Have jersey cards sunk this low?

[OBOMBA]

I agree thate theres a flood but lemieux is ranked the 5th best player ever! People rather pay alot for a j skinner photshoot patch than a game used piece from one Of the best ever.rookies are hot, hof not

ahaha 5th? ROFL

[Drewk86a]

One interesting thing is that, not only have jerseys become a lesser card, but they've now been around long enough that some people are not happy having a jersey card until they know it's game used, not event or photo shoot.

When jerseys were scarcer you were stoked to pull one, even it was a white, single color swatch! Today, people blow their noses with single color swatches.

I think part of the "thanks" should go to Pacific for realeasing their "One Jersey per Pack" Titanium and Private Stock sets from 2000 - 2001

[centrehice]

5th overall is a laugh.


Mario with the puck makes every human to come before or after him look subtly average.

Gretzky has more points but waaaay less natural ability Mario. Remember, Gretzky played with Kurri, Messier, Coffey, Tikannen, Anderson, Fuhr, Moog, and a myriad of other all-stars, Mario played with coke-head Stevens and grand-stand arm-swinger Rob Brown.

[87sluggo]

5th overall is a laugh.


Mario with the puck makes every human to come before or after him look subtly average.

Gretzky has more points but waaaay less natural ability Mario. Remember, Gretzky played with Kurri, Messier, Coffey, Tikannen, Anderson, Fuhr, Moog, and a myriad of other all-stars, Mario played with coke-head Stevens and grand-stand arm-swinger Rob Brown.

HEY!!! You'd be surprised at what you can accomplish when you're all coked up. Til you get caught.

[Inferno]

I did an eBay search of closed auction featuring Mario Lemieux jersey cards. I could not believe it when I saw how many Lemieux jerseys had sold for less than $15! There must have been 30 - 40 of them! (not including the Goodwins)

Add to that were several Lemieux jerseys listed for under $10 that received NO bids! Have the value of jersey cards dropped that much? Even for superstar players such as Mario?

I have to admit that I have been neglecting my Lemieux collection in favor of other players, but these sale prices are unbelievable!

Surely, the flood of jersey cards on the market has hurt their value. Heck, I remember when UD Game Jersey cards were a 1:240 pack hit. Now they are 2:24 and even 3:1 in some of the high end packs. Maybe if this keeps up, jersey cards will become the new base card.

Game Jerseys at a 1:240 ratio? Try the earliest ones at 1:2500+ ratios. They used to be worth insane amounts because you could burn through cases and cases and not pull one. My friend (Rookiesorbust) pulled a Gretzky jersey from a retail pack of 1998-99 UD at a gas station, took it to the LCS and was offered $900 cash on the spot (it booked at $1500 at the time). He refused because he wanted to keep a pull of that magnitude. He still has it too, but he'd be lucky to get $100 or so for it nowadays.

It's sad but an unfortunate reality of today's hobby.

[MacInnisCollector]

I agree thate theres a flood but lemieux is ranked the 5th best player ever! People rather pay alot for a j skinner photshoot patch than a game used piece from one Of the best ever.rookies are hot, hof not

Very sad, but very true

[cardscardscards]

HEY!!! You'd be surprised at what you can accomplish when you're all coked up. Til you get caught.

I lol'ed.
Thanks.

*sniff*

[OBOMBA]

5th overall is a laugh.


Mario with the puck makes every human to come before or after him look subtly average.

Gretzky has more points but waaaay less natural ability Mario. Remember, Gretzky played with Kurri, Messier, Coffey, Tikannen, Anderson, Fuhr, Moog, and a myriad of other all-stars, Mario played with coke-head Stevens and grand-stand arm-swinger Rob Brown.

didnt mario play with jagr kevin stevens larry murphy joe mullen paul coffey

[Drewk86a]

My friend (Rookiesorbust) pulled a Gretzky jersey from a retail pack of 1998-99 UD at a gas station,.

That was back when there was not distinction between hobby and retail packs. They were all the same.

This, too, is attributable to Pacific in the late 90's. They created seperate hobby and retail packs putting certain inserts / parallels in hobby and different ones in the retail packs.

Today, you'd be lucky to pull a great card like that from a retail pack.

[Hilfiger1975]

didnt mario play with jagr kevin stevens larry murphy joe mullen paul coffey

He also had his numerous ailments included spinal disc herniation, Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic tendinitis of a hip-flexor muscle, and chronic back pain so severe that other people had to tie his skates. He has retired twice because of his health (and also missed an entire season because of it prior to his first retirement): first in 1997 after battling lymphoma (he returned in 2000), and for a second and final time in 2006, after being diagnosed with an atrial fibrillation.