Shawn Gates: The European Trading Card Market: Parallels to North America?

Hey Shawn,

I have some old Upper Deck cards back from 1991-1993, not sure if there is a market for them but I do have a Pavel Bure and Jaromir Jagr rookie card. All the cards have been protected in binders with plastic sleeves.

Hey Shawn,

I have some old Upper Deck cards back from 1991-1993, not sure if there is a market for them but I do have a Pavel Bure and Jaromir Jagr rookie card. All the cards have been protected in binders with plastic sleeves.
- FlamesFan1230

There's a market, but not one dripping in dollars. The Bure and Jagr are worth something, but we're talking $10-$15 ungraded (or even into single digits).

I remember when the brown-bottoms boxes of 90/91 Upper Deck Series 2 French were selling for hundreds of dollars...and then it came out that Upper Deck had warehouses full of the stuff and the bottom dropped out.

I remember when the brown-bottoms boxes of 90/91 Upper Deck Series 2 French were selling for hundreds of dollars...and then it came out that Upper Deck had warehouses full of the stuff and the bottom dropped out.
- jmatchett383

They pulled something similar with the Griffey Jr rookies: reportedly made deals with dealers to send them bundles of the individual Griffey's contingent on them buying X number of other assorted selections from the set also. UD has some interesting dealings in their past.

Cryptocurrency, in my opinion, will play a more and bigger role in our lives in the near future. I already see how easily cryptocurrency can take the place of "standard" flat money. For instance, I could Top Up Mobile or Buy Gift Card with cryptocurrency. I can purchase Buy gift card for various products, including games and apps. I don't believe it will magically disappear, therefore. This is not how things operate in our world.