Cards that used to be HUGE

JVC · Oct 10, 2011

As many of you know, I love to dig through bargain bins for hidden treasure. Well, after going to a show today I decided to start a thread showcasing cards that used to sell for tons back in the day but maybe deserve to be in bargain bins today. Feel free to post any of your finds. Here's the first installment of my hunt:

$1 - These used to sell for $100+ and still book at $100!

$1 for the Culpepper and 10 cents for the Carr - I'm pretty sure the Culpepper used to be a $100 card and the Carr was probably up there as he was the #1 pick in the 2002 draft. Probably a $50+ card back in 2002.

Jastermereel · Oct 10, 2011

Several years ago I picked up a Josh Hamilton Bowman RC /100 (or /99, can't remember) for $1. I then laughed when someone bought it from me for $35. Oops.

Sean_C · Oct 10, 2011

Are the Guzman and Culpepper cards refractors / retrofractors?

JVC said:
As many of you know, I love to dig through bargain bins for hidden treasure. Well, after going to a show today I decided to start a thread showcasing cards that used to sell for tons back in the day but maybe deserve to be in bargain bins today. Feel free to post any of your finds. Here's the first installment of my hunt:

$1 - These used to sell for $100+ and still book at $100!

$1 for the Culpepper and 10 cents for the Carr - I'm pretty sure the Culpepper used to be a $100 card and the Carr was probably up there as he was the #1 pick in the 2002 draft. Probably a $50+ card back in 2002.

JVC · Oct 10, 2011

Sean_C said:
Are the Guzman and Culpepper cards refractors / retrofractors?

JVC said:

As many of you know, I love to dig through bargain bins for hidden treasure. Well, after going to a show today I decided to start a thread showcasing cards that used to sell for tons back in the day but maybe deserve to be in bargain bins today. Feel free to post any of your finds. Here's the first installment of my hunt:

$1 - These used to sell for $100+ and still book at $100!

$1 for the Culpepper and 10 cents for the Carr - I'm pretty sure the Culpepper used to be a $100 card and the Carr was probably up there as he was the #1 pick in the 2002 draft. Probably a $50+ card back in 2002.

Click to expand...

Yes, the Guzman is a retrofractor and the Culpepper is an international refractor.

cwc2002 · Oct 10, 2011

2007 Chris Davis rookie autos. These used to sell for >$120 at its peak and now they barely get like $10 or so.

DeliciousBacon · Oct 10, 2011

I picked up a 2000 Bowman's Best Chin-Feng Chen RC at the show today for a dime. Books for $30; I could have bought 300 copies for $30. Does his value come from overseas collectors?

TBTwinsFan · Oct 10, 2011

Alex Gordon used to be huge. May still have potential?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PSA-2006-Bowman ... 5931055702

JEA2880 · Oct 10, 2011

cwc2002 said:
2007 Chris Davis rookie autos. These used to sell for >$120 at its peak and now they barely get like $10 or so.

Actually, it peaked at $150. That's what I sold mine for!

And I sold the version /50 for $399.95 :shock:

ChasHawk · Oct 10, 2011

TBTwinsFan said:
Alex Gordon used to be huge. May still have potential?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PSA-2006-Bowman ... 5931055702

would probably sell even higher if his name was spelled right... :lol:

Dice-K Collector · Oct 10, 2011

Easy answer to this- All Daisuke matsuzaka RC autos.

TBTwinsFan · Oct 10, 2011

ChasHawk said:
TBTwinsFan said:

Alex Gordon used to be huge. May still have potential?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PSA-2006-Bowman ... 5931055702

Click to expand...

would probably sell even higher if his name was spelled right... :lol:

Exactly :lol:

subpop77 · Oct 10, 2011

These.

ballerskrip · Oct 10, 2011

JOBA

PHIL HUGHES

KEVIN MAAS

Dice-K Collector · Oct 10, 2011

ballerskrip said:
JOBA

PHIL HUGHES

KEVIN MAAS

Joba... I recently sold a card that used to sell for like 80$ for around 15$ (I pulled it from a pack though, so its not like I lost any money [other than what the box cost])

markakis8 · Oct 10, 2011

Fernando Martinez superfractor auto ::facepalm::

uniquebaseballcards · Oct 10, 2011

These used to sell for hundreds at shows, maybe $5-$10 on ebay now.

Refractors seeded 1 in a box in general used to be huge not anymore, sort of the same with GU and many autos. Actually very few modern cards have increased or maintained in value.

homerun28aa · Oct 10, 2011

Dice-K Collector said:
Easy answer to this- All Daisuke matsuzaka RC autos.

Completely agree with this..when he came into the league I couldn't get one of his autos because they were just too expensive, but I paid almost $50 for his jersey card or so, I paid $8 a different time for 3 of the same jersey cards. So now I have 4 that in total I paid $58 for... :lol:

mrniceguy1126 · Oct 10, 2011

uniquebaseballcards said:
These used to sell for hundreds at shows, maybe $5-$10 on ebay now.

I understand that it's a bit different, but this one didn't do too bad.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Topps-...0612060676?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item20bd21c604

archiebunkerjr · Oct 10, 2011

ronfromfresno · Oct 10, 2011

1986 Donruss Rookies Canseco

1987 Fleer Glossy Will Clark

Welcome to our community

Be apart of something great, join today!

Cards that used to be HUGE

New member

Active member

New member

New member

Active member

Well-known member

New member

New member

New member

New member

New member

New member

New member

New member

Active member

New member

Active member

New member

New member

Active member

Similar threads

Log in