A High Roller's Journey Into Sports Cards
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Story Time: The story of Jason, our resident High Roller, his path into sports cards which started in 1987, and some of his big purchases along with the financials.
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PLEASE make this a regular segment. Great content. I will watch them all.
THANK YOU JASON for allowing Chris to share your story. Some good advice in here.
Mark McGwire 87 topps was the first card for all of us 37-42 year olds out there!! Great video!!
Fascinating. For just little pieces of cardboard it blows me away the value of some of this cardboard. I also was drawn into collecting more than anything by Mark McGwire and I also went to A's games as a youngster starting in 1990. We collected baseball and football cards mainly in my family and same for many friends. As these were the sports we grew up watching. I collected McGwire cards more than anything else and have over 300 different McGwire cards. I'll never forget one birthday in 7th grade a few of my friends pitched in together and bought me the McGwire 85 Topps rookie for I think $15 at the time. That was alot of money in 1995. And that Jerry Rice card showed in this video brings back alot of memories. We also loved to try to complete entire sets of cards. I ended up giving away a bunch of almost completed wax pack era sets after moving around so many times and just got sick of carrying around these binders full of incomplete sets. I took the star cards out beforehand of course. And gave away a lot of commons in that time as well.
Very cool. Appreciate you sharing that
I'm so glad you kept this forward thinking. You can't change the past and we all have deals we'd love to change or do over. Great story. Great advice. Thanks Chris!
I think everyone has a story similar to this one, only on different levels of value. Still, I enjoy hearing them all, thanks for changing it up Chris! Looking forward to more videos.
Chris you are a really good orator.... One of the reasons your channel does so well. Easy to listen to.
Chris ... All I needed was a blanket and a warm pack of 1975 Topps Baseball wax ! Great story !!
Ha!
Some great advice and amazing backstory. I'm glad Jason reached out and shared his story. Similar to both of you, I grew up in the junk wax era but faded out in the mid 2000s. I started playing poker for a living in 2017, and with more free time on my hands, slowly started getting back into the hobby. I completely agree you can't predict the future or what the market will do in the long run. When I was prepping and studying to quit my full-time job to peruse poker as a career, I read a quote in a poker mental game book that I not only applied to poker but to investing in sports cards, along with many other things in life: "Don't worry about making money. Worry about making the correct decisions and let the money take care of itself" - The Poker Mindset
Ive played my share of poker (would have loved to try making a living at it!) and I know that motto well... you're spot on and its a great motto for cards as well.
Thanks for sharing. LOVED this video. What a great collection! Time to follow up!!
Great story! Thanks Jason for sharing...and thanks Chris for putting this together you do such a excellent job on these video's. As a side note I want to share. Years ago I got back into collecting cards. I talked to the owner of the only local card shop. He told me don't collect the high grade cards, but he said to focus on mid grade cards so you could get a bigger collection. Anyway, I got the autographed rookie card bug and that is the way I went!!
Appreciate you sharing. The high end stuff obviously gets the headlines but in a sense he is right... if you are a collector you can afford way more that way.
Making over a million in sports cards?? I think Jason already has the time machine, he's just not telling us!
Ha!
Great story. I have a very similar one about Tom Brady rookie cards. I was buying them up like crazy the year before he beat Seattle. I found that they were very cheap and had great growth but, also I live in MA and have been a life long Pats fan. The two biggest gains of the bunch were the 2000 Bowman Chrome Refractor which I paid $464 for and the 2000 Bowman Gold #/99 which I paid $500 for and also included the Private Stock Gold. Well I sent off the refractor and it came back a BGS 8.5. So, between the 2 Brady's I have nearly six figures in value on a $1,300 investment including grading fees. Here's hoping he wins #8 this year. GOAT
Very nice story. If you are a dad, I know you tell great bed time stories to your kids. Keep up the great work
Ha! I am and Ill admit my son enjoy bedtime stories :)
Great story. Yeah if he had never reinvested the profit from the cards he sold in 2016 it would be tragic considering the value now but he did it right, reinvested and now look at what he has.
Thanks for some of the best sports collecting stories on TH-cam. You're knowledge within the hobby and your willingness and ability to share it with the rest of us is envaluible!
I've been investing in football myself. I've come to realize my disdain for the NBA was going to be a problem. The only problem I face now is my affinity invest in defensive ends & safeties. 🤣 I can't help myself, I played college these are the positions that win football games.
I just started listening to podcasts and for yours, I muted out the television in the background. Quite enjoyed, liked how you gave actual prices while showing actual cards. I just joined CardLadder which led me to look card podcasts. Over a decade ago I bought a PSA 9 Jordan rookie, PSA 9 Gretzky rookie, and the 80 Topps Magic, Bird rookie, again in a PSA 9 and I still have them. Enjoyed your video!
Really appreciate that and welcome to the channel! Well done on some of those long term holds, the Jordan, Gretzky, and Bird/Magic were incredible investments!
Congrats to Jason, thanks for sharing his story!
Great story a real-life lesson I think many people will learn from this. great content thank you for spotlighting this person god bless you both happy collecting.
HeRbert and Burrows……….wow, he nailed it
These stories were what drew me to your channel, enjoy them, something 'different' to watch about the hobby finally. 😁
Honestly love the story videos’s, I could watch them all day. Thank you
Great video. Great story. Great advice! As always, thank you for sharing.
good stuff -- thanks Jason for sharing your story...always fun to hear other collectors stories....
Great story
Great story. One thing I always hear when high rollers talk about their sports card investment story, it always ends with “I’m going to keep a few for my personal collection”. Goes to show that the best investors with a business mindset are collectors at heart.
TOTALLY agree!
I’m not a quick flipper. I’m a collector and long term investor. I really wish I jumped back into the hobby prior 2020. I really like hearing and seeing stories like this.
I'm lazy, so it works great to not worry about selling too early.
Dude you're killing me. Total flashback.. Going thru these videos. Lmao. My first "big hit" was 87 Topps mcgwire. I was all about the A's and Bash Brothers era.
Thanks again sir
Top Shelf information, spot on!
Thanks for letting Chris share ur story jason!! Gives me more drive to do what I'm doing better!! Hope all are safe and blessed!!
This is gold. Would love more like this
I love these man. And by the way, I love 1996 cards. Shareef, Kerry Kittles and Roy Rogers.
Sounds like my story. But Never found that guy with 20-9 rices.. but grind is very similar
Enjoyed this episode Chris. It is good the hear the experiences of others and we can learn from each story.
Great video Chris! love this type of content and a lot of good points made about profiting and moving on as hindsight can weigh you down in this hobby, have a great week!
I like this Jason guy, hes smart & invested in the right cards and players at the right time.
Really enjoy these types of videos. Keep them coming!
Fun story! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Chris for the cool story, Jason's a smart man, lots of good advice here!
Really love the channel and stories! I am a typical guy getting back in the hobby and really enjoying all of it.
Welcome back to the hobby!
This is awesome! Thanks for doing these.
My story is almost the same as his but he is a baller so has bangers. Collected in the late 80’s early 90’s. Got back in to the hobby when lebron got into the league. Pulle a bunch of Lebron rookies. Stop buying cards in 05. Got back into the hobby in 2017. That year I would find so much stuff, but I didn’t open it. I just held on to it. I have 2 2018-2019 fast break boxes that I got for 80 bucks each. Now they are selling for at least 4K each. I have 3 Luka Prizm rcs I pulled one myself and bought the 2 other. I bought one for 9 bucks and the other for 17 bucks. I have so much unopened boxes that are selling for crazy prices. Haven’t sold anything yet. Great story, great video👍
Some nice pickups and ROI!
Great story. Profit taking is a must in the hobby. Can’t keep them all.
great info - fantastic knowledge. keep up the great work!
Great story. One word. WOW
Hey JASON and Chris, thanks for sharing. That collection is amazing!! Some of the best cards in all of the hobby on those last few screenshots!!
Love all of your stories that I've listened to so far.
Wow. That is an amazing story and amazing collection. Can't wait for the follow up!!
Great video! Started an investment firm in 2010 and started picking up cards over the past few years? Damn, Jason struck gold on two absolutely full on raging bull markets, and on the card front was smart enough to realize who he should be buying (QBs, rookies, champions), and realized the cards were undervalued and diamond handed them to the top (?) of the market. Definitely luck involved (there always is), but lots of skill, too - hat's off!
Tons of great advice in the story. Thanks for sharing. Very sobering and inspiring to know that there’s still opportunity when it seems like everything is overpriced and knowing that there’s still ways to find deals even if they are longer-term holds.
Thanks for sharing! I loved the advice at the end
It’s always good to listen to stories like these and if we had a penny for every time we heard, “if only we had a time machine!” We’d be millionaires! LOL
Great piece Chris.... Hindsight game is a killer! I had a friend in 2012 who wrote an article for a tech magazine...researching BTC. He took a fairly large position at the time. Let's just say he's worth *a lot* now. He told me to buy 5-10K of BTC at the time and I researched it and was intrigued...but still passed. Anyway, you can play this game until the cows go home and drive yourself crazy, that's just how investing works. I agree with him on the 'window' for investing in a player...mid career...and in a sport you really understand. The one thing I'd add about selling/reinvesting...ideally you do that in a tax free method/vehicle, otherwise over time the tax man will kill your profits.
I love your channel's content. Very entertaining and informative. 😀👍
That was very nice to hear about his journey in the In the hobby.Thanks for sharing that with us.😎
This was great. I would enjoy more of this kind of content and your normal content forsure
Cool video and story, thanks for posting.
Incredible story
Gr8 story Chris.. I love these kinds of video's.. Love to hear stories about people and their personal journey in the hobby.. Sounds like he's certainly made a nice fortune off his investment's and continued to do.. Stay safe man..👍💕🔥⚾😷
Awesome story! I love this kind of stuff!
Burrow is a beast. He's about to take his team to the SB
Great story Jason thank you for sharing and thanks Chris it all shows us do what you love and love what you do and things usually works for the good do the work the $$will follow!
Thank man I appreciate you taking the time to make these videos. These stories are just great, wish to see more of your personal dealing experiences on the future!
Love the variety!
Another great video! Did find it funny tho... bought Lebron in 03, bought Mahomes in 18, and found deals on vintage.... then the advice at the end is to buy players in years 5-7 after rookie hype has died down
The card that got me going was the 1981 Topps Fernando Valenzuela. Me and my dad bought boxes and boxes from the corner store for years. Spent my yard money on an Al Kaline rookie because it was his favorite growing up. Still have all my cards thank goodness.
So glad I subscribed to your channel.
Im glad as well!
@@collectorinvestordealer Having coffee and chocolate chips cookies right now, while looking through some 1982 Topps baseball cards!
Hope you find a bunch of Ripkens (dont get any crumbs on them :)
@@collectorinvestordealer No Ripkens, yet! Looking through early '80s Fleer and Donruss, too. Tough to find well-centered, fairly crisp corners and clean edges. Sleeving the good ones, chucking the bad ones. Not too worried about crumbs!
Hey Chris, Great post, l love seeing these stories about card deals. Great advice, if you sell a card take the profit and the win.
Don't look back at it later because you can never redo the deal.
Great to see what he was able to buy with the money he made.
Looking forward to the next one, have a good week everybody.
How much for a seat in that DeLorean? 🤔😂 Cheers stay safe. Go Jays!!
Theres is a waiting list for the DeLorean seat at the moment, but I think I can squeeze you in :)
@@collectorinvestordealer I wonder how much an open seat on the DeLorean would go for at auction? 😁
Ha!
I agree with the year 5 rule. I only collect baseball and I am finding that a lot of quality players have less expensive cards thanks to money flowing to the rookies. Guys like Harper, Machado, Goldschmidt, and Arenado. Who else do you see getting HOF buzz in the next few years?
This would also make Great video.
Great story...hard not to look back, but it looks like it has worked out nicely for him. Thanks for sharing.
Who TF downvotes this.....quality content man. Truly enjoy your videos!
Cheap shot at The Hot Dog Guy. Lol
great story!! Please do a follow up
Love these!
Wise words - yours and his. Thanks for sharing.
Another great story!
Awesome topic! Really enjoy seeing other investors journey through the hobby.
I was going to retire with my 1989 topps. 😔. Awesome video. 👍🤘
Impressive content. Thumbs up.
That was a great video to listen to. Nice story and CONGRATS to both of your successes in the hobby!
Great point, holding would have hindered buying other cards. Selling tops and trying to catch falling knives rarely pay off.
Happy to be a 'low roller' story for you in the future!
Oy! Just got wind of the PSA -extortion plan- , Er... I mean 'pricing update'... Bad enough that those of us who are basically hobbyists looking to support our interest and possibly make a little $ are now thoroughly squeezed into a corner, but I don't think Joe O and crew fully realized just how many potential submissions just became financially unfeasible... You know those ebay sales where the seller says something asinine like 'PSA 7 - low pop!'... that'll actually kind of mean something a bit different going forward as submissions for an awful lot of cards won't make any financial sense whatsoever... I might just put the cards back in the attic for awhile... very depressing...
Yeah the price hikes are brutal. Ill mention it in a video within a week or so.
@@kenrogers1948 I like the listings that say PSA ready, aren't all cards PSA ready.
Loving the story time videos!!
Dude you are a great story teller. You should expand on that somehow. Create a channel where you tell non sports card stories or something like that. Anyways love the channel. Keep up these videos and the high rollers. Cheers.
Really appreciate that, thank you.
Great stories
Oh. I already watched this. Lol. I thought this was part 2 🤣🤣🤣
Enjoyed it, Chris!
Thanks for sharing! I do have one critique- I’ve lived in Kansas City my whole and watched the chiefs for 20+ years. Never been to the super bowl until Mahomes. He made that happen. So to say a young QB is limited to their teams history I disagree. But I do completely agree with them being way overvalued so early into their career! Love the content!!
Great concept for video Chris - enjoyed it. Kudos to Jason for sharing his story and offering solid advice. Good for him - God bless. Watching prices of many cards skyrocket I’m curious who is holding some these golden tickets. Seeing this type of video helps fill out picture of current card boom. Thanks.
As always great content Chris. I'm sure a lot of us watching this had the insight to purchase those high end graded rookies a few years ago and either kept them or flipped them for the opportunity to purchase or reinvest. But as I always tell those who come into our shop, buy what you like and invest in what you know.
Good advice for sure!
great video! the last 2 statements of advice were spot on and i didn't even think about it myself, probably saved me some money there loll
Every time I see Jordan rookie I’m sick. I had mine stolen from me years ago. Pretty sure I know who the thief was as well. It was probably a PSA 5 but I only had $50 invested in it. By the time I realized it was missing it was too late to even try to locate it. I also had no proof other than the person stole many other items from me during that same time period.
Forget it man...it's just cardboard...lol im kidding bro that sucks! What a POS
10 years ago someone broke into my friend's apartment and stole his complete 1986 Fleer basketball set... the cards would have potentially graded at PSA 8 or 9...10s
These videos are the best because it breaks up the jealousy I get from seeing the high rollers videos lol 😆
Great story, Chris. Cool to see you including other people on your channel. Smart investing.
Fascinating story and well presented sir !
Thanks Jason. Great story.
Great video! Great insights on how to invest in cards!
Another excellent video. Very sound advice too regarding picking up cards of guys not really on most collectors' radar. I use the same approach. A couple year ago I started picking up Freddie Freeman RC's, as he's very consistent and could wind up on the HOF. He picked up the MVP last year, and boom. I think Arenado is a great candidate now. And Paul Goldschmidt too. Avoid the rookie hype, and don't buy the day a guy is voted into the HOF. Keep posting these kick ass videos! Thanks. And thanks to Jason for sharing his story and advice.
Appreciate the advice and comment
GREAT VIDEO. YOU MAKE THE BEST CARD VIDEOS
Another great video! Thanks for a great content!