Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Baseball Cards in the Late 80’s

Baseball card companies really produced a lot of sets during the years of the late 1980’s because there were a lot of speculators that decided to invest in the market at that time. It artificially drove up the prices and made it difficult on those of us who were true collectors, who love the game and the players. And when the investors left the market, the supposed value of the cards dropped like a rock!

 There are a lot of worthless baseball cards sitting in closets of folks who got stung by the phenomenon.

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Monday, March 5, 2007

1989 Upper Deck & Future Hall of Famers

The 1989 Upper Deck set of baseball cards has a number of rookie cards of players that I believe will end up in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. The number one card is Ken Griffey Jr, who is sure to enter the Hall. So is Randy Johnson, and Craig Biggio, and John Smoltz. Curt Schilling is making a case for his inclusion as well.

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Friday, March 2, 2007

1988 Baseball Cards

The year was not a very good one for the card collectors. The brands all over produced their products so essentially they became worthless, especially the common cards. And there wereno huge rookies to make the cards more attractive. Greg Jeffries started the year as a hot commoditiy, based on his great September the previous season. But he fizzled. Score introduced another brand that year, further diluting the value of each card

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

1986 Donruss Baseball Cards

In 1986 the best set of baseball cards, in my humble opinion, was the Donruss set. That set had nice card stock and the best photography. But the real reason it stood above the other sets was the inclusion of the Rated Rookie card of Jose Canseco. His card quickly dominated the card shows and was the most sought after card from that season.

He had so much power and promise, and had his days of greatness.

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Friday, January 5, 2007

Hank and Oh!

I went to an auction of baseball cards and memorabilia one day. There were many top quality items up for sale. When I arrived I was intrigued by a lot that included a ball, a bat and limited edition lithograph of Hank Aaron and Saduharo Oh. Each of the three items in the lot was autographed by both Aaron and Oh.
 I am not a big spender at auctions, so I knew I was unlikely to acquire the lot. But only 14 bidders showed up at the auction. As the bidding progressed it became apparent that none of us bidders were willing to drive the prices up. Quite often, if one of us placed a bid on an item, he won the item uncontested. Cards were going for about ten per cent of the book price.  

When we got to the lot of Aaron and Oh’s autographed items I was very nervous as I really wanted to win the pieces. When the auctioneer told us about the lot, he said that the reserve was $150, but it was worth much more. When he finished his description, in as strong a voice as I could muster, I bid “$150”.  The other 13 bidders looked at me, and shrugged their shoulders. The auctioneer pleaded, but no one else bid!

 

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