northwestern players. Edited February 5, 2015 by ZoomSlowik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I collected heavily until around high school graduation (1991). Sold all my cards but three before I went off to college, so I'd have some spending money. I think I got like $1800 for everything, which seemed like a huge windfall at the time. I kept: --A 1956 Mickey Mantle Topps card that I found on the ground in an alley --Carlton Fisk rookie card (was actually a three-rookie card, also had Cecil Cooper I think), which Fisk later signed --Billy Ripken F*** FACE error card Still have those three, in a box in my closet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Wait... are there still baseball card packs that have gum? I assume not, just curious. I remember exactly how that awful, stale thing looked, smelled and tasted from a pack of Topps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) Wait... are there still baseball card packs that have gum? I assume not, just curious. I remember exactly how that awful, stale thing looked, smelled and tasted from a pack of Topps. we all still chewed that stuff anyways lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 11:47 AM) I collected heavily until around high school graduation (1991). Sold all my cards but three before I went off to college, so I'd have some spending money. I think I got like $1800 for everything, which seemed like a huge windfall at the time. I kept: --A 1956 Mickey Mantle Topps card that I found on the ground in an alley --Carlton Fisk rookie card (was actually a three-rookie card, also had Cecil Cooper I think), which Fisk later signed --Billy Ripken F*** FACE error card Still have those three, in a box in my closet. Good move, I bet those cards you sold aren't even worth $180 today. Sometimes I glance eBay to see what some of my best cards are worth, and it's very, very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 12:36 PM) Good move, I bet those cards you sold aren't even worth $180 today. Sometimes I glance eBay to see what some of my best cards are worth, and it's very, very sad. It seems like sometime in the 90's the market just collapsed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 12:34 PM) we all still chewed that stuff anyways lol That explains a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEdWalsh Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 In 1961 I was in 6th Grade. A pack of Topps baseball card cost 5 cents. I knew a kid who bought packs for the gum and gave all the cards to other kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooftop Shots Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Feb 5, 2015 -> 01:48 PM) In 1961 I was in 6th Grade. A pack of Topps baseball card cost 5 cents. I knew a kid who bought packs for the gum and gave all the cards to other kids. LOL why in the world just for the gum? Geez I remember how hard and stale that stuff was. Was also like someone took a cheese slicer and shaved off a few pieces of the sidewalk to put in card packs. May as well just chew on the cards. probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Got a blaster box of 2015 Topps last night. Got the last card of Konerko and Jeter...and a gold parallel of Tyler Flowers...ooooh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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