What is your "prized possession"?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by lewdog

You wouldn't believe how little all that is worth too! I have thousands of cards, some that used to be work hundreds of dollars like my Jerry Rice rookie card (Now $25!). Now most are worth nothing to a few bucks. I was looking to sell mine but it honestly wasn't worth the time to get rid of most of them seeing what I would get back. I would keep some of the autograph and game jersey cards of players I like, but even the ones of players I don't give two shits about just aren't worth anything anymore. And to think of how much I spent to get all of those cards!

I'm sticking to strictly autographed and authenticated memorabilia from now on like bats, balls and jerseys.

I don't see how modern cards are worth anything. Manufacturers realized that they can produce something for a penny that people are paying $20 for, so of course they're going to glut the market with them. The whole concept of a collectible is having a limited supply, and there's no limit on the supply of cardboard with printing on it.

On a related note, I find it funny when I see a new item that says "collectible" on it. You can pretty much guarantee that any new item that says "collectible" will never be worth anything, because people will save them because of the label.