OT but front page worthy Jordan card ebay

[Jdoggs]

can someone explain why this Jordan card is so popular?

[swarmee]

Sold to Nat Turner, super high end collector.

Jdoggs, read the rest of this thread. It has already answered your question over and over again.

[Dpeck100]

This is the beauty of capitalism. It spawns people successfull enough to drop 350k on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997 and not even flinch.

Awesome!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

This is the beauty of capitalism. It spawns people successfull enough to drop 350k on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997 and not even flinch.

Awesome!

One way to look at it. The other way of course is how ridiculous is it that folks in this country can't afford to go to the doctor or the dentist and this dude has 350K to drop on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

One way to look at it. The other way of course is how ridiculous is it that folks in this country can't afford to go to the doctor or the dentist and this dude has 350K to drop on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997.

It is called capitalism. People who want to work hard can buy nice things for themselves. Those that are lazy will struggle to survive.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by rats60

It is called capitalism. People who want to work hard can buy nice things for themselves. Those that are lazy will struggle to survive.

Yeah I guess that's it. Thanks for the education.

Originally Posted by rats60

It is called capitalism. People who want to work hard can buy nice things for themselves. Those that are lazy will struggle to survive.

Unfortunately its not quite this simple

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Unfortunately its not quite this simple

It's astonishing, though, that some people think it is. As though all the people struggling have only themselves to blame.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

One way to look at it. The other way of course is how ridiculous is it that folks in this country can't afford to go to the doctor or the dentist and this dude has 350K to drop on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997.

Are you not this same guy with less zeroes at the end?

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Are you not this same guy with less zeroes at the end?

Yes, I buy expensive cards. And I'm not knocking anyone who does. But if someone's going to say how great is capitalism that people can spend hundreds of thousands on a baseball card, I'll make the obviously point that if capitalism is so great why is it that some people (who work very hard) can't get by with the bare necessities. Read recently that over 50% of our fellow Americans can't come up with $900 for an emergency.

And that's my last comment on the subject before Leon gives me ring.

[pokerplyr80]

If you want to give socialism a shot I hear things are great in Venezuela. You may even track down some rare Topps cards while you're there.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Yes, I buy expensive cards. And I'm not knocking anyone who does. But if someone's going to say how great is capitalism that people can spend hundreds of thousands on a baseball card, I'll make the obviously point that if capitalism is so great why is it that some people (who work very hard) can't get by with the bare necessities. Read recently that over 50% of our fellow Americans can't come up with $900 for an emergency.

And that's my last comment on the subject before Leon gives me ring.

You just said it yourself.... YOU buy expensive cards, but now you're going to question others that do, as well as the system that A) Is able to facilitate it, and B) Gives you a voice to be able to complain? Why don't you sell those cards Steve, and contribute the money to some of your fellow Americans that have less? Just don't be a hypocrite, put your money AND your cards where your mouth is.

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

One way to look at it. The other way of course is how ridiculous is it that folks in this country can't afford to go to the doctor or the dentist and this dude has 350K to drop on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997.

No system is perfect, but capitalism is still the best.

[Dpeck100]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

One way to look at it. The other way of course is how ridiculous is it that folks in this country can't afford to go to the doctor or the dentist and this dude has 350K to drop on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997.

This guy went out and kicked ass in life. On a bell curve he is an outlier and should be proud of his accomplishments.

I don't think anyone can honestly say they wouldn't love to have FU money and be able to sit with their phone in hand and launch a snipe that says I am winning this card bitch.

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

This guy went out and kicked ass in life. On a bell curve he is an outlier and should be proud of his accomplishments.

I don't think anyone can honestly say they wouldn't love to have FU money and be able to sit with their phone in hand and launch a snipe that says I am winning this card bitch.

+1

Couldn't agree more.

[orly57]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Sold to Nat Turner, super high end collector.

Jdoggs, read the rest of this thread. It has already answered your question over and over again.

I looked him up, and found this:

https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...ard-collection

Of note:
“I just got PSA to add a set to the Registry and I am currently the only one working on the set because these cards are so rare. It is the 1997-98 Precious Metals Gems Green Basketball set. I have already completed the red set, of which 90 cards were produced of each player, and there are 123 cards in the set. There were only 10 serial-numbered examples of each green card produced, and I have 107 of them so far. I am missing 16 cards right now.”

He recently sold his company for 2.1 Billion dollars.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Gem Mint grade was pure marketing genius.