Worst card 'investment' you ever made.

[Verse1]

Not sure if its my worst investment but i Bought a Latrell Sprewell Hoops RC (still in pristine condition) as he was sick as a youngster for i think about $20.
I've seen it come up on ebay occasionally and sell for about $5.
Its still one of my favourite cards though.

 

[A_Iverson_I]

All the money I spent on my Kemp collection in the 90's...

 

[ozballer23]

I think anyone who invested in Greg Oden a s soon as his cards came out made a HUGE mistake! You now can pick them up for a quater of the price!

 

[Essellohbeebeewhy]

I think anyone who invested in Greg Oden a s soon as his cards came out made a HUGE mistake! You now can pick them up for a quater of the price!

They also invested in the ugliest player ever in NBA history....he leave AC Green and Popeye Jones for dead!

 

[vivo87]

They also invested in the ugliest player ever in NBA history....he leave AC Green and Popeye Jones for dead!

hahahaha good call, he looks like he should be retiring rather than just starting

 

[ozballer23]

They also invested in the ugliest player ever in NBA history....he leave AC Green and Popeye Jones for dead!

Sam Cassell is feeling left out now!

 

[CUZ187]

I think anyone who invested in Greg Oden a s soon as his cards came out made a HUGE mistake! You now can pick them up for a quater of the price!

I started to collect his cards but was over it in like 3 days

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They also invested in the ugliest player ever in NBA history....he leave AC Green and Popeye Jones for dead!

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Sam Cassell is feeling left out now!

 

[smc2910]

Sam Cassell is feeling left out now!

these guys have their money on pearce

Paul Pierce vs Beetlejuice (from Howard Stern): NBA Look Alike #12 | PROTECT THE PAINT

they give Oden a stab

http://protectthepaint.com/2009/09/28/greg-oden-vs-benjamin-button-nba-look-alike-morphing-11/

 

[CUZ187]

these guys have their money on pearce

Paul Pierce vs Beetlejuice (from Howard Stern): NBA Look Alike #12 | PROTECT THE PAINT

they give Oden a stab

Greg Oden vs Benjamin Button: NBA Look-Alike Morphing #11 | PROTECT THE PAINT

GOLD!!!

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this was on another thread

 

[hairyangryfella]

My worst investment was the set of UD Ultimate Patches just last year. Thought $800 for 59 cards was a decent price, and I should be able to get good money for them, and even $10 for each of the commons...
Well I just sold the Kobe on ebay for $46, so that leaves Lebron and MJ to get $500? Not gonna happen... can't even move the MJ... might PC the Lebron.

I did however have a good collection of David Boston from the NFL when I was living in England. Bought up all these awesome cards, then he had an awesome season, I sold them all, then like two years later he's a nobody out of the league because of drugs etc...

My mate... poor fool... collected Joe Smith, Antoine Walker and then Shawn Marion. All absolutely worthless players now...

 

[nzwarriors#1]

They also invested in the ugliest player ever in NBA history....he leave AC Green and Popeye Jones for dead!

Whatever Slobster Joakim Noah is the ugliest bugger ever

 

[CUZ187]

Whatever Slobster Joakim Noah is the ugliest bugger ever

Yeah whats up with that dude? which is he african american, native american, white guy or a mixture of all three im still trying to work it out also I think he needs a hair cut it is 2010 not 1969

 

[Verse1]

His old man is of French and Cameroon lineage and his old lady is Sweedish (Miss Sweeden 1978 )

 

[Cobretti]

2008-09 fleer

i baught:

- case of hobby about $1300AUS after taxes.
- case of retail about $600AUS
- case of blaster boxes $400AUS

plus about $1200AUS on missing inserts

 

[brentus777]

the worst buy i have done was on boxes not individual cards, before i knew about the buying on the net i bought 2 boxes of 05 topps pristine for $270 each from cardzone.... and got rubbish, best upgrades i did was a base 98-99 hoops mj for a kobe rookie headline (mate loved mj), and i traded a dana barros autographics for a iverson nba at 50 rc and a allen fleer rc, by theway i have that ud cc gold eric montross rc if anyone is interested....hahahaha

 

[package]

Everything i've got that's Nick Van Exel. I had every card available for him at one stage but of course they're worth nothing now

 

[CUZ187]

2008-09 fleer

i baught:

- case of hobby about $1300AUS after taxes.
- case of retail about $600AUS
- case of blaster boxes $400AUS

plus about $1200AUS on missing inserts

wow thats alot of money how many base sets did you put together?

 

[buyingstuffformikelee]

Reading through all this, it is clear why i do not pick up stuff for investment, but rather the enjoyment of collecting what I like and participating in the hobby with people.

Still, some of my side collections really make me cringe, if it was about $$$$$$ thats for sure. I think just about all of them would fetch less than what I shelled out to get them.

 

[ozballer23]

Anyone bought any Harold Miner? That was a mistake for sure!

 

[nenjabin]

Choosing Kyle Korver to collect?

Nah, I don't think I've really bought much at all for investment...maybe my Ronnie BRewers, which failed, but even that had an interest/attachment to it rather than straight out money.