Card Collecting (NFL)

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(01-01-2021, 04:05 PM)samhain Wrote: I'll try.  I've honestly never posted a pic on here, but wil try here in bit.

That Burrow is nice.  I haven't looked at much Donruss, but will check them out. Very sharp card.

It seems like basketball is on fire.  I don't have interest, but my brother, who's pretty hardcore with collecting is really into it.  By into it, I mean he has a dozen silver Luka prizms, one of them a PSA 10.  He bought every Luka card he could back in late 2018 or so and sat on them.  He's sold a lot of it, but needless to say he made pretty good there.  

I remember talking to him when Rona was starting.  I asked him if the market would tank with people having less disposable income and he laughed at me.  It's absolutely insane now with actual major investors involved.  It honestly doesn't make any sense, but is what it is.

When they bring up the word "invest", it makes me chuckle. It's more like "speculation" than anything else. I did the same thing with Harold Miner cards - he was considered the next Michael Jordan at the time and thus was given the moniker "Baby Jordan". I bought every card I could of him. However, I saw he couldn't do anything else on the court where things mattered. Once he won the Slam Dunk contest in his rookie year, I sold every Harold Miner card I had for 50% of what they went for. It was still a killing. By the end of the season, his hype fizzled out. The only one who I thought had similar skills to MJ was Latrell Sprewell in his rookie year. I collected to keep because I liked this guy. Killed like a windfall for collecting a player who was drafted 24th overall, but as luck would have it, he gone snuffeluppagus crazy. But that's ok. The memories is what can't be taken away every time I look at his cards, like when he torched the Knicks for 41 points as a rookie.

When it comes to "investment", I do have a theory involving FB cards. The key position is the backup QB.
You can see my theory/philosophy here: https://misappropriatedfunds.weebly.com/ - it's my old webpage, probably last updated sometime back in 2013. I should start a new one when I have the time.