The rookie card (RC). The Good and the bad.

[asportscardhistorian]

To start. I like rookie cards. I collect them. I am pro rookie card. I don't want rookie cards to magically disappear.

(Here it comes)....

BUT.... I feel that so so much of our beloved hobby is dominated by the rookie card craze, it overshadows the so many other wonderfully beautiful cards created over the last 150 plus years.

I have seen so many times collectors open wax boxes full of 500 plus cards and keep "the hits", which translates to like 8 total cards. The other 492 (500-8) are donated to the card shop or closest trash can. It just makes me sad. Why produce 90 plus percent of the cards each year, if only a large portion of the hobby cares about maybe 10 percent of what's made?

To end my mini rant:
How can us collectors help value and keep appreciating the rookie card, but also value and appreciate the non-rookie cards?

Go check out a modern stadium club set! Or the recent Topps Chrome Platinum sets! All the cards in the set are awesome. Beautiful photography! Put those sets in binders and enjoy!

- Mike S.