Comments on: Baseball Card Prospecting http://www.cardcollectoruniverse.com/baseball-card-prospecting/ Baseball Card News and Reviews - "All Baseball Cards, All The Time" Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott http://www.cardcollectoruniverse.com/baseball-card-prospecting/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Scott Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:26:53 +0000 http://www.cardcollectoruniverse.com/baseball-card-prospecting/#comment-814 Hey Joe, thanks for the comment, and you're right on the money, as far as most are concerned. I agree that looking at prospect baseball cards as an investment is kinda silly. (Kind of like investing in IPOs on the stock market as a blind strategy might be.) But....investing in high quality, high demand baseball cards of Hall of Fame players, or future Hall of Fame players, isn't so silly. If you think there will be future demand, and inflation, then it might be a good investment. If you look at the amount of people collecting in the hobby today, and expect that will continue over time, then making an investment in a PSA 10 graded card of a future Hall of Famer might not be a bad move. Just like the stock market, or any market, it's all about not overpaying for what you see as the card's current "value". Anyway, sorry for the long ramble here, but thanks for your comment Joe and for checking out Card Collector Universe. Hey Joe, thanks for the comment, and you’re right on the money, as far as most are concerned. I agree that looking at prospect baseball cards as an investment is kinda silly. (Kind of like investing in IPOs on the stock market as a blind strategy might be.) But….investing in high quality, high demand baseball cards of Hall of Fame players, or future Hall of Fame players, isn’t so silly. If you think there will be future demand, and inflation, then it might be a good investment. If you look at the amount of people collecting in the hobby today, and expect that will continue over time, then making an investment in a PSA 10 graded card of a future Hall of Famer might not be a bad move. Just like the stock market, or any market, it’s all about not overpaying for what you see as the card’s current “value”. Anyway, sorry for the long ramble here, but thanks for your comment Joe and for checking out Card Collector Universe.

]]> By: Joe http://www.cardcollectoruniverse.com/baseball-card-prospecting/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Joe Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:22:51 +0000 http://www.cardcollectoruniverse.com/baseball-card-prospecting/#comment-813 Go by this rule: If you've heard of the player through ESPN, and he hasn't played a single game at the major league level, SELL! Of course, it's also often too late by that point. I don't know man, looking at baseball cards as an investment is kinda silly - you will very rarely, if ever, get any sort of "return" on what you spend. Sure, I've got a bunch of cards I could sell in desperate times, but nothing I could really live off of. Think of all the people sitting on stacks of Travis Lee and Jose Cruz Jr cards - the window of opportunity to "cash in" is SO small it's nearly non-existent. Kind of a rambling two cents, but I just wanted to share my thoughts! If you're trying to see who's legit and who isn't, make sure to look past the glamor numbers and pay attention to things like batting average on balls in play, strikeout to walk ratio, and stuff like that. Those are much more telling of a guys overall skill as opposed to luck. Calvin Pickering hit a ton of homers in the minors but was never a serious prospect... Go by this rule: If you’ve heard of the player through ESPN, and he hasn’t played a single game at the major league level, SELL!

Of course, it’s also often too late by that point. I don’t know man, looking at baseball cards as an investment is kinda silly – you will very rarely, if ever, get any sort of “return” on what you spend. Sure, I’ve got a bunch of cards I could sell in desperate times, but nothing I could really live off of. Think of all the people sitting on stacks of Travis Lee and Jose Cruz Jr cards – the window of opportunity to “cash in” is SO small it’s nearly non-existent.

Kind of a rambling two cents, but I just wanted to share my thoughts! If you’re trying to see who’s legit and who isn’t, make sure to look past the glamor numbers and pay attention to things like batting average on balls in play, strikeout to walk ratio, and stuff like that. Those are much more telling of a guys overall skill as opposed to luck. Calvin Pickering hit a ton of homers in the minors but was never a serious prospect…

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