Card collecting you used to do it when you were a kid then you -- way to college and -- through all your cards a way I heard that one before twelve that was then and this is now -- collecting his big business now cards of your heroes that your mom -- are still out there and sometimes they -- six figures you can spend hundreds -- some new products and still make a profit how does it all -- these days welcome to dot hobby WG yards in new show created to keep collectors up to speed on the latest trends and let everyone else knows just how bad. Fast in the lucrative collecting still can be peers WG yards most avid collector Mike she'll.
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I know I'm I'm telling you that I've been. I've been out of the house today coming into work and it was chilly and now I'm. Feeling the urged to tell you is if like on your mom or something. It's about it's about fifty -- and it's mostly get warmer of course but you know. Right now. -- may be wanna jacket where there -- got football. You know were in season here we've got to the hockey season about to start basketball be next. Seems to happen just like this every year I don't know. I do. I do wanna talk about Adrian Peterson because this is what happens. To you when you fall in love you just wanna talk about the person all the time. And on my weekday show Monday through Friday here on WGR. A couple times this week I just brought up Peterson because of how spectacular runner he has -- I am not the world's biggest football fan but I can. I get into a growth rate player just like the next guy you know as easily as the next guy and and Peterson is that. In my -- and probably in yours I don't know I don't know how you'd. Really at this point not see greatness in them with that the career that he's off to so far in the season that he's off to. But as we talked about a couple times. One point Bulldog might week de ja partner here said is this about that card -- And I said damn well. Know me a little bit but it started with. While it's just it's start it would just make an observation about the guy watching him play I'm not a vikings fan and not the guy who watches all the gains on Sundays. But you know seeing Peterson his -- it's undeniable. And you know I just wanted to bring him up. But then -- I think it I think he has something to do what is going on here -- incident with the cards you've got here it could happen. I was. At the notice was from the -- last Saturday morning we were here last Saturday. Panic I had -- second from bases loaded in our friend Brian rattle off we're here together just kind of -- at a friend's roundtable but fortunately the show. Something went wrong with that the saving of the show -- I I don't have to put on the website that's why it's not there. So while I'm sorry about that and a lot of the lot of you like to listen to the old shows that one won't. Show up there I -- I waited too well I went to bases after the show and hung out there for awhile and then. Headed back to Grand Island third down in Cheektowaga headed back to grand out of my way home I thought. Adrian Peterson. I don't have anything of his and I mean I knew that David Adams had maybe still does but certainly had. An exclusive. Arrangement with -- I was just thinking about like what I wanna buy a helmet or a Jersey but those are going to be expensive what I wanna do here. And yes they're not really my style to just buy the autographed. Peace so I decided to hunt for Peterson. In -- carnage went into the shared in store to see if they had any kind of 2007 football products they had to they had ultimate. And they had finest and I opened some finest a couple of years ago a Topps product I was okay but on the ultimate was more exciting to me so I bought a box of 07.
Ultimate football it was 160. For this box and the last card it's it's sport you know ultimately it's for little pax 45 cards each pack. So you can buy the packs individually their wrapped in the -- forty bucks each. I bought -- box the last card I came to was eight heaters and -- the gold to 25. In the rookie books that I think 500 the gold box and a thousand and it immediately became the biggest party ever open so. Yeah it's a little bit about departure. I'll admit that I mean right. I dig the guy to elements running and all that all that stuff but it's a little bit about the card and now I am and the Adrian Peterson gold club. And I'm in the ball game as a collector of it is which is super exciting because he is the is the best guy go I think. You do agree with that disagree about about him like you know I don't I don't did you call -- call -- and so happy for you don't vote for that would just be really. Tough to listen to but you know. I I just -- I got lucky. With Peterson and -- are smarter. You know measures about IQ and -- about -- about discipline and and focus things I am terrible terribly lacking in areas I'm terribly lacking it. If I'm if I'm more disciplined about a just by -- Peterson. Card online -- buy I buy this card or lesser one problem and disk gold special rookie card just you know something. Adrian Peterson and online. But a socialist model I have to basically blow the ones sixty and you know I'm I'm more likely to end up some with some. Kick returner on Houston. And instead it ends up with this guy and Peterson you know that the people out there -- real knowledgeable about autographs or say how in in Adrian Peterson's case he started to shorten his autograph. I think I mentioned this on the show. Last year that he would when he came out of Oklahoma he has a real interest thing kind of long autograph. It looks -- scribble but at least he puts the working and you know he's he's. And on paper here. The staters are pretty low these days especially pro football players autographed by Peterson satisfies or did I guess he shortened his autograph -- sometime at some point. To just AD 28. The short for all day his nickname so. Now you just get if you get an injury Peterson autograph piece I'm told. You get -- Tony but this is super exciting for me maybe have kind of a similar story where. You worried. What they're telling them I was a little bit interest in Peterson now I am much more public and investor. I feel this is what card collecting can do this is we've talked the last few weeks about. About the hobby and what it what it means that people wise and more popular. 11 week we heard a comparison to fantasy football you know fantasy football is super popular. With with grownups. Finger quotes. And you know card collecting is really that different. It's spending money can be spending big money. And you're basically investing in players just like you do in fantasy and I I think that works and that makes sense. So now I am basically an investor in Peterson and if he gets hurt tomorrow. And doesn't play anymore. Whoops you know they're goes mine. There goes my golden ticket but if he goes to the Hall of Fame which I expect. If he runs for 2000 yards this year which I think is possible and John Clayton -- ESPN. Told me on Thursday on the air we had the conversation about Peterson he said I think it'll happen. 2000 yards this year's and I think it'll happen. Apparently a former teammate of Peterson said I think you'll run for 3000 yards. So anyway -- looking for a couple of stories like this of yours may be used just you bought a pack of cards one day and you got lucky with a certain guy. And boom now he's your paper players now. You are watching him closely and you feel like you or so -- sort of an investor in his career. 8030550. Is the phone number or 188. 552550. I might show you listening to the hobby here on WGR Sports Radio 550. And I will be here until 9 o'clock I've got a couple of topics -- talk about today another being. Selling cards and also some new products that I. I have learned a little bit about what I've read costs oak on from David Adams and I will thank him. For selling me a box not that he of course knew anything about it he was even there but the guy. I wasn't and that their Mike -- forget who was I quite don't remember who was but I don't know his name I admit. He -- picked out the box for Meehan. Their -- but we'll talk to read about about Peterson and about a couple other topics. IE. I just recently found out about an article in Sports Illustrated about the Griffey rookies the 89. Upper deck Griffey. The the headline in the article is the last iconic baseball card. And I've got some some few a few comments on that. Eight again I'm giving you the number. As I just I usually say once in a show maybe you've got a question for me about your stuff and I'm happy to take that but. Just because always in Tacoma launch you know -- really tell you what your things are worth. Because -- don't have them in front of me and you couldn't really give. You couldn't really expect someone to give you're an honest appraisals of your stuff. Without seeing it condition news is hugely important. Centering -- so many factors that go into it do the best job I can but -- can just buy a price -- check on eBay. For some completed sales and you get a better idea more specific idea. Of what you might have and its its value that I would probably give you. So why am I invite you to call me up. A dream Peterson and some other story like that you open a card and suddenly you began following the player may be EU decided to collect the player from that I cannot afford. To collect. Adrian Peterson like that I'm not gonna go out and buy the other Peterson rookies -- me just -- it will not happen but what I'm saying is. Collecting. Like I do just sort of dabbling in this product of that product. Doing that. Dot lead to a player. And that that might have happened for you whoever it might have been and I mean what -- kids. The cards are old distributed evenly. And you would get one cal Ripken -- one Dan Marino or. One George Brett. You know every once in awhile they would come up the same amount so wouldn't happen it it might not happen like that might have maybe you had a certain. Maybe you had a certain card. That got you into a player. Even if there was a long time ago I mean we can remember people who are avid collectors can't remember. Certain cards from. Back then in how they locked in the -- there was something about. A certain cards so usually it's the other way around that's -- I thought this might be inching to bring up -- if anybody wanted to join me in not having this conversation. Usually it's in the way around isn't it you you have an interest in a player. And if you're into collecting at all. You might go out and try to find some stuff of there's the cards or. Autographed pieces pictures. Whatever the case may be I really like this guy I'm gonna go out and collect them. But with with with Peterson with me it was it was the other way around so -- You know maybe got a story like that -- called me up if you do 8030515. Don't forget the jacket today. And 1888515. To 550 pat -- dollar and -- car assert that is a producing today and you the story a little bit like mine.
Similar I was getting back and hobby off four years ago and decided to go buy a box of all final six upper back hockey series two and came across eight Crosby and Corey Perry pressed play. About it that they're for different color plate I -- so much of that and I never saw one of those that for any player. I got the yellow one of of that and that drew me to thinking well there must be Saber ones out there are so. Now it did evolved from while this a cool car of Crosby and Perry to let's find -- once now that's what my collection is. Sort of -- from the 0507. Season. And get him. Brian Williams yup translates and how many do you think you have. Off fifteen all the different callers all worn ones -- all one -- ones are a couple black plates magenta. Saddam blue in in Yale law all across again.
So you didn't however. Start collecting Corey Perry are following him from that -- in -- is too expensive cell Crosby would be tougher now. Yeah good I mean that's that's how it happens for me. Find a certain kind of Carter certain player -- end up going in that direction for awhile if I find it interesting but this is really. Taking an interest in a particular player. Even though I had a little to begin -- it. From a car because it's such a big cartoon you know -- that Peterson so now it's like I'm watching watching his every move. I don't have -- in fantasy football I don't play fantasy football. And yet there was an there was an article on line on like Wednesday that he had a back injury and he's saying it's no big deal I went. Oh no we don't like Adrian Peterson has a sore back he's okay he says it's no big deal that's a break just like you would if you adamant fantasy team and you were. You know really in the fantasy football and me be cool little wacky. But -- little too little too crazy for some things alright let's bring Jim on the show -- Jim.
Good morning. Very good player at the box art like. Canada. Sixty. I think -- religiously. I'll calm and I'm now in my room now or -- or. Exit on it -- from my mother. All excited to go to network -- on cheap -- aug air. While. And are now -- conditioning -- I was -- the -- plastic in such. And they -- dry and cool. All other pretty good shape. I guess my question and in point when it on such trauma unit here. At a lot interest but now why interest -- is cool. I get my collection and I like -- character figured out what they're you know. In Europe but he compassion on mine near. Eagle I'll find out ample belly.
Well you can buy a price guide. Magazine. You know six -- rate box at a at a hobby store you can order those online too which you could walk into a hobby store in the area. And -- find -- Beckett football. Price -- and that. The the football they have one for -- sport now on the they also have one for all sports but discovers more current cards but in your case you -- Beckett football and you could go through. And see which you have and then. If you're -- if you have cards in outstanding condition. Corners entering if if your cards are an outstanding condition you might wanna consider getting them graded. Which is something that wasn't around to do when you were collecting his cards in the first place. And -- sent me an email if you want I can tell you some more about that I end up end up talking about grating like. From a call like this every week on the show so I don't say too much now -- I'd certainly be interest in helping you with the.
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Go to eBay go to eBay type in some of the the big cards you have like the OJ rookie would be one it's about an eighty dollar card I thank. The -- from 69 degrees -- from 68 the rookies even go to eBay just type in those last names. In this in a search window or search. Whatever it's called the that little area where you type in which -- searching for. And may be a box. And then none. Find completed listings in the left hand column and click that and what you'll see is all the stuff if it's if it's -- You see everything -- got -- his name in the listing that sold in the past couple of weeks. And you'll notice some of those things will be his rookie card you -- type and even an RC which is a designation for rookie card. Just type in -- RC and see what they're selling for -- you can also compare the conditions of the cards that are on eBay with yours. And an -- that you can get real. Good information from from eBay and from a price guide about yourself.
All right Jim I'm -- before -- good for you. I mean how many people up there are thinking all that I wish that that enemy I mean I I hear the story about mom threw it out. Once a week from somebody who just appears as a collector they email me right meet like I hear your Saturday show I had this. Mid sole. All-Star card from 1958. And in the trash like spokes. Mom. College. Not this guy though plucky gym. Recounts -- coming up. From David Adams we'll talk about some new products. The Griffey rookie I wanna bring up this article from a site to go back about a month but still were talking about. And we'll take your calls -- before 98030550. Is the number if you want to join me I might show this is the hobby.
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Welcome back to the hobby I am might show Saturday morning September. 1. 26. Marie because -- joins me now from David Adams DA cart world dot com it's awesome FaceBook pictures of a big party. At. Your joint -- I was not invited to that school ever. I don't work there. That's why should I've been invited him it was stupid thing -- Well I I owe you an apology -- and I would call you yesterday with some conversation ideas for today and I did not do that. So are you opens just winging it with me here. Burger. I'm sure he'll do great you always do. Adrian Peterson -- I just pulled a big part of his ultimate. Rookie gold. At premier store. -- And I was just saying I it's it's a case where analogous is a guy that I obviously like most football fans would've thought was really good. And you know interesting enough I've never heard any. Bad words a bottom but now I feel like I'm invested in -- read it's it's a case of card hold. Turning me into a fan of a player in May be sort of a collector or investor to you can relate.
Yes well because we represent. Peterson. Or is that our. But you know several of our network and yeah you feel like you you know and what better he'll get connection and move toward Karbala that makes you think there are Americans it. They're open and does well there is carpet is the demand.
Any experience like that in in Europe collecting life read I know that it's usually case real like the player first. Your case dale Murphy and I was of Murphy fans who growing up and then you went and amassed a very significant an impressive. Dale Murphy collection -- that ever worked the other way around for you where you got the card that the item first and then took an interest in the person.
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If that is that is such a great set for that too and in just since you brought it up. Opening packs of that 867 -- basketball is really expensive if you find them. But you mean you're gonna get somebody I've opened to in my life and it's -- like in the last couple years. And I pulled the bird in one and in Irving in the other and had them both -- they came back PSA tens. And that allowed me to help basically recoup the money I spent on the packs but it was a I mean it was a that's a big gamble that take but you're gonna get them -- whether it's Jordan -- dom and he can mean so many rookies in there. It's it's hard I think it's it's hard to really bust on the house.
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Right well let's that's of this stuff collectors know. All right recounts -- from David Adams read I I wanted to mention even though it goes back a month here. An article in Sports Illustrated about the Griffey rookie are you aware of it. -- Are critical to -- this -- yesterday but the the article is titled the last iconic baseball card and all I'll say this first. The article doesn't really. Impressed me so much because I can't figure out exactly what it's about it starts with. Some of the story of the Griffey card the first upper deck card card number one in the 89 baseball set. Goes on to tell -- the the state of the hobby. Not favorably. And then eventually on to this original opera next door upper deck was a store because before it became a a manufacturing company. So that article takes me to different places and naturally what the point is. But there are some interesting. Little details to the to the Griffey card and baseball collectors will know this card it's it's a famous of the modern cars -- read what this is one of the how would you describe it the the biggest or most popular baseball card the last X number years or one of the biggest would you say.
If you had to pick a baseball cards. Collectors or even after collectors. Remember the governor mine. I would -- caller number two with a good cop now I think that most people never -- there -- your -- hard. I would I would agree that they can have the -- is part Beatles famously card out there.
Again I guess maybe would that we have a special category for cards like the Billy Ripken that you know cross over into pop culture. But the I get that why is it again I'll I'll stop here from the article and get away from it what why is it's so big.
Would either -- their first came out. This the first thing I remember there's a new -- can come up with the centerpiece of the not a dollar well you know memory and -- the very beginning hmm. They're you know fourteen of the conflict in the whales to prepare our prepare. -- Where they're coming out number look at there could be better. But remember historically close look at the glass senior and so is this. Here we -- open like get compact. And now. We are open and and he is nice crisp white card. All right in the back everyone. I'm tired of me. You know prescription card because. Of who he was than. I was kind of looking and with that he was card but one that everyone has to have their cars you know and you know his career. You're pretty much throughout leaving nine you know your heart failure throughout the -- It was just. A meteoric rise in use all the finger for about era. Our fingers so who will now here. You know all things were really about -- look at -- everything over him or her. A lot for a cool.
And is still had a great career anyway so as as this article plays out read. It -- done it really is I read it and I'm probably a little too sensitive about it but as I read it. It seemed to be making the case for how that the hobby of card collecting is dead already that. There are so many fewer stores this original upper -- or the guys that end up buying it doesn't sell cards at all and stopped about sixteen years ago. And it just it it does it give me anything about the state of the hobby now except to say basically that it's over. And you know we both know that that's not true but at same time upper deck and this is where like I'm gonna stop talking about this article. Upper deck is in a tough spot right now with having lost the baseball license and basketball. Telus read where you think upper deck is going in the next few months and whether or not and in what kind of an impact. It's direction will make on the hobby I would think you would make a major one.
Yeah I think it was. The year different like issued a -- has face customer. I think they're still gonna be create strong companies that we have currently low. And we -- we. How -- and they'll have about what was. But for purposes -- the and you -- to prevent future. Depending on how well or you know increases. In their ability here. What it was and and -- single for. -- it would be a perfect you know necessary. Are. You are well. Them but we're you know and in the economy again. Thicker -- thicker card. -- And then go back and the resources artwork. I think -- For now that's workable here.
Okay. Big coming out now or whenever the actual date is is exquisite basketball. And upper deck is the maker of that it's the last I -- maybe Wednesday as the day it's the last. Product that upper deck will issue with the NBA like seasons and make a lot of collectors expect -- for it to be loaded. Of course you have to be loaded to be able to afford it and I -- also production of this exquisite is very limited. What what can add to that and what will David Adams have.
I could -- perhaps some on the at least you know that -- Court cases -- in the two. I'll ask her okay. -- the the thought process that article in the -- last. Particular. Year or is left is a productive how about what was. That goes through there's there's a predict what the last war in numbers are alive and you. In the united you know he'll. Go about. And so you know. We think about that using the rest your McCurry and they're lying around your autograph well there. About that pretty much. It's been done in the past with other companies load products as they go -- more. Being a bad now that the opposite. -- that -- there. In case war. That's not evidence that's right they are about that there -- There'll be people out there who know me -- consider buying witness box but is it for. So well because it. It's like you know your target but. Is this jam packed it all there all there over over access right if --
Well you know he told a box -- pack but one. Thing of exquisite basketball. I'm thinking 800 bucks for a year the show's been on the air for more than a year in the little ad for it I say you know that they have packs of cards 300 dollars here's one. This is an 800 dollar. Pack for how many cards -- read.
Well like I'm not that's out of my league but I will come your party if I'm if I'm asked me next time so. You know. I don't work there but maybe got a enough enough begging for me thank you read that -- get up early and I'll talk to soon. -- Marine costs -- DA cart world dot com have of that exquisite basketball anybody out their polling -- or opening -- let me know. -- you do above and now a live vicariously through you on this one. And you can have item of an emotional piece of my majoring in Peterson card if you want will be will be -- in this together that. I have had some preliminary. Touch some trouble. Getting good information about it hasn't been as easy as I thought it might be I think I guess maybe I'm naive but I think with the insurance a figure that you could just. Buy insurance for anything insurance companies. Boldest act the way I am sure this is probably wrong but I just think like what insurance company would let you ensure any insurance integrate business to begin. You know just like to give you money. On the on the chance that what I have you know doesn't break if it breaks -- wanna collect from you -- I don't know I think I wanna just give insurance. Sort around I'd I'd sure you wanna assure your card collection juror. And on that original that makes sense but it it has it come easy so far I've had insurance companies tell me that they. That they won't insure cards because they're too easily lost and and condition is too much of a factor that it doesn't it's hard to get a true representation of what your value isn't. Questions like this so my idea is to have someone on who could really answer these questions either way if that's you let me know about you because I have not found that person yet. I've I've even gone to Google searches and try to get information about insuring a -- collected a collection and hasn't come easy I had one insurance company Tellme that I should look in the trade magazines well. I did that mean -- I scoured the trade magazines I do that religiously I would have done that first. And I thought that that was a a viable option in this. Insurance lady wasn't gonna know that. Wasn't -- know for sure that it wasn't in there by a -- had already tried that and come up empty. Let's go to Greg now hi Greg.
I -- like okay how are you. -- your show every Saturday morning thank you are listening to it -- the government today. Wondered that lecture quick story with yet when I would get there. One and looking -- them early ninety's. It's dead Gracia collecting some hockey card went about an L like their players on expo. And now what happened was like collect about my Iraq explode -- separately from my. And moment other -- and through ailment that on the one point in time. And so I do expect a comment on explore cards and I eventually kind of got out of -- card collecting -- in -- collecting. And well not my idea going collection that go to the well. It's stuff where bite your got back in the collecting tax book are. And I know it. And that packet dot com they're really makes it easy to collect. You know all the -- needed died of guys -- but that packet. Magazine and just check out the card -- immediately get them. And I got to vote 251. -- card run -- individual -- no doubles. And you know I'm really eleven -- collect enough but -- the higher. -- with a cup and all. A perfect black all of those -- the cards yep you know really makes it work while. Now is go back back in the early nineties antidote so many different shut that would -- Worthless moral right how it -- but I like the an upper deck. Cup you don't need to and right expo based card is only like four dollars not even a he's in the -- Where people are trying to by the cards from the packet is there so much more expensive you know oh yeah -- share that with innuendo in the.
Thanks you -- Greg. -- there are. Thousands tens of thousands probably of stories of mom throwing out cards -- bomb like. If you didn't do it she knew what we know now she would have done so -- you can really blame but. But this I'm hearing Greg's story like what what -- throws out points. Total mom's gonna think -- are valuable and stamps but just not baseball cards and kind of that the the way. These baseball cards is dumb thing my kid was and were involved in you know garbage but. Owings and while I would mom throw that. Police are calling their their monetary pieces. While I would -- a bomb trigger coins away I'm stoked by that one. All right Greg works that's. That's great I mean you have a player that works for you as a collector and collecting his soul. So varied in its so interest thing in college how it works for all kinds of of different types of fans player teen position in if goalie collectors lots of ways to make it work. I might show thanks for listening to the hobby today everybody LB your next Saturday or give a good weekend -- If you ever need of -- vehicle you know portico where.