OT; but many of us collected UD Cards

[Fred]

In 1989 UD was a nice alternative to the other three (T,D,F). The UD cards were actually nice. The quality of the cards was better than the other three (T,D,F). The really nice part about UD in that first year is that they seemed to sell cards based on the quality of their product rather than the rat race chase card pheomena that they shortly joined.

IMO the chase card phenomena brought a renewed interest (rookie cards were the thing in the mid/late 80s) but overall I think the chase card craze kind of hurt the hobby. People thought that the stuff was worth TONs and that the value would forever increase (kind of like dot.com stocks). That crap isn't worth much these days.

When you think about it people were paying hundreds of dollars for those stupid chase cards and if they would have spent the money on vintage material at least (IMO) the cards would probably have increased in value 5X to 10X since (let's say) 1995. If you spent $100 on nice vintage in 1995 those cars would be worth much more than the $10 those 1990s chase cards might bring today.

I really hate putting a monetary value on vintage card board because I don't collect for the $$$. I collect because I'm one of those really weird geeks that likes to looks at pictures of dead guys on old cardboard.