Another card investment thread

[The Nasty Nati]

Originally Posted by groundskeeper

Mickey Mantle has almost no appeal for people of my generation. Zero. The prices people pay on those cards are purely Baby Boomer supported.

Fair point, but even when the baby boomer generation dies off, kids of baby boomers will still want to collect Mantle as it was their father's favorite player of that generation.

And I think 30 years from now, the 1952 Mantle will always be a top 5 card in the hobby. That card single-handedly started the card collecting craze of the 1980s/90s. Now kids from the 1980s/90s are in their 30s and 40s and they will have spending power for quite some time.

[Golfcollector]

If you want a rare cobb you might be able to offer around 10K. I think the seller may take it (and no, I am not the seller and do not know the seller)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PSA-7-TY-CO...kAAOSwGIZcU24N

[groundskeeper]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

Fair point, but even when the baby boomer generation dies off, kids of baby boomers will still want to collect Mantle as it was their father's favorite player of that generation.

And I think 30 years from now, the 1952 Mantle will always be a top 5 card in the hobby. That card single-handedly started the card collecting craze of the 1980s/90s. Now kids from the 1980s/90s are in their 30s and 40s and they will have spending power for quite some time.

I can only speak for myself, but as someone in his 30s whose father liked Mickey Mantle, I will never buy that card anywhere in the same universe as the current prices. He's below Dimaggio on the collector scale to me. I got Mantle in my Ted Williams-tier price range. Seeing the 52 sell in the MILLIONS.....uhhh, that is going to crash. If I didn't know any prices, I'd think a 52 Mantle PSA 7 would be worth about $8,500 to me right now.

[icollectDCsports]

One word: Plastics!

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by groundskeeper

I can only speak for myself, but as someone in his 30s whose father liked Mickey Mantle, I will never buy that card anywhere in the same universe as the current prices. He's below Dimaggio on the collector scale to me. I got Mantle in my Ted Williams-tier price range. Seeing the 52 sell in the MILLIONS.....uhhh, that is going to crash. If I didn't know any prices, I'd think a 52 Mantle PSA 7 would be worth about $8,500 to me right now.

Prices reflect that you are definitely in the minority regarding this thinking. There seems to be no cap on Mantle's value, and to say they will "crash", with all due respect, seems utterly ridiculous.

[ALBB]

Wow, everybody and the mother got opinions on how to spend 10 grand of somebody else's money !

Me Too - I say find an incredibly high end graded( 8's and 9's .or higher PSA registry top 5 ??) complete set from early 70s …..there will always be somebody somewhere,someday that will pay big bucks for that type of thing

[glchen]

Zeenut Joe Dimaggio

[Touch'EmAll]

Late 1980's Buick Grand National, original and in cherry condition.

[oldjudge]

i think 19th century photographic cards have started to pop. That would be my recommendation.

[Exhibitman]

I tend to look at relative values. Like why has the green Cobb T206 skyrocked but the 150 series Young portrait hasn't? They used to be much closer in value. I'd pick up a nice Young or two. I'd also focus on nice eye appeal T206 portraits. Boring but solid. I'd also throw in a bet on a few of the top Mike Trout RCs in PSA 10 or Beckett 9.5 condition. They've doubled in recent months but given their potential for a LeBron like further surge, maybe worth it.