got out of it when companies started selling different lines/series. Seems like everything i had collected is now not worth much.
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The market got over-saturated in the 90's... Didn't help one bit IMHO
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It's even worse now. It started in 1996 when Upperdeck released the first game-used card (card with a piece of a game used jersey in it). At that point, even the no-namers in the set were worth at least 50 bucks. Now there's two or three jersey cards in a 24 count box and you'd be lucky to fetch $5 for them. They need to enforce some quality and quantity control on these products. Each of the major brands are producing about 10=15 products in each sport a year. Ridiculous!
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I remember there used to be card and collector shops all over the country, but now they're hard to find. The industry did itself in.
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Yeah, and I think Upperdeck was the main culprit. The plus side is that certain sports (including MLB) are now selling rights to produce cards to only one main manufacturer a year now. The down side is that company will still make 100 products to make up for it :-)

I do still collect some choice stuff though which includes mostly hall of famers.
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The football season's nearly over. It's almost time to pick up 09 products on the cheap for you collectors out there.
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I have several binders full of baseball cards in the closet. Most of them are complete sets from the late 80's early 90's. Haven't even touched them in over 10 years :-)
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I collect autographed cards and the Topps reprint sets, like the 1991 reprint of the 1953 set and the 1994 reprint of the 1954 set (including the 2 Wiliiam's and the Mantle that were printed as specials by Upper Deck)...also have the 1956-57 football reprint set and several others...also collect some other bits and pieces of baseball & football memoribilia...my youngest brother also has a ton of memoribilia that he collects, but then he's a sports agent for real...a real Jerry Mcquire...handles football only and has about a dozen guys or so on various teams around the NFL...
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Used to collect baseball autographs and had a very nice collection. Have sold off much of it, but still have about 500 signed 8 x 10s that were personalized to me. When I collected, most players would still sign through the mail.

Now, frankly, E-Bay has ruined that hobby.
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Now thats a habit...........:-)
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