Steve9347 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 http://itsalwayssunnyindetroit.com/2012/05...5-million/.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 According to The Detroit News, Young’s collection of rookie cards, which took him plenty of years and cash (nearly $5 million) to put together, was considered perhaps the best of its kind in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 50% loss is sad, but the market is just dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 QUOTE (knightni @ May 23, 2012 -> 03:48 PM) 50% loss is sad, but the market is just dead. Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I'd love to look through that collection. Also Dmitri Young looks like he lost a ton of weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 23, 2012 -> 05:13 PM) I'd love to look through that collection. Also Dmitri Young looks like he lost a ton of weight. There was an article about it recently. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-major-...ollection-.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilCan Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I still collect, but am not in it for the money. It's definitely a hobby for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Always like Dmitri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I bet a decade or so ago, that same collection would have been worth $10-15 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 08:19 PM) I bet a decade or so ago, that same collection would have been worth $10-15 million. Two decades ago - more like. All '80s star rookies were $75-100.00+ easy then. Henderson, Ripken, Boggs, Sandberg, Gwynn, Mattingly, Strawberry, Gooden, Clemens, Puckett, Bonds, McGwire, Canseco... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 6, 2012 -> 08:16 PM) Two decades ago - more like. All '80s star rookies were $75-100.00+ easy then. Henderson, Ripken, Boggs, Sandberg, Gwynn, Mattingly, Strawberry, Gooden, Clemens, Puckett, Bonds, McGwire, Canseco... Yeah, the 83-87 heydey, I never got into collecting Bowman, but I had Topps, Donruss and Fleer for all those years. I have about 25 Fleer 1983 Rookie cards of Gwynn...had a ton of Donruss Sosa rookie cards, too. (Of course, I also looked back and had 25 Hensley Meulens and 50 Juan Gonzalez, virtually worthless now). Canseco was one of the hottest ones back then (recently gave away the autographed version to a friend from high school whose son loves baseball cards), along with the Mattingly. They 1982 Ripken one (Topps) was one of those where there are 2-3 players on the same card, right? My biggest regret was probably selling my mint 1969 Nolan Ryan and all my Roberto Clemente cards (at one point, I had every one except for the 1955 rookie) when I was in college, but I probably ended up getting a lot more back then than I would have holding onto them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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