19th Century Cards

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

I personally past on all 19th Century cards if they are not graded. I don't want to spend the money to get them graded and wait almost a year to put them in my collection. I agree , most 19th Century are probably already in collections and will only be sold when the collector passes away. I haven't seen much to add to my collection lately plus at the current high prices on everything it has driven me out of the baseball card hobby. I really can't add anything to my collection due to the high costs of what I want and still need. So now I'm a Non-Sports Collector for the most part, just can't add anything to my baseball collection. It's great for the value of my collection, but it has driven me from collecting anymore.

This post most closely echoes my sentiments as well. But rather than turning to non-sports, I have made some killer Golf acquisitions. Just as cool as Baseball, and the history runs even deeper. And the prices are soooo much better... items like early gutty and mesh pattern golf balls, hickory irons, long-nose woods, figural statues, trophies, etc. Very rewarding, when the baseball stuff has all dried up or become unaffordable/unattainable.