Excellent video and I love the point about collecting what you like and not to listen to anyone telling what you should or shouldn’t buy. But, yes, it’s a shame that a good portion of the hobby doesn’t have that mindset because of the MONEY! Love the video Dan, I hope that its message and point isn’t lost on too many of the viewers.

I’m still collecting the same cards as I was in 1986. 38 years zero influence and still going.

Most true hobbies are on the hunt for the best value cards not what is overpriced due to the herd mainstream mentality commonly pumped by influencers and in the past in publications.

@216Eva

2 ай бұрын

I actually haven't collected cards since I was kid in the 80s and 90s(Junk Era) and was thinking about getting back into the hobby as an adult. But listening this guy and a lot of the lame youtube "breakers" has turned me off a little. I'm not looking to pay over 200 for a hobby box just to get a bunch of no-names and people I don't care about. I'm not looking to make money or invest, I just like to collect some cool-looking cards and have fun. Now it looks like it turned into the stock market

You're absolutely right people are sheep! The good news is we win from their ignorance! I always say maybe one day they'll figure it out and catch up

I collect what I want to collect . I hate when I watch shows and 12 year olds are out there trying to be mini investors and not collectors!

@kjhenry100

2 ай бұрын

Why are you projecting how you collect on others? Do what you do and let them do what they do.

I'd say most people watching the general youtube card market don't care about collecting, rather just making money (or at least trying to). Very easy to manipulate this group of people. At the end of the day none of this stuff are investments, they are pictures of men, printed on cardboard, encased in plastic. Collect what you like in the end not what people shill to you.

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Well said mate

@patchesohoulihan9826

2 ай бұрын

The number of posts on X to Instagram about getting a 9 and not a 10 are scary. They want the most money and have zero desire to collect.

@username4755

2 ай бұрын

for sure but a relic and auto are more then just just paper and a photo

@username4755

2 ай бұрын

pokemon is the biggest money printing machine that ever existed with zero real value

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

@@username4755Pokémon collecting is truly insane. It has a HUGE following but everyone is completing sets. Even the most scarce cards would be printed in the tens of thousands (surely)

I'm different and the call me crazy!?!?! I'd rather be called crazy tho!!!! There's only one of me!!

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

🫡🫡

I think I like this hobby because I can and choose to do it alone. Nothing hurts more than watching breakers or influencers try to give advice

Always go against the grain. Sheeple mind set never pays.

I also collect what I like, not what somebody tells me I should like. I’ve been collecting cards since the 70’s, and a lot of these “influencers” only started 6 or 7 years ago at best. 2 good examples? I find the Bowman Chrome green refractor autos #/99 to be an extraordinary value compared to the blue #/150. I really love RPA’s from Panini’s National Treasures…low numbered on card autos with a real game used patch? I was able to buy Soto, Acuna and Ohtani RPA’s, all three of which were #/10, for $1,100 USD in their rookie year. Could care less if it’s “licensed”.

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

you're giving them too much credit. Most were here just for the boom. This isn't hating on newbies, its hating on the people you referenced.

This has been my response since two years ago. Be a leader , not a follower!! Simple Great stuff my man

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Boom!

It’s not his true rookie card and the card is 4 dollars. It’s not an expensive card. SMH.

i been buying sneaker and glove cards last few years!! i did notice they do go for less!

Great Video man. Flippers don't like rare or unique cards--they like super common (high Pop) cards that they know they can sell for a certain price, so they can make their 20% profit. They want to be able to sell or flip a card quickly because they aren't collectors. They are in the hobby just to make money. I never understood collectors (SHEEP) that buy high pop garbage, reminds me of every Base rookie Prizm/Topps card that crashed in the past two years.

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

Very true!

Here in America people have a lot of extra money because of our Strong Economy and that's why these cards are going for so High.

@user-hm5zb1qn6g

Ай бұрын

"strong economy"? Come on, chunterbot3000. Try harder if you're going to peddle WH talking points.

@chunter3882

Ай бұрын

@@user-hm5zb1qn6g Trump couldn't sell his crap $60 Trump Bible, $400 Fake Gold Shoes, NFT'S, Trading cards with a piece of his suit from his mug shot, etc, in a weak Economy. And all you Puppets buy his crap😂😂😂😂

I was just thinking, sneaker collecting is such a big thing I am kinda surprised that game used sneaker cards aren't a bigger collectible tbh.

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

I’ve thought this too in the past. I think the mindset is very different in the collectors though. Same with game used mem, there is overlap into card collecting but not as much as you’d think

It’s cheaper to buy the wemby card than buying a box of select.

Well done Dan- totally agree! I’ve made comments in different comments sections just about prizm wemby alone! Probably highest print run ever, most #d parallels ever, most silver prizms ever, most base rookies ever etc etc. I’ve been shouted down but only show the ignorance you’re alluding to. Even if wemby turns out to be one of the greats, how much stuff is out there??

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Well said!

@vendora1

2 ай бұрын

exactly

As the economy crashes, the general economy not th3 card market, 2/3 if the flippers will leave, prices will correct and collectors can dictate the important cards....that's my 2 cents

The sheep are the ones going to the store buying 40-50 optic & select pulling the same wemby & stroud colored parallels 😂

Great point. I’d be curious on your thoughts on local sports (AFL, NRL) cards and the over pricing of them. I’ve been collecting the Roosters and the amount of sellers hideously overpricing their cards is incredible.

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

They are so expensive for what they are. It’s a huge pain with resellers too! Eels cards are so popular that all the releases are ridiculously priced

Really love the point about soccer cards...the cleat/shoe cards should be the top chase in that product IMO (especially if it is match used)

Im primarily a baseball card collector and relic cards do not really do anything for me. Yeah you have a small piece of a glove or bat or jersey etc, but all I see is a piece of destroyed memorabilia. It is more significant when you see the whole rather than a small insignificant piece. Just my two cents. Love the content!

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

That’s fair mate, can’t argue with that

Couldn't agree more. Of those 113K Wembys, which grade well, how many 10's will exist and will they be able to get their money back when they return? I agree on everything you said. Buy what you like and enjoy the hobby.

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

We will get 100k 10s 😂

Great stuff

Well said 😎👌💯💪🏽

Hell yeah going in on the clowns once again...

I collect 49ers, Dodgers and Lakers but the only ones that go into my PC requires that they won a Championship with the team!

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Really cool way to approach it

My collection goes against the grain of what the popular trends are in the hobby. I don’t own one PSA 10 card as i love PSA 9’s. I don’t own one auto card, as I believe the only autograph that means something is when you get it signed personally. My collection is mostly 80’s/90’s/00’s rookies so i don’t follow the trend with vintage or ultra modern serial cards. I never follow the sheep because what is ‘hot’ today may not be tomorrow.

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

Speaking of PSA 10s, its funny to see everyone losing their mind over the new NBA Kabooms. No 10s as yet, 8 is the highest and people are crying. An 8 is still good guys...

I treasure my Jeevus of Nazareth artifact card. Tiny sliver of the cross. I'll never part with it.

My tastes are very singular. De’Aaron Fox & Steph Curry. No matter who gets pumped for new players I stay my course. 112k cards of a base card is insane. People are hoping for the parallel.

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

Its a classic case of prospecting, which is fine but so much wasted cardboard lol

That's a beauty of a Wllian card. Vety cool piece. He may not be the biggest name in the sport but if you know who he is, if you have seen some of his amazing highlights & those highlights made you smile then I think this card is a fantastic buy for a true collector. Well done, sir! 😎🤩👍⚽

@DanTheCardMan2

Ай бұрын

Thanks mate, he was very hit and miss and I often think what could have been with him but he was apart of a magical period for Chelsea.

A related thing to this. I get why a Rookie Card is a big deal. And while I'm not saying that later cards of a player should get to that level but why is there zero premium on a card for a hot year of a player? Like maybe it's a card of their 3rd MVP season or a card from a year they lead the league in a particular stat. It's weird to me that those are all usually worth the same.

@TheVgaTV

2 ай бұрын

It's probably a holdover from the early days of cards/comics/etc where the first appearance/rookie card didn't survive in large numbers, and once the character/player became popular, everybody wanted to have a piece of the first one. Now it's all artificial scarcity with literally thousands of different variations of every rookie, which renders pretty much all of them worthless over the long haul. and I can't remember who did the video, but they were showing how the second year cards of certain baseball players (semi-modern, like Trout) were starting to pick up in value because collectors couldn't afford to get the rookie card.

@mikegiralico7642

2 ай бұрын

@@TheVgaTV that happened in comics in the 90s at one point where issue #2 got hot for a minute then crashed. I mean I guess I'll PC a few things like this myself but yeah what is and isn't beyond the rookie card always leaves me confused

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Think you both nailed it

Wait what? Those weren’t $3,000 ea. I’ve purchased the run so far (1-6) and they’re $18 each. Even at 100k copies that’s still a separate offshoot of his base RCs in other 23-24 products IMO. The Wemby Topps Now cards in particular actually look pretty good with the foil and refractor, and the print runs on. The other ones are significantly less so I would think overtime they would increase pretty good, especially since they were only made in limited runs. Also I don’t really care about “investing” I got them because I like them. Geoff Wilson and his PPE fraud should be in a federal pen. Is his Cards HQ closed yet?

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

I misspoke on that part, I meant to say only the autos were 3k each.

Mindful collecting. How novel. Another good video. Excuse me while I go buy an Ollie Watkins auto for 35 dollars. And Jeff Wilson is a knob.

No. Those Wemby cards hit two markers . People who love to gamble and people who wants to attach themselves to what’s popular without having to break the bank . You’re a prospector , you bought cards of two guys you know very little about . You bought them because of you like the look of them rather than two guys who you have followed religiously like a lot of football fans . Just collect what you enjoy - don’t push your own agenda

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

What two cards did I buy?

That why I PC HOCKEY 🏒

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Hockey have some of the best looking cards out there

I guess I'm lost on what you're saying here. But you are right 😆 🤣 I think 🤔

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

🤣

awesome video

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I don't disagree with you but the Wemby Topps Now card you are talking about wasn't 3,000 dollars a piece. It was just the Auto cards that were 3,000 dollars and there were only 99 copies of those. The base was like 20 bucks. So when they say 134,000 copies sold all of those other than the 99 Auto cards sold for 20 dollars.

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, definitely misspoke on that part so thank you for clarifying

@vendora1

2 ай бұрын

still overpriced at 20 bucks

You are comparing apple and oranges. People bought a lot of that wemby card to get his auto or low number card

@DanTheCardMan2

2 ай бұрын

I said that in the video

@vendora1

2 ай бұрын

and chances of u getting that? youd have a better chance at winning the lottery getting hit by lightining and eaten by a shark AT THE SAME TIME then hitting a low numbered autoed wemby topps now card its why the hobby is now just gambling w/o the regulations