94 SP Arod

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by almostdone

I remember meeting a guy at a card show around 2005 who bought every single ne he could for $55 each no matter condition....... he said he had close to 1500 copies.
Drew

Wow! By complex mathematic calculations it looks like that's over $82,000 in a single card. Talk about portfolio concentration risk.....

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Wow! By complex mathematic calculations it looks like that's over $82,000 in a single card. Talk about portfolio concentration risk.....

I remember he as young, ambitious, arrogant and when he walked in to the show every dealer paid attention because he would buy every rookie from the 80's and early 90's you had. If memory serves right I think he was some hot shot attorney with lots of cash to spend.
Drew

[ls7plus]

The problem with A-Roid is not just the steroids, but the fact that he firmly established himself as the most untruthful SOB who ever played major league sports. I sold some of his rare rookies in 2007, and haven't looked back since!

Regards,

Larry

PS: McGwire's regular '85 Topps rookie seems to be on a mission--"10's" are up from around the low $500 range a year ago to $800-$1000 now; and even "9's" are following suit--up from the low $30 range to $55-$65. If you don't care about the steroid issue, he really was quite Bunyonesque.

[Tradegeek]

I agree re: ARod

McGwire will be forever linked to steroids. But he was always considered a nice guy. One of the bash brothers. There is some nostalgia there.

ARod is like Bonds. They are guys that put up historic numbers. Otherwise I don't see people getting teary eyed and nostalgic about them. For the Yankees those fans have Jeter and Rivera for that era. I don't think he really has a team that considers him "their" guy.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Tradegeek

I agree re: ARod

McGwire will be forever linked to steroids. But he was always considered a nice guy. One of the bash brothers. There is some nostalgia there.

ARod is like Bonds. They are guys that put up historic numbers. Otherwise I don't see people getting teary eyed and nostalgic about them. For the Yankees those fans have Jeter and Rivera for that era. I don't think he really has a team that considers him "their" guy.

I can see that.

I'm a Red Sox fan, and while I disliked the hype over Jeter on occasion he and Rivera were hard to dislike (unless they were beating the Sox then it was easy ) Arod wasn't really a player I liked. When everyone was upset about the deal to bring him to Boston getting cancelled, I was quite happy. Great numbers, but always seemed to make the teams he went to worse.

Steve B