Still crazy prices

[Seven]

Modern continues to baffle me. Any one of these players could get hurt, and have a career altering/ending injury. Babe Ruth hit 714 career home runs. Nothing will ever change that.

Not to mention, vintage has an aspect of actual scarcity involved with it. The Goudey Gum Company isn't making a comeback and printing more Ruths, Gehrigs, Foxxs' etc. There are hundreds of different cards for these young stars nowadays, and the rarity is manufactured. A modern card is only a "one of one" because the company says it is!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Seven

Modern continues to baffle me. Any one of these players could get hurt, and have a career altering/ending injury. Babe Ruth hit 714 career home runs. Nothing will ever change that.

Not to mention, vintage has an aspect of actual scarcity involved with it. The Goudey Gum Company isn't making a comeback and printing more Ruths, Gehrigs, Foxxs' etc. There are hundreds of different cards for these young stars nowadays, and the rarity is manufactured. A modern card is only a "one of one" because the company says it is!

Or crash a car speeding and kill a few people. Or push a woman down a flight of stairs in a rage. Or be arrested for abusing your children. Or pull a gun on the wrong hombre. The list is long.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Or crash a car speeding and kill a few people. Or push a woman down a flight of stairs in a rage. Or be arrested for abusing your children. Or pull a gun on the wrong hombre. The list is long.

Let those of us who haven't shot off a half dozen bullets in our garage in a fit of rage throw the first stone!

[packs]

People are always looking for the next Jordan. They found him in Lebron but that was pretty obvious. Everybody invested in Lebron. But VERY few people saw Steph Curry coming and whoever did is making an absolute killing right now.

I think that's what's going on with players like Zion, Ja Morant, Anthony Edwards, Wemby, etc. It might seem crazy to you today, but if Anthony Edwards takes Steph Curry's seat at the table, there is definitely money to be made.

To bring things back to baseball, Ohtani was the biggest name in baseball when he came to the US in 2018. He had a huge season, generated all kinds of buzz, and his cards were priced really high.

Then he got hurt in 2019 and stunk in 2020. I purchased the card below in 2020 for just under $300.

Today, two MVPs later, I can sell it for $4,500 without even trying: