Paul got me thinking...

Per his earlier comment about how i should start selling my old baseball cards. My first thought was "yeah, jeff should sell all his smurf's and the ewok village too" but then my focus went back to baseball. To sell cards on ebay now the majority of em'..not all of em'..have this PSA rating. Where a card is given a ranking basically of 1-10. 1 being crappy condition...poor color...worn..etc..10 being perfect card..great color..sharp corners on the edges..etc. Now to get this rating, you have to first send your cards to the company..for a fee...then have them send em' back. So, you have to hope..or at least think you are gonna get a great ranking on your card to even consider sending it.

Now..after that..THEN you can try to sell your card. Not everyone does this..i've seen cards up there that have no ratings on em'. But the ones that are rated can get major bucks. So..i guess it comes down to iis If you have a popular card of a major superstar..like his rookie card..or a rare card for whatever reason and if it's in great condition..it's probably worth your time to send it in to get the psa rating...if not...i would just throw it in an album or sleeve and put it up in a collection. Just a bit overwhelming for the effort i'd want to put into it i think...but may be fun to dabble....


What i REALLY miss is tho is the old days of baseball cards. Back when you could buy a pack of 15 cards AND get a stick of gum for 25 cents. In 1980 i used to get a quarter every week for cleaning my room and on saturday morning my mom would take me and jeff to the cardshop in dexter and then to the bakery for a donut. I'd buy one pack of cards a week and LOVED IT!! Now, the average pack of cards is like $5!! Scot works sometimes for his future father in law who owns a sportscard shop..he has packs of cards that have THREE CARDS in em' that sell for like $75 bucks a pack!!! 3 cards!! Of course they are all part of a limited numbered series or are autographed or have a piece of a game worn jersey....but man it's nuts.

back when i was little there was just topps. Then donruss and fleer came out and that wad cool...but a bit overkill....then upperdeck...stadium club...pacific..etc, etc...now there are like 100 card company manufacturer's and it's impossible to keep track of em' all.

I miss the good old days. I miss my 25 cent pack of 1980 topps and hoping to catch the top bright purple and pink of a Roy Smally all star card when the pack is first cracked open or a pete rose or reggie jackson..or the made up "in action" cards where a guy would be sliding in the picture. And does anyone else remember flipping cards?? nothin' was more satisfying then calling "baby blue" and having someone throw down a 1980 robin yount card right after on the pile which you could then claim as your own..altho fights always errupted over the variable colors...i still miss it.