stillers4me
02-25-2011, 05:04 AM
Growing up in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s had to be the absolute worst time to be collecting baseball and football cards. It was around that time that the card companies, in all of their infinite wisdom, started producing 800-card mega-sets that completely oversaturated the market. The result? Complete sets that are probably worth about $15 today. So much for being a collectors item.
Now I have boxes and boxes full of “commons” (the Beckett term) like Gary Redus (baseball) and Jeff Graham (football) collecting dust in a closet. Score! The only thing missing: a piece of rock hard chewing gum that can cut diamonds.
Anyway, last week I was digging through some of the boxes in a haphazard attempt at cleaning and came across some awesomely random Steelers cards from the early 90′s. Let’s hop in the DeLorean and take a look…..........
Read more @ http://www.steelerslounge.com/2011/02/early-1990s-steelers-trading-cards/
Now I have boxes and boxes full of “commons” (the Beckett term) like Gary Redus (baseball) and Jeff Graham (football) collecting dust in a closet. Score! The only thing missing: a piece of rock hard chewing gum that can cut diamonds.
Anyway, last week I was digging through some of the boxes in a haphazard attempt at cleaning and came across some awesomely random Steelers cards from the early 90′s. Let’s hop in the DeLorean and take a look…..........
Read more @ http://www.steelerslounge.com/2011/02/early-1990s-steelers-trading-cards/