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john/z28jdThe 84 fleer updates skyrocketed in price before they had a chance to become popular unlike mosr cards which start low and go high based on popularity not rarity.I know when i was a kid and found out about the 84 Fleer Update prices/rarity it wasnt possible for me to buy one at anytime.I wouldve had to wait for 10 years before i could afford a Clemens,Gooden or Puckett.
Cards like the Griffey rookie started around $10 so if you acted quickly you couldve got one if you were a kid then.Same for McGwire's 85 topps which went from a common to $6 one month to $17 the next.Being 12 at the time of these price increases i was pretty happy to have 2 of them
Its funny,right after Canseco's 40/40 season his rookie cards at $60 each were called a safe investment.Now you can buy them for $2-3 each on ebay.Think if anyone took the advice of that magazine and stocked up on them