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Conference school::sports_memorabilia

Title:	Sports Memorabilia
Notice:	Wanted: 3.; For_sale: 4.; Traded: 5.*
Moderator:	SCHOOL::KOPACKO

Created:	Wed Aug 27 1986
Last Modified:	Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	730
Total number of notes:	8547

10.0. "Fun in the 'hobby'?" by SPICE1::DANIELET () Fri Apr 10 1987 15:22

    I feel sorry for the kids who buy/collect baseball cards today.
    Theres so much emphasis put on the value and condition.  There
    just doesn't seem to be any fun, or at least not as much fun as
    I had when I was a kid.  I remember back in the 60's when I had
    a whole dresser drawer full of baseball cards.  Every morning I
    would scoop up a pocketful head off to school to play "flips" and
    "knock-down", and see how many kids I could "skunk" !  I still remember
    a strange practice at our school playground called "scatter".  A
    kid would, right out of the blue, yell "scatter" and fling a handfull
    of baseball cards into the air.  The other kids would dive to pick
    up as many cards as they could get.  I still don't know why they
    did it.  I guess it was just fun to see all the other kids go crazy
    trying to get the cards.  I used to do it too.  All I know is it
    was fun as hell !  Now all you see is a little bunch of "shysters"
    slipping their mint cards into their protective plastic pages and
    playing mini "stock market".  They pay $2, $3 for cards they can
    get in packs.  I don't know what they find fun about that.  It just
    doesn't seem right to me.  Its sad to think that they believe that
    the cards of the 80's will appreciate in value the same as those
    from the 40's, 50's, or 60's.  It will probably turn out to be another
    one of lifes sad lessons for them to learn.  What kind of fond memory
    will that be for them 10 or 20 years from now ?
    
    							Tony D.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
10.1	Fun ???	DAMSEL::LELIEVRE		`Sun Apr 12 1987 19:28`	18
	I remember when I was younger I used to collect with some other kids in the neighborhood. I'd trade a whole box of cards of that particular year just to fill a set. God knows what I gave away. Thinking back, I used to wonder if cards would ever be of any value. I had a feeling they might. Alot of the "fun" is a thing of the past. Lets try and roll with the changes. Kids make up so much of our market. They keep the hobby the best hobby. 87 cards are hot! I think it'll be a hot set. Similar to '85. What's too come in 88,89, the 90's? I'll tell you what? More $50 rookie cards. We should buy as many as possible without the wife getting pissed! Scott
10.2	Still Fun	MAPLE::BRAKE		`Mon Apr 13 1987 10:30`	12
	Interesting comment on card collecting being fun anymore. Same opinioj voiced in Beckett's April edition. The response was that kids can still buy wax packs for $.35-.40 (they sure do it up here) for the fun of it hoping to get as many Sox, Yanks or Mets players as possible. I don't think the fun has gone out of it for kids of today. Some of them are, indeed, influenced by fathers like me but plenty others still do it for the same reasons we all did when we were kids in the 50's and 60's. For the FUN of it! Rich
10.4	Fun !!!	DAMSEL::LELIEVRE		`Thu Apr 23 1987 14:01`	10
	I was just thinking about something I'd like to do. This guy I know has some old unopened packs of cards. He said he's got a 1966 Topps Wax pack, 1968 Topps Wax pack. He said they go for about $60 each. Once in a while I get together with these two guys I know who are into the hobby on Friday nights. I might trade this guy some sets for a pack to crack open some night. My friends would flip! Wonder who I'd get? The wrappers are worth about $15 ea.
10.5	1 pack = 1986 Donruss set + $5.00	JETSAM::NORRIS	What is it, Miss Pfeffernuss?	`Thu Apr 23 1987 15:03`	15
	Scott, I haven't seen a pack of 66 or 68 cards in 19 years. I believe that they had 5 cards and a stick of gum. 19 year old gum may have ruined of one of the cards. I purchased some 1982 packs and the gum got one card from each pack, luckly no Ripken cards were ruined, unluckly I got no Ripken cards :-) If the wrapper is worth $15.00, you'll need $45.00 worth of cards from the other 4 (if one is ruined, it should be worth something). I'd take the pack who's series had the greatest card value for all cards divided by the number of cards in the series. Let us know who you get. That way we can either laugh at you or wish we had the opportunity to purchase that pack. I don't think I would want to know what the other pack held, get both! Good luck. Ed
10.6	I'll quit before I worry about condition	JETSAM::NORRIS	What is it, Miss Pfeffernuss?	`Thu Apr 23 1987 16:24`	12
	I get my "fun" by buying junk cards (very good/good) condition. I purchased 10,000 cards last year and had a ball. I stayed up the first night until 3:00a.m., my wife got up and force me to go to bed. Most of the cards were from the 70's. I got about a 1000 from the 60's. I hope to fine another large lot soon. Every year my wife asks why I buy wax packs and try to build a set. She tells me to just go out and buy the set, it's cheaper and she doesn't have to listen to me wanting a Mike Mason card. I enjoy the hunt. Ed
10.7	I can start a mint set!	DAMSEL::LELIEVRE		`Thu Apr 23 1987 17:33`	16
	I'll be seeing that guy sometime in the near future. I bet you guys can't wait to see who I get. Maybe a checklist, league leader, Bob Uecker, Don Mossi..........Bums of the month. What can I trade him. Sets? Individual cards? Maybe 5 unopened 86 wax boxes for the 2 packs. What a trade, think I'm getting the better of the deal. He's gonna want at least $100 in value. I'll have to talk to him. I know he still has them. Not sure what series. We'll have to get a good buzz on before cracking them. Seems like such a waste of money. I've always had a hard time keeping things unopened. Against human nature. Scott