Hobby Update - 2114

[1880nonsports]

made me smile.... and I'm in a bad mood........

[ethicsprof]

Archaeologists and Climatologists have found, in a polluted area of the United States once called the Gulf Coast, a long forgotten artifact called a baseball card. It is an amazing find largely because very little has been extracted from
the region since the rising waters brought on by the melting of Antarctica's
glaciers ultimately destroyed the area. Using the latest technology, the scientists involved in the project were able to ascertain the letters HOWE on a sliver
of what once was a card. No other information is known at this point, but
several scholars from the University of Michigan, Emory University, and
Duke University have donated their time pro bono to the research, since there
was some interest in this subject of ancient card collecting in their family trees.
These same scholars also noted that there may well be a bit more lettering to
decipher as one short paper is already being disseminated on the possibility of
the letters W and g with what may well be a space between the two letters.

[rdwyer]

T206 Wagner Dover reprint sells for $15,000!

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

T206 Wagner Dover reprint sells for $15,000!

Which, in 2114 dollars, is about the same as the price of a quick snack at the drive (or fly) through window.

Inflation may devalue the dollar over a hundred year time span, reprints should still be crap; however, the value of genuine unaltered T206 Wagners will continue to rise.

Given the math posited above, those Dover reprints should be worth about $15,000...sometime soon.

Best regards,

Eric

[Brian Van Horn]

Is it possible by 2114 the cards from 1972-2014 will approach a value equal to their original purchase price?

[Texxxx]

In 2114 cards still in PSA holders will be very rare and expensive. They closed there doors 80 years ago and everyone cracked them out.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

In 2114 cards still in PSA holders will be very rare and expensive. They closed there doors 80 years ago and everyone cracked them out.

Close, Bruce. You forgot to mention the earthquake of 2034 that took Orange County out to sea. The folks there instead of being underwater with their mortgages, became underwater with their homes.

Now you know the rest of the story about PSA. PSA closed their doors to try to keep the water out.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

In 2114 cards still in PSA holders will be very rare and expensive. They closed there doors 80 years ago and everyone cracked them out.

By 2114 science has proven that cardboard, being a cellulose based organic compound, actually has feelings and a life force. A splinter sect of PETA leads the charge to "Free the Cardboard". Slabs are outlawed and a door to door search is conducted to gather them for mass release. Witnesses claim to hear an audible carboard sigh of relief.

In a separate story, empty slabs become highly collectable, quickly eclipsing cards in value.

[rdwyer]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Which, in 2114 dollars, is about the same as the price of a quick snack at the drive (or fly) through window.

Inflation may devalue the dollar over a hundred year time span, reprints should still be crap; however, the value of genuine unaltered T206 Wagners will continue to rise.

Given the math posited above, those Dover reprints should be worth about $15,000...sometime soon.

Best regards,

Eric

My thinking was that there would be more idiots 100 years later.

[ethicsprof]

I fear that you and I are both wrong.
It looks like our conclusions were found in the same tome which contended that the North Korean dictator recently shot a perfect score of 18 on an 18 hole golf course while seeing a verifiable unicorn.



best,
barry

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

Archaeologists and Climatologists have found, in a polluted area of the United States once called the Gulf Coast, a long forgotten artifact called a baseball card. It is an amazing find largely because very little has been extracted from
the region since the rising waters brought on by the melting of Antarctica's
glaciers ultimately destroyed the area. Using the latest technology, the scientists involved in the project were able to ascertain the letters HOWE on a sliver
of what once was a card. No other information is known at this point, but
several scholars from the University of Michigan, Emory University, and
Duke University have donated their time pro bono to the research, since there
was some interest in this subject of ancient card collecting in their family trees.
These same scholars also noted that there may well be a bit more lettering to
decipher as one short paper is already being disseminated on the possibility of
the letters W and g with what may well be a space between the two letters.

You've got it all wrong Barry. After this Wisconsin winter it is clear that global cooling is in effect. By 2114 northern Wisconsin will be the new lower margin of the polar ice cap rendering it uninhabitable and all folks north of the Mason-Dixon line will have migrated to a new coastal metropolis 20 miles east of Mount Hatteras on the new coast, named New New York. Former coastal port cities will all be landlocked. Florida will become 700 miles wide. It will be consumed though by the continued expansion of The Villages, which will house 83,000,000 seniors offering free golf on their 10,000 golf courses. Getting a tee time however will remain difficult.

As far as the hobby is concerned, numerous cases of high numbered '52 Topps cards will be discovered in sand dunes on the southern shore of what used to be called Long Island on the Fire Island plateau, an expanse nearly 80 miles wide extending from what used to be shoreline. No one ever knew in ancient times that the cases had been shrink-wrapped before being dumped in the ocean. The market value of #311 will drop to 23 cents as a result of finding literally thousands of high grade examples and kids everywhere will use these cards in their solar-powered rotor-beanies to make a flapping noise as they ascend into the sky on their way to school.

At least that's way futurists in my neck of the woods see it.

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Fans attending the 200 year anniversary game at Wrigley Field marvel at the recently unearthed "Cake Boss" Cubs birthday cake still uneaten and intact after a hundred years.
Also, a "newly" discovered photo of Charles Lindbergh attending a Cubs game at Wrigley Field is on display.
The first pitch was thrown out by surviving members of the last Cubs championship, the 2088 U.S. Lower Great Lakes Central Division championship team.