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I like that idea. I grew up a White Sox fan and just went through some of their rosters from the mid-70's to late-80's and I imagine I can get a lot of those cards for a couple bucks max. Where did you get the frame?comfortably numb said:
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Just an edit to this post—Josh Cohen-Sports is the owners personal facebook handle. The actual business page with the information about how to submit card for grading would be PC Sportcards. If you friend request him directly—he’ll just refer you to the business page where the information is—so you are better off connecting directly through PC Sportscards on facebook so you don’t have to get re-directed to it.jvdesigns2002 said:
Feel like the trilogy are a bit over priced tbh. With that being said, I’ve bought a couple spots on vintage breaks trilogy since they don’t have much modern hockey things. What’d you pull, a Zadina? I got pretty lucky in the last break I did last week and pulled an Ilya Mikheyev auto at least.
You can get these at Michael's. And they have an app that you can get like 40% of any regular item every week.
I have opened probably 8 packs of Triology and the results have been underwhelming at best. My Detroit player was Taro Hirose--I never sell my cards, but can't help but notice this card is listed at 1.50 on Ebay with no bidders. Yep, that pack was worth $17.00---
My kingdom for a Makar.....
I sometimes wonder if now is the time to collect when less popular and lower prints in case it comes back. Sadly all mine were bought in the bubble.
The flawless boxes have some super sick stuff in them including diamonds, rubies, etc. pretty sure it’s a bit less than $3k tho.
You can always buy a box online and say some. Trilogy just seems like a solid product but unfortunately it’s super underwhelming :(Courtjester said:I have opened probably 8 packs of Triology and the results have been underwhelming at best. My Detroit player was Taro Hirose--I never sell my cards, but can't help but notice this card is listed at 1.50 on Ebay with no bidders. Yep, that pack was worth $17.00---
I never heard of this until reading it here.
Can you explain this? I see stuff on twitter about this but I don’t understand what they’re talking about.
I've collected baseball cards off and on pretty much my entire life.
The sports card market is pretty crazy right now - it reminds me of the 90's.
Topps Project 2020 is the epitome of craziness.
Yup--and have you seen the price that Panini is going to be asking for National Treasures basketball? Dutch auction that is going to start at $30k a box--and the lowest that it will drop down to is $7500 a box. My guess is that it sells out in the $10-15k a box range. Just nuts.
I've collected baseball cards off and on pretty much my entire life.
The sports card market is pretty crazy right now - it reminds me of the 90's.
Topps Project 2020 is the epitome of craziness.
A little late to the game but I did buy the two that are up today. Don Mattingly and Frank Thomasa
I've collected baseball cards off and on pretty much my entire life.
The sports card market is pretty crazy right now - it reminds me of the 90's.
Topps Project 2020 is the epitome of craziness.
Same here but more basketball. I know I have at least 50 Jordan cards sitting in a box at my parents, maybe double that. Not graded or anything thoughhuthut said:
Wow I had no idea I thought the market had disappeared. I was a big collector in the 90’s when printing was out of control, so we are back to those times? I was considering if print levels were low getting back into it and hanging onto sets long term....sounds like it’s the opposite? What are the main brands these days that would be worth considering as a long term investment? I came up in the Topps/Upper Deck/Fleer/Score/Bowman/Leaf days.....none of them made it!?!?
I've collected baseball cards off and on pretty much my entire life.
The sports card market is pretty crazy right now - it reminds me of the 90's.
Topps Project 2020 is the epitome of craziness.
Definitely depends on what sport you’re looking at. Baseball is mostly bowman, football/basketball is mostly panini, hockey is mostly upper deck.Wow I had no idea I thought the market had disappeared. I was a big collector in the 90’s when printing was out of control, so we are back to those times? I was considering if print levels were low getting back into it and hanging onto sets long term....sounds like it’s the opposite? What are the main brands these days that would be worth considering as a long term investment? I came up in the Topps/Upper Deck/Fleer/Score/Bowman/Leaf days.....none of them made it!?!?
Lol
Yeah--the prices for newer wax has really exploded. 2020 contenders draft is really a hot or cold product. I've literally seen an entire case of 6 boxes ripped where every auto was a sticker auto and there was literally maybe only 2-3 numbered autos in the entire case. I've also seen cases where there are like 6-8 numbered autos, and some big names like Tua in there. Ripping packs and getting into breaks is truly like gambling--and make no mistake--to some it's very addictive. I get my gambling fix by watching breaks but when it comes to collecting--I generally buy singles and collect sealed wax. If you pick the right products and buy them at the right prices--seale wax tends to go up in value at a pretty solid rate. The beauty of buying singles is that the gamblers that love ripping packs and getting into breaks always need to finance their habit. I generally can find nice deals on singles as they are not attached to any particular card--they are just addicted to the gamble. It's kinda the same concept of why there are pawn shops next to casinos. I know it sound sharky--but in reality--it's a great way to get good deals on stuff.
True. Speaking of that, the 2020 sets have to be at a much lower production number than recent years due to all that's going on. Good time to buy?
What I am more concerned about (or shall I say my pocketbook) is a glut of product hitting weeks apart from one another. I haven't seen Panini announce any product cancellation and yet, we don't have any product released yet (as far as football). Score should have been out, but it is #### pre-selling at $250 a box---SCORE at that price??. This is their supposed entry level product.
The key to picking good investment worthy products is all about what your thoughts are on that particular rookie class. For example--I loved the rookie class in 2018 in baseball, basketball, and football. In basketball--you have Luka, Trae, Ayton, Shai, Colin Sexton, Jaren Jackson, Marvin Bagley, Wendell Carter, Michael porter jr. In baseball--their was Acuna, Albies, Devers, Ohtani, Soto, Flaherty, Buehler, Hoskins, Andujar, Ahmed Rosario...etc. In football--there was Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, Saquon Barkley, Josh Allen, Sam Darnold, DJ moore, Calvin Ridley, Vander esche, Nick Chubb (I chuckle everytime a breaker says "nice chubb" lol). Because I liked those rookie classes--I purchased sealed boxes and kept them sealed. Most have gone up in value 3x-15x what I paid for them.
There are several types of breaks. Most will be what is known as PYT or RT. PYT means “pick your team” and RT means “random team”. With pick your team—you literally get to pick and pay for the team that you want—and once all teams are claimed at paid for—they open the box—and you get the cards from players from your team. With PYT—each team will command a different price based on the value of the potential players for each team in that particular product.
Some set the starting point--but a lot of times the popular teams will just skyrocket and there is no need for a base.
Yes—-in many if not most breaks—there will be teams that get no cards. For some premium products—one box is literally one pack. National treasures basketball that comes out tomorrow will probably end up selling out for $10-12k per box—and literally—one box is one pack—maybe 10-12 cards. Therefore if you buy into a one box break—you have to do so knowing that there are 30-32 teams in the league—and only 10-12 cards in that box. You can have boxes where you have 2-3 cards from the same team—which in turn means that close to 25 people will get goose egged. It’s truly a form of legal gambling. You also want to break with a reputable breaker—as there have been instances where breakers search the products or rig the breaks and make fake names and keep the big teams for themeself.
That happens as well. You'll see unprofessional breakers that "accidentally" take the product off of the area where they are doing the recording. There are a few famous breaker incidents where breakers have switched cards out. Probably the most famous was when a breaker switched a card out while distracting the viewing audience with a brandin cooks card. Other breakers like Platinum have been caught selling and breaking products that were opened and resealed. If you want to join a break--you really need to go with established and reputable breakers. Right now--I mainly break with Layton, Sportscard Investors, and Mojo. There used to be a small breaking group called Panda--but unfortuntely the owner had to shut things down due to some family medical issues. The link below shows the famous brandin cooks break where the dude clearly switches a card out.
