Vintage Cards Vs Vintage Patch Cards

[calvindog]

Gee, maybe they're cheap because they're not real?

[ScottFandango]

is $1000 cheap? im confused

you can get a bunch of ruth cards for less than that....

anyone ever see the Jim Thrope Jersey card? another card that is AWESOME to touch and feel!!!

[yanksfan09]

Yeah I got my Red Goudey #149 graded fair for about that price with nice eye appeal....Would I trade that for a cut up piece of unverified cloth surrounded by a cheesy modern cardboard frame......tempting....

[ScottFandango]

well, the market has set the value on these ruth cards and they have only gone WAY up since they were issued, not to mention you dont see them for sale very often anymore...

so even though most on this board will HATE these cards, the market has provided a significant value to these cards (also meaning that the general buying public believe these to be real)

[calvindog]

25% of the general public also thinks 9/11 was an inside job.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by calvindog

25% of the general public also thinks 9/11 was an inside job.

The same 25 percent also thinks there is still an ongoing grand jury investigation into shill bidding.

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by calvindog

25% of the general public also thinks 9/11 was an inside job.

i hope this is just a bad /tasteless joke on your part...surely you cant believe that...


and to clarify
I DONT COLLECT PATCH CARDS, i havent bought one in many years, its just i have a few RUTH, Gehrig, Thorpe Jersey cards that i like to break out every now and then...

guess what cards interest my non- collecting friends and family more, YUP the patch cards are way more a hit than some E90-1 SGC slabbed Hofer..

there is just something special when you can touch and feel the 100 year old wool that plastic cant match!!!

[68Hawk]

I like the vintage ones, particularly material from tougher to find HOF players because of their relative scarcity (the majority of whose memorabillia is intact, tightly held privately, and not nearly as unique as is made out). I wouldn't collect a ton of the modern stuff because then they do tend to take on that cheap dime a dozen feel...

I actually think they look pretty good, though much like all cards it comes down to the design and aesthetic abilities of the manufacturer. In the same way I'm a fan of some vintage issues, and others less so.....

I also find myself in the less likely to believe camp of the need for the big card companies to use faked memorabillia, when they can buy the authentic stuff for not so crazy prices at auction, AND not run the risk of being found out with the subsequent death of credibility in an industry that struggles to create much confidence.

Anyways....here's a couple of mine framed up

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

i hope this is just a bad /tasteless joke on your part...surely you cant believe that...

Was what I wrote really that difficult to comprehend?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

i hope this is just a bad /tasteless joke on your part...surely you cant believe that...

He was just pointing out that a certain (large) percentage of the people we see every day when we venture out into the world are complete and total morons.

A point that fits well into this thread, in my opinion.

Doug

[Moonlight Graham]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

well, the market has set the value on these ruth cards and they have only gone WAY up since they were issued, not to mention you dont see them for sale very often anymore...

so even though most on this board will HATE these cards, the market has provided a significant value to these cards (also meaning that the general buying public believe these to be real)

actually, i see these cards on ebay and some have huge prices but never sell. and these 1/1 schemes are incredible! just because these modern cards are stamped 1/1 people think it's super rare-just crazy! i think they should have each card with a patch in it psa/dna certified-at least those of the vintage ballplayers-if not psa/dna than mears or some other reputable third party-jmo

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Gee, maybe they're cheap because they're not real?

What, they might not be fake? No way.......You must have missed all of the people having legal issues lately in the sports memorabilia field? I have a laundry basket of rags too......just think, I could be rich, rich, rich (yes, Iggy, that kind of rich....Rich Luckey ........)

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...s-in-evidence/

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...ed-with-fraud/



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