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Title:Sports Memorabilia
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Moderator:SCHOOL::KOPACKO
Created:Wed Aug 27 1986
Last Modified:Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:730
Total number of notes:8547

570.0. "Back in Time" by FUTURE::JST_ONGE (John St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715) Sat Jul 31 1993 15:06

    In 1986 when my son was  born  I  saved a copy of SCD for that week
    (Sept. 23rd). I was looking at it this morning and here are some of
    the prices in it for that week:
    
    1973 Topps Set 250$		1974 Topps Set 185$
    1975 Topps Set 250$		1976 Topps Set 140$
    1977 Topps Set 150$		1984 Donruss Set 40$
    A run of Topps Football Sets from 1977-1985 135$
    1952 Topps Reprint 35$	1985 USFL Football 8$
    1952 Topps Mantle NrMT 2,800$
    1959 Fleer Ted Williams Wax Box 49$
    1973 Topps Wax Box 10$	1975 Topps Wax Box 15$
    1986 Donruss Wax Box 17$
    
    The 1984 Fleer Update was priced at 100$.  There were lots of great
    prices for star cards from the late 50's and early 60's. Almost all
    wax boxes for that year were priced from 10-18$ and sets were about
    15-20$.  All those 1983-84 Star Basketball sets were priced for un-
    der 7$ a set. The big non-sport item seemed to be Garbage Pail Kids
    with series I going for 100$ a set.
    
    The issue also had an article on the new 1986 Fleer Basketball set.
    
    Anyway, it was kind of neat to look at.
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570.1RECV::MCEVOYMon Aug 02 1993 12:3618
    I had a similar experience when I was back home at my parents house
    a couple weeks ago. I was going through one of my old drawers and I
    found a flyer from Star Co. trying to sell their new basketball 
    cards. This was from 1984 and they were offering their first 5
    team sets (celtics, lakers, mavericks, and a couple others) for 
    $2.50 each of all 5 for 10$. These 5 sets go for something like 
    200$ each today. I remember ordering the first set that they made 
    in 1983 which was an all-star game set, but I guess
    I must have passed on their next offer...oh well, at least there
    were a couple free cards in the envelope as well, a Clark Kellogg
    XRC, and a couple others. There was also a three panel Steve
    Carlton uncut strip. If there are any big Carlton fans out there,
    send me mail.
    
    Anyway, it was funny to see, and I think I'll save it away in 
    my archives.
           
    -dennis
570.2NATIONAL- ANYONE GO?POWDML::GASPARONIWed Aug 11 1993 17:3918
    Hi John,
    
    	If you wait long enough, you'll see those prices again.  The stuff
    is dropping like a lead balloon out there. (The new stuff Post 1981 any
    way).  Its fun to look back and see what stuff was priced back just
    7 years ago.  I have a 1st issue of Baseball Cards Magazine, and the 
    Mantle Topps Rookie was selling for $800, and they said pick up as 
    many as possible, its a sure investment potential card.  That is only
    11 years ago.  
    
    	Anybody go to the National this year??  Jerry McSween went out,
    and said the place was absolutely "packed" with people, the lines were
    1 to 2 hours long for the give aways, and free autographs, and the 
    prices on the old stuff in mint condition were bringing down record 
    prices.  Dealers were very hesitant in buying the first few days, but
    were buying older cards by the end of the show to replenish there 
    inventories in record amounts.  I have not read anything in SCD on 
    how the show was.  Anybody get any feed back from anyone else??