Prewar and Modern Question

[Rhotchkiss]

I love me son Oliver, who collects modern. I am his benefactor and I like having a hobby together. As a result, I indirectly collect some modern (through Oliver). My rules are simple -- only blue chip players/positions and only quality products, ideally with a signature on card, and NO base cards. At this point, his collection is substantial enough that he wheels and deals on his own at shows, but sometimes I need to kick in. Right now he is collecting Mbappe, Giannas (I wont event try his last name), Trout, and many of the good young QBs.

Funny, true story -- a couple years ago, at the Philly show, I argued with him over some red wave, prizm bullshit rookie card of Jonathan Taylor, which was around $900. Here is the conversation:

Me: "You want an RB? I will buy you the best Walter Payton Rookie we can find for $900".
Oliver: "But if Taylor wins MVP his card will be worth double ($1,800)."
Me: "Well, If that happens, will you sell the card"?
Oliver: "Yes"
Me: "And what will you do with the money"?
Oliver: "Buy a real nice Walter Payton Rookie"

No Joke -- insert guy with hand on his head and guy shrugging shoulders emoji

Me, no way Jose do I buy modern, and to me, modern is anything newer than 1980. In fact, almost everything I own is at least 100 years old.

[BuzzD]

I am collecting one card, original photo or autograph for every Yankee player

[notfast]

I collect modern cards of top tier HOF players.

Superfractors and other 1/1’s of Cobb, Jackie, Aaron. Throw some Tony Gwynn in there too.

[pitchernut]

Modern? Only if they throw a no-no.

[Leon]

A lot of our members collector the new stuff. I started out doing HOF rookie cards, about 25+ yrs ago. That included all years. Then when I was more educated I drifted backwards to type cards.

1941 Wheaties (shown before)

[hcv123]

Roberto Clemente is the core of my PC. The "must have " stuff for me is career contemporary. Clemente has a unique position as he actually has more cards issued posthumously than he had issued during his career. So while they are generally beyond the scope of my core collection and not "must haves", I do grab a modern/ultra modern Clemente card when it appeals to me visually.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Leon

A lot of our members collector the new stuff. I started out doing HOF rookie cards, about 25+ yrs ago. That included all years. Then when I was more educated I drifted backwards to type cards.



1941 Wheaties (shown before)

Wow, Leon! Somehow I have never seen that before. It is completely amazing! If it ever becomes available...

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[todeen]

Originally Posted by Leon

A lot of our members collector the new stuff. I started out doing HOF rookie cards, about 25+ yrs ago. That included all years. Then when I was more educated I drifted backwards to type cards.

1941 Wheaties (shown before)

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

Wow, Leon! Somehow I have never seen that before. It is completely amazing! If it ever becomes available...

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I love this photo. I see it maybe 1/year. It's mesmerizing.

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[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I love me son Oliver, who collects modern. I am his benefactor and I like having a hobby together. As a result, I indirectly collect some modern (through Oliver). My rules are simple -- only blue chip players/positions and only quality products, ideally with a signature on card, and NO base cards. At this point, his collection is substantial enough that he wheels and deals on his own at shows, but sometimes I need to kick in. Right now he is collecting Mbappe, Giannas (I wont event try his last name), Trout, and many of the good young QBs.

Funny, true story -- a couple years ago, at the Philly show, I argued with him over some red wave, prizm bullshit rookie card of Jonathan Taylor, which was around $900. Here is the conversation:

Me: "You want an RB? I will buy you the best Walter Payton Rookie we can find for $900".
Oliver: "But if Taylor wins MVP his card will be worth double ($1,800)."
Me: "Well, If that happens, will you sell the card"?
Oliver: "Yes"
Me: "And what will you do with the money"?
Oliver: "Buy a real nice Walter Payton Rookie"

No Joke -- insert guy with hand on his head and guy shrugging shoulders emoji

Me, no way Jose do I buy modern, and to me, modern is anything newer than 1980. In fact, almost everything I own is at least 100 years old.

Wow, .... hmmm
admit i had to look up benefactor