Check out this site:

 

http://baseballcardblog.blogspot.com/

 

It will bring back some memories for baseball card collectors. 

 

I either owned or drooled over all of those baseball cards shown on that site when I was young. 

 

From ages 8-12 or 13, using Beckett and determining the value of each player’s baseball cards was a daily event for me.  At the time, I could probably tell you who was good on each team and determine which team would win in a game against another.  By comparing the value of the cards on one team to the team that they were playing, I would often be able to figure out who was going to win.  Well, of course the hot rookie cards skewed those results.  The rookie card of a forecasted great player could easily be worth over a dollar by itself.  Remember Jose Canseco- 1986 and 1987, Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds in 1987.  Oh, the big one- Ken Griffy Jr, 1989 was like gold.  Frank Thomas was a good one to have that year also.  Since Seattle’s Griffy card was worth 9-50 bucks is 1989, the strength of the Mariners team couldn’t quite accurately be determined by the total value of all their players cards.  Oh, remember 1989 was also the year when the super cool premium cards came out called Upper Deck.  The error cards were always fun to hav-- I learned some useful language from the end of Billy Ripkin’s bat.  Good times!

Those were some fun times.  Just being able to watch a young boy negotiate with adults, and know what he was talking about, was a stunning wake up call for me.  I am your mother, and wanted to help in any way I could to get you to the conventions where baseball cards were exchanged and purchased.  We did spend alot of time on the weekends going out to the stores that sold the cards.  What a great experience for you to be educated and learn about the players.  "A Great Hobby"! which at a young age you took very seriously.  I wonder what your cards are worth now?  Or mayber you want to pass them on to your son or daughter one day.  This might be an opportunity for you to find out the value, and put the money where it belongs, in your real estate ventures.  Anytime you had and interest, the interest became mine as well.  Those were some fun days!  And those fun day with you never stopped!