Anyone ever tried to Corner the Market on a Particular Card?

[Tom Hufford]

At one time, Reggie Jackson was actively buying up as many of his own rookie cards as he could find. Don't know if he's still pursuing that goal, but he'll never get them all (I still have one).

[bwbc917]

I created a Bumpus Jones postcard by enlarging him in the 1894 Sioux City team picture. That's the picture that Baseball Reference is currently using. Then I commissioned artist Monty Sheldon to do a Bumpus card 1 of 1. He used an 1898/9 team photo for the pose and came up with this



https://goo.gl/images/Z7QnsY



So I guess you can say I cornered the market, albeit a VERY small one.

[ullmandds]

I have the market cornered on t216 blank back dots miller cards.

[bnorth]

Bought 2 1989 Fleer Randy Johnson Marlboro error cards for $2.71 today because they had them listed as the regular corrected version. A black box version and the darker red tint version that you can still see the Marlboro sign.

I don't have the market cornered but have way more than enough of every version to make them worthless if I even sold 10% of the ones I have.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I have the market cornered on t216 blank back dots miller cards.

Just like Charley Brown has the market cornered for all Joe Gobezenski (?) cards.

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Just like Charley Brown has the market cornered for all Joe Gobezenski (?) cards.

Not true!

[Fred]

I've read posts by two people that posted something different than I thought they would for this particular thread.... John and Bob .... still waiting to hear a good story about how many cards you have of a certain player from a certain set.... I'm not sure I'd call it hoarding... I'd call it an obsession.... kind of like the guy that likes that mustachioed player in the T206 set.... either of you guys gonna fess up to having more cards of a certain player from a certain issue?

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Fred

I've read posts by two people that posted something different than I thought they would for this particular thread.... John and Bob .... still waiting to hear a good story about how many cards you have of a certain player from a certain set.... I'm not sure I'd call it hoarding... I'd call it an obsession.... kind of like the guy that likes that mustachioed player in the T206 set.... either of you guys gonna fess up to having more cards of a certain player from a certain issue?

I have over 3,000 rookie cards of Omar Vizquel, if that's what you mean? Some guy was taking 1989 Topps Traded sets, pulling the Griffey cards to get them graded, then selling off a couple of the stars cheap, and trashing the rest. I bought most of his Vizquel cards for about 10 cents each.

So if someone is looking for a 1989 TT Paul Kilgus or Randy Kutcher, they are a lot less common than the Griffey card because many thousands were trashed

[bobbvc]

Originally Posted by bwbc917

I created a Bumpus Jones postcard by enlarging him in the 1894 Sioux City team picture. That's the picture that Baseball Reference is currently using. Then I commissioned artist Monty Sheldon to do a Bumpus card 1 of 1. He used an 1898/9 team photo for the pose and came up with this



https://goo.gl/images/Z7QnsY




So I guess you can say I cornered the market, albeit a VERY small one.

Those are some NICE sleeves!

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Tom Hufford

At one time, Reggie Jackson was actively buying up as many of his own rookie cards as he could find. Don't know if he's still pursuing that goal, but he'll never get them all (I still have one).

Reggie lost those cards when his house was destroyed in one of those California wildfires.

Rich

[BleedinBlue]

I chose to take this concept to the "next level". Rather than buying up one card from an issue I am trying to corner the market on two entire sets.

1941 Goudey was my first addiction. It's only 33 cards, right? How tough can it be to finish a 33 card Goudey set? Not terribly hard it turned out. But my OCD was bothering me with all those different colors in one "set". So I decided the natural thing to do would be to put together a Master Set. All 33 cards in all 4 colors. Tougher yes. But not impossible. When I finished that 132 card quest I had all these leftovers from lot buys and upgrades that I though gave me a good start on a second master set. And so on. When the mailman comes today I will have 470 total cards from this set including 22 Bill Posedel cards. 10 total complete sets and growing. No end in sight although I am getting better at letting go of the dogs and just keeping the upgrades. Anybody want to trade?

Now I'm fixated by T203's. Have 69 of them now. One complete set of Mayo Backs and about half a set of Winner Backs. I will likely pare down the extras on this next year. But I said the same thing with my 41s too. So most likely I'll finish 2017 with more than I finish 2016. Fortunately they don't come up for sale often.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Reggie lost those cards when his house was destroyed in one of those California wildfires.

Rich

NOTE to SELF: Stash half of your hoard in an area frequently hit by wildfires and watch the value of those remaining* soar.




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* - excluding '88 Donruss


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