So you have $300,000 burning a hole in your pocket

[rjackson44]

real estate

[olecow]

I'd buy this

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-...UAAOSwdeNe3AnN

and then invest the rest.

[packs]

Do you think all the dads were in a tiff when Ruth came along? Did they all light pipes and talk about Roger Connor while their kids wasted money buying packs of gum instead of cigarettes?

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by packs

Do you think all the dads were in a tiff when Ruth came along? Did they all light pipes and talk about Roger Connor while their kids wasted money buying packs of gum instead of cigarettes?

Wasn't there a scene in either Pride of the Yankees or The Babe Ruth Story where a kid has his cards and wants to get in a pickup game and gives his cards to the other kid in order to play, and the kid says "you can keep the Ruth, he's a rookie."

[conor912]

Imo, this is the best use of $300,000.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Magic-...-/353357401419

[AGuinness]

I'd sell a kidney and then buy the Del Monte note (OF COURSE):

https://currency.ha.com/itm/error-no...Results-012417

[conor912]

Originally Posted by conor912

Imo, this is the best use of $300,000.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Magic-...-/353357401419

Nevermind. It sold half a mil. Jeepers.

[pokerplyr80]

Looks like 300k won't be enough for either option, but I would obviously go for the second like everyone else here. Were I actually spending it I would try to find a nicer looking 16 Ruth

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by packs

Do you think all the dads were in a tiff when Ruth came along? Did they all light pipes and talk about Roger Connor while their kids wasted money buying packs of gum instead of cigarettes?

I laughed too hard at this.

[philliesfan]

I guess I cannot play this game. I only have $3.00 burning a hole in my pocket to spend. So, A box of 1988 Donruss or a box of 1988 Topps? Tough choice.........

[BeanTown]

ABC

Apple Stock
Bit Coin
Cobb Cards

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I guess I cannot play this game. I only have $3.00 burning a hole in my pocket to spend. So, A box of 1988 Donruss or a box of 1988 Topps? Tough choice.........

Not sure you can even do that with $3 anymore.

[bdk1976]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I guess I cannot play this game. I only have $3.00 burning a hole in my pocket to spend. So, A box of 1988 Donruss or a box of 1988 Topps? Tough choice.........

You forgot option 3 - light the $3 on fire. Less environmental impact than the inevitable burning of the 88 donruss.

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by bdk1976

You forgot option 3 - light the $3 on fire. Less environmental impact than the inevitable burning of the 88 donruss.

You must be crazy. You'd miss out on a potential Sam Horn rookie! He's going to be a star...

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by rjackson44

real estate

My answer as well.

[brianp-beme]

So you have $300,000 burning a hole in your pocket...I would douse the flaming currency with water, then try to salvage as much as possible with the judicious use of a hair dryer.

Brian

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

My answer as well.

Yep, buy a beach house, lake house, ski house, mountain chalet, etc. Enjoy it with family and friends for years.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Yep, buy a beach house, lake house, ski house, mountain chalet, etc. Enjoy it with family and friends for years.

I too would put the money here...but if I had to buy cardboard with 300K...it'd be a nice ruth rookie for me.

[Dardevl]

If 300k is burning a hole, bid on the Gehrig and hope it holds. What an underappreciated issue that is finally getting some attention!

[Rascal1010]

If I had $ 300K burning a hole in my pocket, I can honestly say it wouldn't be going into sports cards. Talk to the next generation of collectors, age 7-18, they are not buying sports cards, they are buying Pokemon! My son has roughly 25 graded HOF and potential future HOF rookie cards all Mint or Gem mint that he has gotten for X-Mas and his B-Day over the years, never even looks at them, but put a pack with the chance of a Charizard pull in it and he's all over it. Where I used to have 1000's of baseball and football cards at his age, his collection is 1000's of Pokemon & Fortnite cards. He's not taking baseball & football cards to school to trade, it's Pokemon and has been for a couple of years.

Their biggest advantage I see is they are popular with boys and girls, not just the boys that play the sports. Don't believe me, go to your local WalMart, Target or Dollar General and let me know how many Pokemon cards you see, for the last month these displays sell out as fast as they can stock them, plenty of sports cards to be had for us old folks, but not a single Pokemon.

[Exhibitman]

I'd pay off my house.

Reminds me of a joke:

A hooker approaches a collector at Hilton bar at the National and says: "I will do anything you want for $200."

The collector asks: "Anything?"

The hooker says: "Yes, anything."

The collector thinks for a minute and says: "OK, find me a T206 Cobb."

Which is why we don't ever see hookers in the bars at the National...

[Leon]

That is one perspective. And I disagree with some of it.
I can think of some great cards I would buy. I don't think baseball cards go down too much in the next 20 yrs. I was at a bigger local show yesterday, in Allen Tx, and money was changing hands at every table. Sales seemed very brisk. Most of it was shiny stuff but the vintage was doing well too.

Originally Posted by Rascal1010

If I had $ 300K burning a hole in my pocket, I can honestly say it wouldn't be going into sports cards. Talk to the next generation of collectors, age 7-18, they are not buying sports cards, they are buying Pokemon! My son has roughly 25 graded HOF and potential future HOF rookie cards all Mint or Gem mint that he has gotten for X-Mas and his B-Day over the years, never even looks at them, but put a pack with the chance of a Charizard pull in it and he's all over it. Where I used to have 1000's of baseball and football cards at his age, his collection is 1000's of Pokemon & Fortnite cards. He's not taking baseball & football cards to school to trade, it's Pokemon and has been for a couple of years.

Their biggest advantage I see is they are popular with boys and girls, not just the boys that play the sports. Don't believe me, go to your local WalMart, Target or Dollar General and let me know how many Pokemon cards you see, for the last month these displays sell out as fast as they can stock them, plenty of sports cards to be had for us old folks, but not a single Pokemon.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Rascal1010

If I had $ 300K burning a hole in my pocket, I can honestly say it wouldn't be going into sports cards. Talk to the next generation of collectors, age 7-18, they are not buying sports cards, they are buying Pokemon! My son has roughly 25 graded HOF and potential future HOF rookie cards all Mint or Gem mint that he has gotten for X-Mas and his B-Day over the years, never even looks at them, but put a pack with the chance of a Charizard pull in it and he's all over it. Where I used to have 1000's of baseball and football cards at his age, his collection is 1000's of Pokemon & Fortnite cards. He's not taking baseball & football cards to school to trade, it's Pokemon and has been for a couple of years.

Their biggest advantage I see is they are popular with boys and girls, not just the boys that play the sports. Don't believe me, go to your local WalMart, Target or Dollar General and let me know how many Pokemon cards you see, for the last month these displays sell out as fast as they can stock them, plenty of sports cards to be had for us old folks, but not a single Pokemon.

Where are you at that retail stores have basketball or baseball cards for sale? Cards are being bought at as soon as they go on the shelves if not before.