A Cultural History of the Baseball Card

[z28jd]

It's just basically someone that bought the wrong cards as an investment, now complaining about it. I have over 100,000 cards from my childhood and while they will probably never be worth anything, you can't replace the fun I had collecting them as a kid, trading them with friends, getting cards of my favorite players and finishing an entire set one-by-one. I can grab a box of cards anytime I want and look through them without worry about the value of the cards.

One of the great things about a set like 1988 Donruss cards is you can get a young kid into collecting cheap and have him get cards of Hall of Famers and great players and not worry if they ruin the cards. Maybe get them hooked on cards then have them go for older stuff over time. While the monetary value may be very small, you can't put a price on memories.

My advice to that author would be for him to do others a favor. Take his cards and to quote Ebenezer Scrooge, "decrease the surplus population"