Any Sports card collectors here?

[Tuxguy]

got out of it when companies started selling different lines/series. Seems like everything i had collected is now not worth much.

[jwfish81]

Originally Posted by Tuxguy

got out of it when companies started selling different lines/series. Seems like everything i had collected is now not worth much.

The market got over-saturated in the 90's... Didn't help one bit IMHO

[wavescrashing]

Originally Posted by jwfish81

The market got over-saturated in the 90's... Didn't help one bit IMHO

It's even worse now. It started in 1996 when Upperdeck released the first game-used card (card with a piece of a game used jersey in it). At that point, even the no-namers in the set were worth at least 50 bucks. Now there's two or three jersey cards in a 24 count box and you'd be lucky to fetch $5 for them. They need to enforce some quality and quantity control on these products. Each of the major brands are producing about 10=15 products in each sport a year. Ridiculous!

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by wavescrashing

It's even worse now. It started in 1996 when Upperdeck released the first game-used card (card with a piece of a game used jersey in it). At that point, even the no-namers in the set were worth at least 50 bucks. Now there's two or three jersey cards in a 24 count box and you'd be lucky to fetch $5 for them. They need to enforce some quality and quantity control on these products. Each of the major brands are producing about 10=15 products in each sport a year. Ridiculous!

I remember there used to be card and collector shops all over the country, but now they're hard to find. The industry did itself in.

[wavescrashing]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

I remember there used to be card and collector shops all over the country, but now they're hard to find. The industry did itself in.

Yeah, and I think Upperdeck was the main culprit. The plus side is that certain sports (including MLB) are now selling rights to produce cards to only one main manufacturer a year now. The down side is that company will still make 100 products to make up for it

I do still collect some choice stuff though which includes mostly hall of famers.