mchenrycards
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It’s a tie for #1 in my opinion.
DLP losing their license, and Brian Gray.
Jeff N. Is that you?
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It’s a tie for #1 in my opinion.
DLP losing their license, and Brian Gray.
Indeed, I'm the same way. I can see VERY, VERY, rare premium memorabilia cards going for over $100 but only because they're produced to be expensive and are only produced for those with fat money burning a hole in their pockets.
I'm talking about from modern boxes and packs that your average collector has a shot at off of the shelf. Those are just never going to be worth money. I do like some of the auto/jersey cards but I'd still prefer the straight auto.
Also, with the prices for boxes being what they are, kids today don't have a chance to collect top notch cards. The average kid isn't going to buy an $80+ hobby or jumbo box. He's spending his few dollars on some packs off of the rack.And to add on to that comment, when the lower end products like Topps S1/S2/Heritage are now charging $80+ per box with only one hit per box, the guaranteed hit should be an autograph. Honestly, nobody gets excited when they hit a plain color swatch from a box anymore unless it's some retired HOF player from way back in the days (you might only get one of these in every 50+ boxes or the high end products).
It’s a tie for #1 in my opinion.
DLP losing their license, and Brian Gray.
Whatever happened to BG anyways? Wasn't he getting sued over something a few years ago?
To add more honest thoughts to the thread, yes over production was bad. Too many choices indeed made it difficult to "collect". I actually liked the one big series releases of my youth more than multiple Series and Updates (other than a small boxed set). As a kid you had all summer to buy packs and build those sets. It can still be done though and set building is an underrated joy. A blaster a week should easily build a complete base set over a year. How is set building so underrated as a form of collecting entertainment? It's the "hit" mentality IMO. "Collecting cards" meant to be collected in sets until completion became impossible to complete.
I didn't leave the hobby as a kid because of overproduction. I liked collecting as many cards as I could. I left because of the "big hits". And it started and exploded FAST. The early Upper Deck autos, the Donruss Elite cards, the Fleer Rookie Sensations.......cards of players I collected were unobtainable to an 11 year old and I recall being so angry at card manufacturers over it. What was the point of collecting if I could never get them all? I can't imagine I was alone in leaving for that reason.
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Also, with the prices for boxes being what they are, kids today don't have a chance to collect top notch cards. The average kid isn't going to buy an $80+ hobby or jumbo box. He's spending his few dollars on some packs off of the rack.
A hobby built for and by children has been stolen away from them. What's worse are sellers who call themselves collectors, when all they really do is corner the market.
Where the community will grow is the growth in the game of baseball itself, large market teams are doing good the past few years and also there is international growth.