Who else killed their collectibility with a bad decision???

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, ARod, Clemens, etc. Do you remember when that comic book guy was paying hundreds of thousands (if not millions) for home run balls from these Hank Aaron & Babe Ruth wannabes? I wonder if my balls are worth more now.

And Lance Armstrong

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, ARod, Clemens, etc. Do you remember when that comic book guy was paying hundreds of thousands (if not millions) for home run balls from these Hank Aaron & Babe Ruth wannabes? I wonder if my balls are worth more now.

And Lance Armstrong

I have a 'morals clause' attached to my collection...however, since it's my collection...I decide who's naughty and who's not.

I have no cards at all of that first group...or pete rose, or hal chase or any of the blacksox.

My only exception is Gregg Zaun, who 'called his shot' in the 1999 Hall-of-Fame game which I attended.

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[Fred]

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, ARod, Clemens, etc. Do you remember when that comic book guy was paying hundreds of thousands (if not millions) for home run balls from these Hank Aaron & Babe Ruth wannabes? I wonder if my balls are worth more now.

And Lance Armstrong

At least Mark McGwire didn't deny it to the end and then say - oh, you got me... I give him credit for being honest. He's not like Bonds, Palmiero, Roger Clemens and that dirt bag Ryan Braun whole STOLE the MVP award from someone that really deserved it a few years back.

Like was mentioned earlier, I'm pretty sure those guys don't care if their baseball cards are worth less because of the implications.

[Fred]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAxo4pCITRM

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OJ

[AGuinness]

I think it's tough to tease out the impact of the decisions for players in the Junk Wax era, how much of the value was depressed due to those decisions/actions and how much was due to their cards being in that era.

Might be easier to track some of the more recent tragedies (Oscar Tavares and Jose Fernandez, in particular and sadly), with the amount of money put into their most desirable cards and what happened after their untimely deaths.

As for Pete Rose, I wonder if he does ever get into the HOF (which I think is unlikely), if he even will receive the typical HOF bump. At this point, his cards are basically priced in the range of HOFers, while most collectors who have an opinion of him are unlikely to be changed even if he is inducted (in other words, I'm not sure the demand would increase if he made it in).