Fun with baseball cards

This is humbling. All these 1989 sets for only $24 total. 1989 and 1990 were the peak years of my brother and I collecting baseball cards. The years when all the card companies over-produced a ton of cards so they are worth nothing now. But that’s fine with me. I’m glad that the cards are …

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Folding a baseball card in half is considered one of the grave sins of destruction. Collectors turn their nose on a cease mark. Take a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card in mint condition (GSA rating 8.5). In 2010 one sold for $130,000. If you folded that card in half, it drops the condition down to …

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Leaf Trading Cards says they listen to their customers. Do they really? I wrote them the following letter: Brian Gray said at his corporate address Monday that the company’s mission statement is: “Ask people what they want. Listen to what they tell you and give them what they want.” I’d like to make two points …

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