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Originally Posted by srockhard
Unfortunately cards produced in the 80's thru mid 90's were just over produced so there aren't many rarities  ...everyone and their dog thought they were buying their retirement when they grabbed a .25 cent pack from every checkout stand and grocery store so the sports card companies just went with it and had massive print runs on every card...the hobby is not what it used to be and I've got a pretty rad idea brewing but need to find someone to work with me on the code. |
That and 95% of those cards are still in near mint to mint condition, the card stocks used are infinitely superior to pre 80s and they are well preserved these days. Retail prices of the 90s packs were inflated to several dollars per pack with fewer cards per pack, so very few children could afford them anymore and destroy them with their grubby little hands. It will be at least a century before degradation settles in and is cause for any true rarities and antiqueness.
The inserts were where the easy money was at for the psuedo collectors ..... until the real collectors finally had enough and told them to insert the inserts up their asses. No longer being paid ransoms for little rectangular pieces of cardstock, the psuedo collectors were stuck with their hostages. The super inflated prices of these
rarities engineered to be collectible imploded and they were for the most part, worthless.
Many brick & mortar collectibles stores caught up in this madness and a likewise insanity involving comic books went belly up between 94 -96.
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While your neighbors were busy killing off everyone in the neighborhood
with your own butcher knife in hand concealed behind your back
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