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Do Baseball Scandals Affect Trading Card Values?
The sports world has its fair share of
scandalous events--even in Baseball. From Barry Bonds caught using performance
enhancement drugs in the early 2000s to the Houston Astros Scandal in 2017 and
the Pete Rose Scandals, baseball players don't always have the cleanest
reputations in the public eye.In any professional sport, fans love to
collect memorabilia of their favorite teams and favorite players. Baseball
cards are a trademark of highly collectible merchandise for fans and
collectors
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Dec 31st 2020
Investing in Mike Trout Cards
Collecting baseball cards may seem like a thing of the past—but
nowadays it’s more than just something you did as a kid in the ‘80s.
Sure, nostalgia will always be part of the appeal, but card collecting is back
in a big way and investors are perking up their
ears. Even during the
financial distress of 2020, card collecting carried on. Baseball card sales
were up 50% from March to May 2020, and it seems
like all that time at home has brought back America’s favorite pastime. Card coll
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Dec 21st 2020
How To Invest In Sports Cards
A surge in sports card
investing has many people excited about this lucrative opportunity in the past
few years.Perhaps it's nostalgia,
the general love of sports betting, or the fun of figuring out the scarcity of
the supply-and-demand of sports cards that has piqued this interest. This is a guide for
people who want to learn how to invest in sports cards. While the majority of
cards will not have high monetary value, although they may have a lot of
sentimental value, some cards could pa
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Oct 26th 2020
The Surprising New Interest in Card Collecting
Card
collecting might feel like something from a bygone era. The memories of
strolling down to the corner store, buying a pack of cheap cards, and breaking
a tooth on the piece of gum inside inspire great feelings of nostalgia. People
spent hours flipping through Becket magazines, salivating at the possibility
that maybe their ship would come in, and they'd find one of those cards worth
thousands of dollars hiding in a shoebox at a garage sale. Better yet, maybe
their next trip to the cor
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Sep 29th 2020
Why Collectors Submit Cards to PSA
Why Collectors Submit Cards to PSAIn a sea of collectible baseball or other sports cards, how can you determine the true value of your cards? Having your collection professionally graded from companies such as PSA, can not only authenticate your collection but also add real value. PSA graded cards hold more value as well as protect your collection from any future damage that may decrease overall value and appeal for future sales.Because the popularity of trading cards has exploded in recent
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Feb 15th 2014