Conference school::sports_memorabilia

    Isn't the stuff on there overpriced?  I just keep seeing 150 Upper
    Deck Cards on sale for something like $20 and there's no guarantee
    who's in there....

    In the Sunday supplement magazine Parade, there was a 1/2 page ad for
    the 1991 Topps. Yes, now YOU can receive 200 of these beautiful 40th
    anniversary cards for ONLY $9.95 and $2 p&h. Of course they don't tell
    you that you could buy 2 jumbo supermarket racks for about $4 and get
    the same number of cards plus a chance at some stars or key rookies.
    Unbelievable, but they'll probably sell tens of thousands of these
    lots.

    
    Also, did you notice in the Sunday Parade that those cards would not
    be sent until MArch or April?.......suposedly before anyone else could
    get them!  

    John, if you do, will you let us all know ahead of time, so I can
    listen to it.  I want to here what the guy says to you.  Some of the
    stuff is cheaper than some of these mail-order houses that sell sets.
    There graphics are way out in left field.  They make me feel good when
    I see something on there like the MM ball for $125.  I paid $35 plus
    the cost of the ball.  Somebodies making money on them balls.  I like 
    listening to Reggie Jackson hype up the UpperDeck cards.  What they 
    forget to tell you is, UD is paying him too.
    

    Did anyone watch the ESPN show that John was talking about, and how was
    it??

    Yes, I watched most of it last night....pretty good show....and scary
    for those into collecting autographs.  Some of my observations:
    
    - I had heard Bob Ley say that this subject was tought to squeeze into
      only a one hour show.  Well I can see why when they have commercials
      every 7 minutes.  Also, I think I got George Brett's point the first
      time he said that he would not sign for someone with a box of cards
      outside the stadium.  It seemed like they showed that six times.
    
    - Good comments from Gretzky (he only knew of 2 game jerseys that he
      did not still own himself), Jordon (I don't think I'll starve if I
      don't charge for my autographs),BO (hates people bugging him while
      with his family - can't blame him)and Chuck Barkley.  They gave a
      good perspective on the athlete's point of view.
    
    - Did you see Dave Justice signing at that show....he almost looked
      embarrassed to be charging after handing a little kid back his
      'graph.  Charging $8!!!
    
    - Good piece on the home shopping networks and the Sportsnet (wish I
      had that idea!!)
    
    - Pieces on Joe D's sister signing for him, clubhouse people signing
      for ballplayers, and now computerized signing machines that can
      exactly duplicate a person's autograph (I believe they said Dale
      Murphy uses this thing)
    
    - The autograph expert saying that 40% of the sports stuff he sees 
      come across his desk if a forgery.
    
    - And lastly, WHY do most dealers actually look, talk and act like
      deadbeats, losers, scumbags and cheats?  Almost every dealer they
      interviewed would be the last person I would deal with.
    
    - Oh yea, did you see the autograph collection that one guy had at
      the end of the show.  It showed him getting Bird, Parrish and McHales
      autographs in a hotel lobby.  He would also qualify as an excellent
      dealer.....appearance-wise!
    
    PM

    >> .2 <<
    John,your absolutely right about being a RIP-OFF. I ordered that 
    1990 Claccic set with the #1 Draft Picks,and it cost me something
    like $39.00 for the set.They also included a Griffey poster of 
    father and son. The draft picks were supposed to be available only
    through HSC,this is what they said. They sold this set by pushing the
    " Nolan Knowes Bo card ",plus they had some guy on the phone telling
    everyone to get in on the deal because of the draft picks.Well I
    should of known better,but I still ordered 3 of them,and when I saw
    what they were I sent them Back.There policy is return them within
     30 days. if you go to a dealer,or one of the larger stores like
    Bradlees,and Ames,you can get the Classic cards for $10.95,and the
    draft picks for less than $10.00. Buy the way,I got stuck for the 
    shipping & handling $2.95 per set,and as far as I'm concerned they
    are a big rip off. 
    
     John
    

    >> .5 <<
    John,your the last person in the world that they want to talk to.
    As sonn as you start telling about your gripe,they'll say,(Hello
    Hello) well we lost him,can we have another caller, ;-) ;-).
    By the way B.J.'s in Salem N.H. has the Upper/decks for $39.95,
    and 1 thru 800,now thats a great deal! I love your style John,
    keep it up I enjoy reading your comments & replys....
    
    John  
    
    

    >> .10 <<
    Yeah,and did you see how he kissed their A _ _'s for their autograph.
    All 3 of them Bird,Parrish, & McHale,not one time cracked a smile for
    the guy,they looked like walking Zombies.But the best part was at the 
    end when it showed Charles Barcley signing autographs,and kidding
    around with the kids,he even put his arm around them.To those
    kids,I think that had to be the highlight of their day,maybe the year ?
                            
    John
    

    
      Should of been the 1991  Donruss cards. What else are they good
    for? :>):>).

    Thanks for the synopsis of the show.  Verrrry Interesting!   John,
    could you expand on your .14 comment on none of these collectibles will
    be worth anything down the road??   I'm not sure what that means.  If
    it means what I think, alot of "investors" will be selling out soon.
    
    

    Did anyone see HSN last night.  They were selling stuff real cheap.

    I saw 50 class cards for $15... I thought the whole set could be had
    for $8... didn't see much else...

    Did anyone see the Gretzky Jersey, Kings, signed and retailed for
    $1000.  Selling in SCD for $1100, but the article said all sold out.
    Ya!  Sold out my A_s.  Of course, HSN was selling them for $499, a 
    great price since the Great one doesn't do card shows, right Barry?
    Right Brian.  And since our good buddy is sold out in SCD.  I wonder
    what idiot paid $1100 for a Jersey, signed by the Great One?  Probably
    nobody, it was just a phoney Ad possibly?  I wouldnt put it past them
    to pull one of those fast ones, so they can show the graphic on TV, as
    they call it.  

    Classic 4-sport wax boxes @ $49.75...
    Score Hockey Purple at $34 /wax box
    

    Cound't resist putting this one in here...
    
    
    $598.75 for 300 win club balll
    
    $39.75 for Barry Bonds "error" ball.  Some dealer had Barry sign a
    bunch of balls dated 11/20/91, when Bonds won the NL MVP for the
    second year in a row.  Funny thing, Pendleton won.  Hence, the "error".
    

    
    Don't know if any of you caught their weekly baseball card show
    on Saturday night this week, but believe it or not, they had some
    "okay" prices on this week's show!
    
    - They had the '76 SPCC (I think) entire set w/Ryan error for $67
      (I don't think you can find a better price, if you can find the
      set!)
    
    - They had the '92 UD "All-Star Heroes" set for $14.75 (more on this
      in the "what I found" note).  This is a 50-card set that UD did
      for the All-Star FanFest this year.  According to the hype "Brian"
      was giving us on this, there are only three places to get these
      cards; All-Star Fan-Fest, HSC, and on the secondary market (ha!).
    
    - A bunch of different uncut sheets from different years for decent
      prices.
    
    I believe they're running the show again tonight in honor of the A-S
    game, so you might want to tune 'em in.  They're always worth a
    laugh, and surprise surprise, they actually had some decent prices
    for the first time I've ever seen!
    
    -rjk

    Saw this flipping through last night...
    
    UD Homerun Heroes - $35...not bad except the latest Beckett's lists it
    for that (that's a change) with all arrows heading down...
    

       ...plus, they probably wanted 5 bucks for S&H!
                                          Denny

    Anybody watch HSC on Saturday night?? (I think this was the HSC 2
    channel, not the primary channel)  They had their Sports Collectors 
    show on (with the somewhat obnoxious host Brian "folks, you can't 
    beat this deal!"  :-)  ).  
    
    Well they occasionally have those 5x7 cards offered by Upper Deck on.
    Upper Deck has a variety of cards that they've chosen from their
    recent sports sets and blow them up to 5x7 cards, limit it to "X"
    amount and place each card in screw down lament holders.  You 
    can find several of them offered through their UD Authenticated 
    mail order house (can't beat the postage and handling, huh John??!!).  
    
    Anyways, they had offered the 5x7 version of Shaq's UD Rookie Sensation
    card (regular sized card is an insert in UD series II retail boxes).
    This was limited to 2500 cards.
    
    They started it out at $199, so I was wondering how many fools would
    call in at that price.  Well the price started dropping, and
    dropping...  Their final price...  $39.95
    
    I thought that was a decent price considering the regular insert
    card books for $60.  
    
    Dan
    

    Yeah, that's not too bad...  they had a Griffey 5 yr. anniversary card
    for the same price.  That's they price I saw them listed for in the
    UD catalog, FWIW...