Pawn Stars

[hunterdutchess]

Any one see the new episode of Pawn Stars last night? A man brought in a bunch of Muhammad Ali cards along with some other items and they said that the cards are probably not worth very much do to the sports card crash. I just got back into cards over the last year and have not collected like I do now sence the 90's. Was there really a crash?

-Thanks

[deadballera]

I did not see the episode last night. I did an episode where someone brought in 5 Pete Rose cards. They were not rookies. They determined the cards to be reprints because he had 5 of them and they looked to be in too good of shape.

[Beatles Guy]

While I enjoy the show and watch it regularly, they do not know much about cards.

[martyogelvie]

Yes, I like that show. I didn't see the Ali cards but I remember the Pete Rose cards (not Rookies). I didn't think they were fake.. but I couldn't tell much from where I was sitting...

[nebboy]

I think this is the set on the Pawn Stars - 1991 All World Boxing Trading Cards Box muhammad ali

http://cgi.ebay.com/1991-All-World-B...item53e1b96a8e

just junk!!!

[Joe Hunter]

Yes, I did see the episode last night with the Ali memorabilia. I thought the price the 'stars paid for the items was fair, given the fact they were not authenticated. The crash in cards Rick refererenced was the drop in value of modern cards from their peak in the early '90's. (Big drop, in many cases.)

[D. Bergin]

Yeah, all the cards were very common overproduced cards.

The Poster was a commonly reprinted closed circuit poster.

As for the autographs, I stay far away from Ali stuff unless I know exactly where it came from. His autograph is common but the bad stuff still outnumbers the good stuff many, many times over...........and some versions of his sig are very easy for a forger to make look pretty convincing, especially a sharpie example.

The record was interesting but probably ruined by a questionable signature.

The other unsigned stuff was common.

I would have personally avoided the collection altogether. I will not say outright the autographs were bad.........but I didn't feel good about them either.

The guy in the show, did look familiar to me.

[PWeso81]

Originally Posted by Beatles Guy

While I enjoy the show and watch it regularly, they do not know much about cards.

I am with you. Also, I am fine with the "crash in cards" belief. In fact, lets keep it going!

[FUBAR]

Spread the word... the card market crashed, the have little value anymore.. especially pre 1980's cards.... Im paying a penny a card!!!!

[ChiefBenderForever]

Between the multiple gloves, photo, and record there was atleast five autos and the guy didn't even hesitate for a second when they said 700.00 he just took the money and ran fake fake and fake.