Anyone else collect a player who has fallen off the face of the baseball earth...

[ChasHawk]

...yet cards are either hard to find or stupidly expensive?

I recently restarted collecting some former Cubs players, and am noticing several things.

Some players...Rich Hill, Shawn Marshall...the market has all but dried up.

Other players...Derrek Lee, Carlos Zambrano, Mark Prior...prices are still laughably high.

Anyone encounter similar issues?

 

[DiebytheCubs]

I keep my eye on Mark Prior prices but they never seem to come down. I guess he still has a lot of potential


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[WillBBC]

I've got the opposite with Vlad Guerrero. His stuff has absolutely nose-dived to ridiculously low levels. It's kind of great and kind of depressing all at once.

 

[michaelstepper]

I've got the opposite with Vlad Guerrero. His stuff has absolutely nose-dived to ridiculously low levels. It's kind of great and kind of depressing all at once.

Let me know when you locate a sweet spot ball auto under $50

Charlie any special tendencies to your cubbie player collection? Just inserts or anything?

 

[tramers]

All Pirates between 1990-2006 values down .
Can't find Matt Capps sweet spot autos .
Who needs a base card 1985-2010 only have 350,000 by team [ 9000 plus Cubs]

 

[rsmath]

I keep my eye on Mark Prior prices but they never seem to come down. I guess he still has a lot of potential

I thought he inked a minor league deal last season, didn't work out and he retired.

Maybe he's like Dontrelle Willis - always looking for new opportunities to try to make it back to the bigs.

 

[ChasHawk]

I thought he inked a minor league deal last season, didn't work out and he retired.

Maybe he's like Dontrelle Willis - always looking for new opportunities to try to make it back to the bigs.

I think that was sarcasm... lol

 

[ChasHawk]

Let me know when you locate a sweet spot ball auto under $50

Charlie any special tendencies to your cubbie player collection? Just inserts or anything?

Just autos, jerseys, and patches so far.

I usually have enough on my plate with Dawson and Williams, but sometimes I get bored

 

[ChasHawk]

I've got the opposite with Vlad Guerrero. His stuff has absolutely nose-dived to ridiculously low levels. It's kind of great and kind of depressing all at once.

This would be a great problem to have unless you bought in high.

I think that may be why some sellers still have their prices so high.

 

[rsmath]

I think that was sarcasm... lol

not sarcasm. I thought Prior was retired until I think I read he inked a minor league contract last season to try to comeback. I know Willis inked a deal with the Angels and sent to Triple-A where he pitched against Albuquerque in one game last season among his starts.

 

[DeliciousBacon]

This would be a great problem to have unless you bought in high.

I think that may be why some sellers still have their prices so high.

That's why I see so many people trying to get stupid prices for various 2002 Jeremy Hermidas cards, especially his Bowman Chrome parallels.

 

[Topnotchsy]

I think for many Prior captures the saga of the Cubs as well as anyone in recent history and he will always have a following. He, Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano were the rotation that was supposed to end the curse for once and for all... There's a sick Prior/Wood dual Logo Patch on eBay that I see every now and then that a part of me wants to pick up...

 

[ChasHawk]

not sarcasm. I thought Prior was retired until I think I read he inked a minor league contract last season to try to comeback. I know Willis inked a deal with the Angels and sent to Triple-A where he pitched against Albuquerque in one game last season among his starts.

No, no :lol:

I was saying that [MENTION=8651]DiebytheCubs[/MENTION] post was likely sarcastic.

 

[ChasHawk]

I think for many Prior captures the saga of the Cubs as well as anyone in recent history and he will always have a following. He, Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano were the rotation that was supposed to end the curse for once and for all... There's a sick Prior/Wood dual Logo Patch on eBay that I see every now and then that a part of me wants to pick up...

This could be very true.

All three had some great cards made.

 

[DiebytheCubs]

No, no :lol:

I was saying that [MENTION=8651]DiebytheCubs[/MENTION] post was likely sarcastic.

Yeah, I was being sarcastic, lol. To the best of my knowledge I think he retired a couple months ago


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[mlbsalltimegreats]

I've got the opposite with Vlad Guerrero. His stuff has absolutely nose-dived to ridiculously low levels. It's kind of great and kind of depressing all at once.

Let me know when you locate a sweet spot ball auto under $50

Charlie any special tendencies to your cubbie player collection? Just inserts or anything?

Not sure about his low end stuff but Vlads Higher end stuff has not nose dived. Infact I just lost out on a Bat barrel name plate 1/1 that had his first part of the name cut off sell in the $430+ range which is more than previous sales of Mike Schmidt, Roger Clemens, Rod Carew and Dave Winfield bat barrel sold for.

 

[nosterbor]

Derrek Lee! I have a great collection of some of his rarer cards. Stopped collecting him when he left the Cubs.

 

[ChasHawk]

Derrek Lee! I have a great collection of some of his rarer cards. Stopped collecting him when he left the Cubs.

I think a lot of sellers bought high on Lee, because his cards listed on ebay are still stupidly expensive bin/bo.

I'll see how prices are at the sun times show next month for these type players.

 

[chromerookies]

besides Canseco and Vlad, I used to PC Quinton McCracken back in the day and still have everything.

 

[nkdbacks]

The Brandon Webb collection certainly qualifies these days. But (some) of his stuff still sells really well. I don't think I'm paying much less for higher end stuff than I would have when he was still playing. Granted, he had a solid 6 seasons before he got injured, including 3 where he was (arguably) the best pitcher in baseball, which is more than others.

But quantity wise, the Webb market has really dried out. Not much new stuff out there for me to add, which is kind of sad.