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Originally Posted by lewdog
Mid 90's were high times for sports cards. It's been all down hill from there!
We bought a Jerry Rice rookie for $120 in the 90's. It's now worth a whopping $30!
My dad and I easily lost thousands but we enjoyed collecting together, which they say is priceless.  |
I worked for a memorabilia distributor during this time......and it was pretty amazing to watch prices go through the roof.
This was the time where Randy Moss rookie cards and worn-jersey cards were hot.
But what was hilarious was when Pokemon hit the US market. sports card stores were ordering more (and charging more) for Pokemon cards than any sport.
Boxes were going for over 100 bucks, ebay was booming with rare cards. I've never seen anything like it.
Everyone wanted to sell those cards, and you would have the most unbelievable businesses - that had absolutely zero to do with sports or trading card memorabilia - want to sell them.