(08-26-2012, 06:16 AM)osujeffrey Wrote: Amazing Post and Great Reading!
I enjoyed all the Pro and Con aspects of this thread....
The bottom line (in my opinion) is "Collect what you Enjoy".....
I happen to mostly agree with the topic, I enjoy vintage far more then modern collecting. It is simpler to have "one rookie card" and a finite amount to collect...
(here is an example of why I am fed up with modern collecting)
I was lucky enough to pull a 2012 Topps Tribute 1/1 Purple auto... Imagine my surprise when I looked on this site only to find there were three different versions of the Purple 1/1 auto..
Turns out there were variations for each print run... That is absurd.
And that does not even touch on licensing etc...
I feel 1985 was the last good year for card collecting.... (alas, I am that old..)
On another note about "Budget"....
I have found vintage to be much cheaper then modern collecting...
For the price of one pack of average cards with guaranteed auto (the staple of modern collecting).
I would guess the average retail price is between 50-75 dollars. Then more then likely you are getting a card that is shall we say... Not what you are looking for...75 dollars at the LCS on vintage singles though, you know what you are getting and it goes a long way...
For the price of hot players like Darvish, Harper & Trout... You can buy amazing vintage from just about anybody...(Mantle, Mays etc....) Granted maybe not a rookie, but set realistic standards and vintage is within any budget of somebody that invests in modern cards..
Boy, I couldnt agree more with your last staement! When I see what people are paying for the big 3 youve listed, all I can think of is if I was going to shell out that much it would be on a really nice vintage HOF card!!
a big shout out to jbel4331 for the AWESOME '75 cards!!
PC:TRIBUTE & HERITAGE & CHROME.GRADED '75 TOPPS & VINTAGE