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I may as well buy cards that may end up being worth something in the future ... but I'm not about to spend $500 on a pack as mentioned above.
Upper Deck looks to be the happy medium? I'm gathering they have many different lines now ... what would be one that isnt for the extreme collector, but does still have the chance to be sought after 20 years from now?
Maybe he will become an avid collector ... you never know. If that happened, it would be a bummer for all his childhood cards to be garbage  |
Upper Deck is your best bet. Panini is another company that started out this season and they have a few products out, but I personally haven't bought anything from them yet.
I would go with a box of UD S1 or go with a box of O-Pee-Chee. S1 has the most regonizable rookie cards. Also you will get a couple jersey cards in the box and a chance at an auto. O-Pee-Chee just came out and is a nice cheap set that you and your young one can go after. 600 card base set. Plus you will get your rookies, jersey cards, parallels and a chance for an auto in the box. And just to be frank you probably won't get anything that is going to be worth a fortune in one of these boxes in the future. Any questions feel free to ask. I'm a big card collector.
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What do you get for $500 in one of those extra-fancy sets of cards? Is there a happy medium between the stuff you get at Wal-Mart and the $500 set? Would there even be a point to searching for a happy medium - or would you just be spending extra money on the 'nicer' cards for no real reason?
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Try to explain this as easy as I can. In a 5 card tin you will get 1 base card, 1 Auto, 1 Jersey, 1 Rookie Jersey/Auto card and another card that could be anything. In this product there are many cards that will be numbered 1 of 1. It's been the most coveted product for most collectors since it started in 05/06. The difference between this and say the wal-mart boxes are that the cards are nicer. You can hit a nice 4-5 color patch jersey card while in the wal-mart boxes you'll hit a basic one color jersey card. And that's just one example of many.