I hear that basketball cards are more popular than they've ever been. Is that right? Are you collecting them? Can you even find them? Can you find anything? Even if I could I'm not interested in chasing some rookie's shiny new card. Certainly not as an investment. If you're reading this you probably collect for the fun of it like I do.
So I don't have any Zion Williamson or Ja Morant cards. No Luca Doncic, no La Mello Ball.
I suppose I'd like my collection to be worth something but that's a bonus. I'm irritated by the recent news about Target having to limit sales on cards because investors are buying them up. I haven't been buying cards very often but I like knowing I can walk in a store and find a variety of packs if I'm in the mood. Maybe it's a good thing for the hobby in the long run but it's certainly not now for the casual collector.
I do have some basketball cards. They're not serial numbered and they don't shine. Luckily I never gave my Mama a chance to throw them out. My total investment was $.10, one dime. That's about $7.00 in today's money.
These guys aren't Zion but I think they were pretty good.
Nice! That's the best bunch of basketball cards I have seen in a long time!!
ReplyDeleteThanks. A blog post 50 years in the making.
ReplyDeleteWowza. I love the 1972-73 Topps design. I considered buying the set a few years ago, b/c it's my birth year set. Missed the window. Might grab some of the stars at some point. As for current basketball... I don't chase that stuff either. But I'm sure glad I started grabbing graded copies of Kobe and Duncan a few years ago. I also lucked out and returned to the hobby when guys like Durant, Curry, and Harden were rookies... so I have quite a few of them laying around as well. Now if only I had been born about 10 years earlier... so I could have nabbed all of the cool basketball cards from the 70's.
ReplyDeleteGotta be something positive about being old.
Delete1971-72 was the only year I collected basketball cards. I have a few dozen, including that Alcindor card. (I forget who else, but that Walt Frazier card looks familiar.)
ReplyDeleteI probably got a box (had a generous father) at the drugstore. I have a bunch more. Triples of Dr. J.
DeleteThere are "investors" out there? LOL! Have they learned nothing from the early-1990s fiasco?
ReplyDeleteWell, at least these guys will be remembered!
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah! I don't get the craze for young superstars. I mean in terms of the crazy amounts of money people are shelling out for their cards. To each his own.
DeleteNice post thannks for sharing
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