134 Year Old Treasure Hunt Yields an Exciting Discovery!

[GaryPassamonte]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Yes, it's passion, but he wants to pump up his investments too. In other words, there is a financial motive for these long write-ups. I used to do this too years ago with soccer cards (when nobody gave a crap about them). My buddy David Peck did the same with wrestling cards. Today, look how much both sports are selling for. That's the power story-telling has.

Now, can anyone here please hook me up with an N162 Kelly? See what I mean?

I'd like to think Tanner is doing this for his love of the game and its artifacts.
Say it ain't so,Tanner.

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

I'd like to think Tanner is doing this for his love of the game and its artifacts.
Say it ain't so,Tanner.

I research and write articles for a number of reasons - primarily because I'm madly in love with baseball cards, their history, and I'm passionate about telling others.

I get super excited seeing people do 2 things: 1) discover how fun it is to collect / learn how deep you can get lost into collecting and 2) having existing collectors discover how amazing old baseball/cards are.

I'm constantly amazed at how little love pre war gets. In my mind, there is so so so much more to get excited about in history compared to the new stuff.

With all that said, I do know that shedding light on cards can certainly have an impact on values, (and certainly would love to see my cards increase in value!) but no, that isn't why I write.