Other Sports Baseball/Football/Other Sports Cards You Thought Would Be Worth Something

**Buck** · 03-20-2014, 05:12 PM

I'm sure there are a lot of collectors here.

Do you ever remember opening a pack of cards and thinking that you hit the Jackpot, only to later think back upon that and laugh?

What were those cards?

Halfcan · 03-20-2014, 05:15 PM

All my Arod, Bonds, Mcgwire and Conseco cards.

**Buck** · 03-20-2014, 05:16 PM

I was young, I think maybe 16 or 17 and I opened an autographed Patrick Ramsey rookie card and the Redskins were my 2nd favorite team at the time. (I don't really have a 2nd favorite team anymore).

I think it's probably worth $1 if that today.

**TribalElder** · 03-20-2014, 05:19 PM

Garbage pail kids for the win

**TribalElder** · 03-20-2014, 05:23 PM

Oops, sports cards. Upper deck Tiger woods collection before he got divorced

**Saulbadguy** · 03-20-2014, 05:23 PM

Baseball - 1989 Complete Set, Topps.

Completely worthless.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-20-2014, 05:26 PM

1989 Upper Deck Complete Factory set sealed in box (Griffey's RC was #1 in the set). Got it for my 11th birthday and never opened it. Twenty years later it's worth less than the day I got it.

In 1993, UD had "Silver Signature" and "Gold Signature" cards. For a while, the Nolan Ryan Gold was worth $250 bucks in its year of issue. I had dozens of Silver Signatures (one per pack). I think the only Gold I ever got was Rondell White. Mother****er.

I think I have a George Brett SS. It was worth like $6 once.

**Buck** · 03-20-2014, 05:26 PM

This is my current favorite.

**TribalElder** · 03-20-2014, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

1989 Upper Deck Complete Factory set sealed in box (Griffey's RC was #1 in the set). Got it for my 11th birthday and never opened it. Twenty years later it's worth less than the day I got it.

In 1993, UD had "Silver Signature" and "Gold Signature" cards. For a while, the Nolan Ryan Gold was worth $250 bucks in its year of issue. I had dozens of Silver Signatures (one per pack). I think the only Gold I ever got was Rondell White. Mother****er.

I think I have a George Brett SS. It was worth like $6 once.

89 upper deck set was worth about 3000+ at one point I thought

**Rain Man** · 03-20-2014, 05:30 PM

I'm kind of glad that I was a kid before we began worrying about "collectible value". I was happy to get Chiefs cards, and I actually played with the cards and used them to build lineups and stuff. The thought of value never crossed my mind.

How weird. I actually got a whiff of the bubble gum smell when I wrote that. My memory bubbled up and I actually smelled it.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-20-2014, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TribalElder

89 upper deck set was worth about 3000+ at one point I thought

I don't think it was ever worth more than 120. In fact, I think it's the most owned set in history.

Eleazar · 03-20-2014, 05:38 PM

I was surprised a couple of years ago that all those cards we (if you're younger than 40 or whatever) collected and meticulously put in those albums and acid-free sleeves and such are totally worthless. Mostly the same for comic books. The same ones that were worth money when we were growing up are still worth money. Nothing from 1980+ is worth anything.

**Buck** · 03-20-2014, 05:40 PM

I wonder if they will ever make a comeback or if they are completely dead.

**Rain Man** · 03-20-2014, 05:42 PM

On an unrelated note, does Harmon Wages of the Falcons have the best football card on the planet or what? I remembered being impressed by his superhero image from my childhood and just looked it up.

**TribalElder** · 03-20-2014, 05:43 PM

Now 4 dollars

03-20-2014, 05:12 PM
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8269900	Baseball/Football/Other Sports Cards You Thought Would Be Worth Something I'm sure there are a lot of collectors here. Do you ever remember opening a pack of cards and thinking that you hit the Jackpot, only to later think back upon that and laugh? What were those cards?
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03-20-2014, 05:15 PM	#2
Halfcan In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $7327995	All my Arod, Bonds, Mcgwire and Conseco cards.
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03-20-2014, 05:16 PM	#3
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8269900	I was young, I think maybe 16 or 17 and I opened an autographed Patrick Ramsey rookie card and the Redskins were my 2nd favorite team at the time. (I don't really have a 2nd favorite team anymore). I think it's probably worth $1 if that today.
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03-20-2014, 05:19 PM	#4
TribalElder Arrowhead Trail of Tears Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: KansasCity Casino cash: $2210441	Garbage pail kids for the win
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03-20-2014, 05:23 PM	#5
TribalElder Arrowhead Trail of Tears Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: KansasCity Casino cash: $2210441	Oops, sports cards. Upper deck Tiger woods collection before he got divorced
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03-20-2014, 05:26 PM	#7
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7959572	1989 Upper Deck Complete Factory set sealed in box (Griffey's RC was #1 in the set). Got it for my 11th birthday and never opened it. Twenty years later it's worth less than the day I got it. In 1993, UD had "Silver Signature" and "Gold Signature" cards. For a while, the Nolan Ryan Gold was worth $250 bucks in its year of issue. I had dozens of Silver Signatures (one per pack). I think the only Gold I ever got was Rondell White. Mother****er. I think I have a George Brett SS. It was worth like $6 once. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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03-20-2014, 05:30 PM	#10
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3078491 VARSITY	I'm kind of glad that I was a kid before we began worrying about "collectible value". I was happy to get Chiefs cards, and I actually played with the cards and used them to build lineups and stuff. The thought of value never crossed my mind. How weird. I actually got a whiff of the bubble gum smell when I wrote that. My memory bubbled up and I actually smelled it. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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03-20-2014, 05:38 PM	#12
Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	I was surprised a couple of years ago that all those cards we (if you're younger than 40 or whatever) collected and meticulously put in those albums and acid-free sleeves and such are totally worthless. Mostly the same for comic books. The same ones that were worth money when we were growing up are still worth money. Nothing from 1980+ is worth anything.
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03-20-2014, 05:40 PM	#13
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8269900	I wonder if they will ever make a comeback or if they are completely dead.
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03-20-2014, 05:42 PM	#14
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3078491 VARSITY	On an unrelated note, does Harmon Wages of the Falcons have the best football card on the planet or what? I remembered being impressed by his superhero image from my childhood and just looked it up. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
Posts: 141,624

03-20-2014, 05:43 PM	#15
TribalElder Arrowhead Trail of Tears Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: KansasCity Casino cash: $2210441	Now 4 dollars
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