SI article on cards

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Some people cant miss a chance for a negative comment.

Plenty of other hobbies lieu.


Glad to see some news

John is a good guy who is a bit frustrated with many aspects of the hobby. We talk when we can and I know he loves many things about collecting and that's why I responded directly to him so to speak. I have NO issues with him at all.

Rich

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

John is a good guy who is a bit frustrated with many aspects of the hobby. We talk when we can and I know he loves many things about collecting and that's why I responded directly to him so to speak. I have NO issues with him at all.

Rich

Thanks Rich. When I retire I can't wit to entertain the wanderings of a message board cop, and have them make excuses for me. I couldnt care less about your issues, some.of us have more then SI.

Adding another to the ignore list

[DaveW]

ok, I’ll change the subject. I believe that it’s Gal Gadot, not Gail. Unless there’s somebody named Gail who’s also pretty attractive.

[jgannon]

Interesting article, Rich. Thanks for sharing. I'm so out of what is happening in the hobby today. Interesting to see how it is in large part being approached by many.

Btw, I started collecting more or less at the same time you did. It was 1968, in the spring, and it was either just as the 3rd series was ending or the 4th series was beginning. I had just become a baseball fan and a Yankees fan at that. And I remember I was having a hard time getting a Mickey Mantle who was in the 3rd series. It was probably too late to get him at the candy stores. So a friend of mine gave me one at swim team practice. I put the brand new card in with my wet gear and by the time I left the YMCA the card was completely frayed and and dog-eared. Kept it for many years, but unfortunately I made a bad move and gave away most of my collection a while back, not realizing how important my cards would become to me later. I did keep a lot of really great ones though, thankfully. Anyway, I'm collecting again and having a ball.

[rjackson44]

thx rich

[Santo10Fan]

I posted about a break here recently in my BST listing for a Koufax Topps Transcendent auto. That product would not exist imo if breakers had not gained traction in the last decade. $20K on a single box has inherent marketing qualities and makes sense when you can break it down by the number of hits.

Upper Deck's early 2000s Ultimate Collection and the like set the stage for this and within 10 years of those products Youtube was established as a internet juggernaut and was heavily trafficked by children. Breaker videos are below the threshold of any parental filters so any kid could just search for the product they were interested in and watch it get opened. They're only one begging session away from mom and dad putting down a few bucks on a random pack from Layton's or the like; way cheaper than $100 or more that a Gypsy Queen hobby box would cost. There's a whole boatload of people across that spectrum to people like me who would consider $600 (think that's changed in 20!) for one pack of 86 Fleer basketball.

There's going to be a natural progression to vintage cards for newcomers. Anyone and everyone is looking for an escape right now. With top dollar seemingly focused on the Jordan rookie right now-which is directly tied to the Last Dance-vintage across the board should be getting new eyeballs.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Interesting article, Rich. thanks for sharing. I'm so out of what is happening in the hobby today.

I’m so out of what is happening in modern day pop culture that I had to google Gal Gadot.

[BabyRuth]

I thought I was the only one who didn't know who she was.

[ALR-bishop]

Thanks for posting Rich

[edjs]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

I thought I was the only one who didn't know who she was.

I’m still confused by “the base don’t ship” and “blockchain” stuff. Let alone who “Gal” is.

[obcmac]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

I thought I was the only one who didn't know who she was.

I knew you guys were old, but I didn't realize you were dead

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I’m so out of what is happening in modern day pop culture that I had to google Gal Gadot.

And...who is she? Lol

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by jgannon

And...who is she? Lol

Unattainable.

[drcy]

Originally Posted by DaveW

ok, I’ll change the subject. I believe that it’s Gal Gadot, not Gail. Unless there’s somebody named Gail who’s also pretty attractive.

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