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gr33d
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4/29/2011  10:04 PM
If so, what... NBA, MLB, NFL.
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5/1/2011  1:08 AM
i don't still collect, but i have every single ken griffey jr rookie card. dude is and always will be my favorite athlete.
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5/1/2011  7:30 AM
Don't collect anymore either, but I'm still proud that I have the complete Dream Team 1 and Dream Team 2 sets (actually, multiples). The most valuable card in both is this hand painted Kevin Johnson insert. Awesome
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5/2/2011  6:09 AM
I still collect a bit. I have a decent collection of NBA and MLB cards. My prize collections is a autograph Michael Jordan Card, A-rod Autograph, Mickey Mantle game used card, trio game used (Ruth/Dimaggio/Maris) card, and Pujols Autograph card.
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5/2/2011  6:21 PM    LAST EDITED: 5/2/2011  6:22 PM
Cool, kind of shocked this few people actually still collect... Just recently started picking up some cards myself, but it's been at least 10 years since I bought anything.

Man how things have changed!

@ mattshaw78 - nice stuff, from everything I've seen recently you have yourself quite a collection of pricey cards. Can I ask if you pulled them from boxes/packs or bought them individually?

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5/3/2011  5:59 AM
@gr33d: Most of the time it was by busting open boxes....although the Michael Jordan Auto I pulled from a few packs of Upper Deck Finite. I also did the same for lebron where I got a printing plate and auto in the same pack. I sold it on ebay both for $1600 dollars.
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5/4/2011  2:35 AM
any value I've ever gotten from cards is from opening boxes. Worst case is you break even. Best case is you pocket some. I have a ton of Nolan Ryan stuff, and signatures, but I got everything but the signed baseball from meeting him in person. The ball was a gift from my dad and I think that cost him a mint.
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5/4/2011  10:21 AM
Buying boxes or seaching for hot packs seems to be the preferred method these days.

Were you guys finding better hits in retail or hobby boxes? I'm guessing you'll say hobby, but figured I'd ask...

You don't see the variation of card companies with MLB that you do with NBA; Panini/Donruss, Upper Deck, Topps, sp/spX (something must be up with licensing I assume)

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5/5/2011  6:04 AM
@gr33d Hobby boxes all the way. Fleer products usually have the cards you pull value very high in the beginning then slides down in value. The best products I like has been with Topps and Upper Deck. I made a vow that if I pull a Michael Jordan Autograph card I will stop buying basketball cards which I have done for awhile now. I buy strictly baseball now.
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5/6/2011  6:50 AM
mattshaw78 wrote:@gr33d Hobby boxes all the way. Fleer products usually have the cards you pull value very high in the beginning then slides down in value. The best products I like has been with Topps and Upper Deck. I made a vow that if I pull a Michael Jordan Autograph card I will stop buying basketball cards which I have done for awhile now. I buy strictly baseball now.

Yeah, anything UD seems to really retain value. Especially the high-end lines of cards.

Baseball seems like the goal is snag as many auto'd rookies of guys before they become known to casual collectors. It's crazy how an autographed card for a kid who's never played one game has cards worth more then late Mantles or a Maris. Kind of comical...

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