Depressing

[Snapolit1]

Totally agree. With the exception of an untimely death or a guy who has a real issue with signing for some odd reason, modern era autographs are valuelesss in my opinion. Might give you a nice warm feeling to look at but not an asset to sell to anyone.

Ps. Want a Pete Rose? He’s sitting at a store in Vegas all day long waiting for someone to walk in and say hello.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

modern era autographs are valuelesss in my opinion. Might give you a nice warm feeling to look at but not an asset to sell to anyone.

Mantle signed a ton; certain auto’d cards of his are worth quite a bit. The people who own the supers and gold auto XRCs of the likes of Trout and any other future longterm stars are certainly holding assets. To try and lump all auto’d modern cards together is a bit supercilious. Just enjoy whatever you collect without looking down at other collectors and their choices. And if you’re going to insist on taking such pot shots, please consider augmenting/tempering the opinion you’re so quick to type with knowledge and experience in the area you are slighting.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Mantle signed a ton; certain auto’d cards of his are worth quite a bit. The people who own the supers and gold auto XRCs of the likes of Trout and any other future longterm stars are certainly holding assets. To try and lump all auto’d modern cards together is a bit supercilious. Just enjoy whatever you collect without looking down at other collectors and their choices. And if you’re going to insist on taking such pot shots, please consider augmenting/tempering the opinion you’re so quick to type with knowledge and experience in the area you are slighting.

I've been enjoying your comments on this thread. Keep 'em up! It's so elitist to look at pre-war/vintage as a higher standard of collecting that newer collectors should attain to. I really enjoy buying $40-50 boxes, opening them, then give the Orioles to my son and sell the rest. It's an enjoyment that pre-war can't provide for me. In my experience, modern collectors are very enthusiastic regarding vintage cards. Wish they were afforded the same respect.

[KingFisk]

Thinking about grabbing this one for the investment portfolio.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARER-THAN-...4bba%7Ciid%3A1

[Leon]

You better nab that puppy. They don't get much more rare/hyped. I mean the seller says "RARER THAN PSA 10 OHTANI OR JUDGE ROOKIE." How could you go wrong?
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Originally Posted by KingFisk

Thinking about grabbing this one for the investment portfolio.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARER-THAN-...4bba%7Ciid%3A1

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by Leon

You better nab that puppy. They don't get much more rare/hyped. I mean the seller says "RARER THAN PSA 10 OHTANI OR JUDGE ROOKIE." How could you go wrong?
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Phenomenal upside on that one!

[Exhibitman]

Modern can be fun. I've opened four boxes of Heritage this year because I love the design and enjoy the rips.



OK, one was hobby and three were WalMart but still. I'm enjoying assembling a base set from scratch, trading with friends to fill in gaps, etc. I don't really care about the lotto results; if I pull a good insert I'd probably just trade it away. I've only ever pulled one good insert:



I probably spent $1K on cards that year, so I won't make a dime on it, ever. But I had a hell of a lot of fun busting all the packs that year.

There is definitely a modern autograph market. Just depends on the price. I wouldn't pay $3K for an Ohtani signed card but that's just because I won't pay that for nearly any signed card, but I'd definitely buy and have bought modern signed cards of players I admire:



One of my want list items for the National is an Ichiro signed card. The thrill of owning something that a baseball god signed is there regardless of whether it was signed in 1910 or 2010.

I paid $0.50 for this Bud Selig:



probably overpaid...

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by Leon

You better nab that puppy. They don't get much more rare/hyped. I mean the seller says "RARER THAN PSA 10 OHTANI OR JUDGE ROOKIE." How could you go wrong?
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Corners do look mighty sharp...

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[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

I've been enjoying your comments on this thread. Keep 'em up! It's so elitist to look at pre-war/vintage as a higher standard of collecting that newer collectors should attain to. I really enjoy buying $40-50 boxes, opening them, then give the Orioles to my son and sell the rest. It's an enjoyment that pre-war can't provide for me. In my experience, modern collectors are very enthusiastic regarding vintage cards. Wish they were afforded the same respect.

+ 1. Good for you Matty

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Mantle signed a ton; certain auto’d cards of his are worth quite a bit. The people who own the supers and gold auto XRCs of the likes of Trout and any other future longterm stars are certainly holding assets. To try and lump all auto’d modern cards together is a bit supercilious. Just enjoy whatever you collect without looking down at other collectors and their choices. And if you’re going to insist on taking such pot shots, please consider augmenting/tempering the opinion you’re so quick to type with knowledge and experience in the area you are slighting.

Matty, lobbing potshots was not my goal. I expressed my opinion. Maybe it was right and maybe it was wrong. Just an opinion. Wasn't attacking anyone personally or what they want to collect. If it's wrong or stupid, people can call me on it. I thought that the whole idea of this board was to share information and different views.