March Pickups

[begsu1013]

that's a solid 2 mantle! one thing about the 53 (for me, atleast) is the lower left hand corner and how often it gets chipped and turns white. even your's w/ the corner wear doesn't display it which is a good thing, imo. cheers!

to this day, i have still yet to find my 53. it's always centering issues and a good corner or a dead centered one with a chipped up lower left corner.

[Robextend]

[KingFisk]

I've done pretty well this year with my HOF rookie collection but now I'm starting to get into the high price district as I circle the last 10 I need...so in the meantime, I've had fun reading through Hall of Stats and other sabermetric Bill James-type hall of fames, and players I liked growing up, and have picked up a few (affordable!) rookie cards to feed the addiction. Here are a few I picked up for fun and to add to the rookie pile. Oh, and Kingman is definitely NOT a Hall of Stats guy....I always just used to love his all-power, no average stat lines every year. ANd I realize Stieb is an '80....I'm sneaking him in to the pre-80 board, don't tell anyone.

[WillBBC]

Finally checked this off my list. First card I've purchased in a long while that gave me chills to hold/own. Ha.

[jb67]

WillBBC,
Congrats on the Aaron rookie. I remember when my first Aaron rookie arrived. A good feeling to check that off the list.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I like the rookie cards, Carl.

I started buying up that kind of stuff a couple of years ago since that is what I collected as a kid growing up in the '80's. Unfortunately, while it was a lot of fun while I was buying the rookies in the dime and quarter boxes at card shows, when it came time to sell some to recoup some of my money, I saw the darker side of "investing" in those rookie cards. I quickly found out that nobody really cares about the stars of yesterday unless they are in the HOF. Everything else is literally "a dollar a dozen", pretty much. I don't mean to put a damper on things for you, just don't want you to go down the same road as me and potentially "waste" a lot of money. It's easy to get addicted quite quickly collecting that kind of stuff because you can pick it up so cheap compared to "book price".

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

I like the rookie cards, Carl.

I started buying up that kind of stuff a couple of years ago since that is what I collected as a kid growing up in the '80's. Unfortunately, while it was a lot of fun while I was buying the rookies in the dime and quarter boxes at card shows, when it came time to sell some to recoup some of my money, I saw the darker side of "investing" in those rookie cards. I quickly found out that nobody really cares about the stars of yesterday unless they are in the HOF. Everything else is literally "a dollar a dozen", pretty much. I don't mean to put a damper on things for you, just don't want you to go down the same road as me and potentially "waste" a lot of money. It's easy to get addicted quite quickly collecting that kind of stuff because you can pick it up so cheap compared to "book price".

Thanks Phil! I appreciate the insight. These particular cards are mostly for fun but it's kind of a shame that players who were merely very good aren't really sought after, but that does keep the prices low. I like having my HOF box and then my fun box of rookies I would have been blown away by when I was a kid.