Official CCS Random Thoughts Thread

[nwfisch]

Contemplating setting up a table for Saturday's Sports Card Show in Orland

Maybe you'll see the Capt. there

 

[Capt. Serious]

Contemplating setting up a table for Saturday's Sports Card Show in Orland

Woah, my dad & I will be there.

 

[Capt. Serious]

Maybe you'll see the Capt. there

Probably. I've been going there since I was like 5.

 

[brett05]

Probably. I've been going there since I was like 5.

Do you setup or just go as a customer?

 

[Capt. Serious]

Do you setup or just go as a customer?

Customer.

 

[brett05]

If I go, I'll let you know.

 

[nwfisch]

CCS meetup-the brett and Capt. edition opcorn:

 

[Iwritecode]

Are collectible sports cards still a thing? Over the winter, they sometimes have card shows at the bowling alley that my daughter bowls at on Saturday mornings. I’ve gone in there a couple of times but I hardly ever see more than 1 or 2 guys looking at the cards.

It seems like the value and popularity of them have dropped quite a bit over the past 20 years or so.

When I was a kid, I had one friend that had thousands of them and even talked about getting an insurance policy for them. I don’t know if he still has them or not but I don’t think they rose in value as much as he thought they would if at all.

 

[brett05]

Are collectible sports cards still a thing? Over the winter, they sometimes have card shows at the bowling alley that my daughter bowls at on Saturday mornings. I’ve gone in there a couple of times but I hardly ever see more than 1 or 2 guys looking at the cards.

It seems like the value and popularity of them have dropped quite a bit over the past 20 years or so.

When I was a kid, I had one friend that had thousands of them and even talked about getting an insurance policy for them. I don’t know if he still has them or not but I don’t think they rose in value as much as he thought they would if at all.

Let me see if I can answer all of this.

1) Still a thing
2) Bowling alley show not really conducive to a good venue to have a show.
3) Popularity has dropped a ton
4) Cards from 1994 are basically worthless, just too much produced
5) Cards can be quite valuable Besides traditional cards and inserts you can get serial numbered cards (as low as a population of 1), autographed cards, and memorabilia cards (where pieces of a players jersey is part of the card). Currently signed Jose Abreu cards are selling from $150-1500 each as an example.
6) Insurance should only be gotten for the truly valuable cards. Most home owners policies require a special rider.
7) I have 300,000-500,000 cards at my home right now that are mine and not part of my card shop for which I am a minority owner of

 

[Capt. Serious]

95% of my collection is hockey. RC's, jersey/auto cards..etc.

Got a Bobby Hull, Brett Hull, Alex Delvecchio & Valtteri Filppula stick cards coming from eBay.

Also got a 13-14 Titanium Rookie Gear Patch of Olli Maatta coming too. (#'d 19/25)

 

[brett05]

I should start a thread to post your sports memorabilia items.

 

[Unannounced Fart]

When I was a kid, I collected baseball, football, and hockey cards. I used to be kinda out of control with it, too. I only collected for a few years, from the late '70s to early '80s. And being young and naive, I didn't know or care about the value of them, I just collected them because I loved sports. I ended up getting into other things and stopped collecting, and I ended up just giving away my entire collection for free. How stupid of me because looking back on it, I had a goldmine of valuable cards. E.g., I had rookie cards for Magic Jonhson/Larry Bird (the one that had perforations on it), Joe Montana, Cal Ripken, Tony Gywnn, Rickey Henderson, Ryne, Sandberg, etc. And not just one, I had many duplicates of each.

 

[R_Mac_1]

I'm getting sick of Lowe's shit. I want my dryer fixed and having to jump through hoops because of THEIR installation error.

Muddafuckas

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[Iwritecode]

Let me see if I can answer all of this.

1) Still a thing
2) Bowling alley show not really conducive to a good venue to have a show.
3) Popularity has dropped a ton
4) Cards from 1994 are basically worthless, just too much produced
5) Cards can be quite valuable Besides traditional cards and inserts you can get serial numbered cards (as low as a population of 1), autographed cards, and memorabilia cards (where pieces of a players jersey is part of the card). Currently signed Jose Abreu cards are selling from $150-1500 each as an example.
6) Insurance should only be gotten for the truly valuable cards. Most home owners policies require a special rider.
7) I have 300,000-500,000 cards at my home right now that are mine and not part of my card shop for which I am a minority owner of

Numbers 1 and 3 really answer my question I guess. 20 - 30 years ago I think every kid on my block had a collection of cards.

With the popularity of the sports themselves growing exponentially, it’s kinda surprising that the popularity of the cards has gone down so much. It seems like it’s more of a niche thing these days.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I'm going Sunday as well.....Captain - let's bury the hatchet. I'll buy you lunch.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Brett or IWC, quote my above post.

 

[R_Mac_1]

I'm going Sunday as well.....Captain - let's bury the hatchet. I'll buy you lunch.

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[Gustavus Adolphus]

My favorite sushi place is in Orland.

 

[Capt. Serious]

Good joke Prope, but no thanks.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Not a joke at all, serious offer.