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Originally Posted by pejc300
Top 10 all time and top 10 hobby collectibility are two different things.
Bird and Magic get very little hobby love, which is somewhat surprising (with the exception being their iconic shared RC). It's crazy to think that 2 players who are in the top 10 all time have beautiful exquisite cards that sell for peanuts. Maybe it's because they are non playing day cards.
I think Curry is different. I've been saying this for years, but I think that in 10-15 years the collectors who have money (still kids now) will be putting their money in Lebron and Curry as 1-2 and I think it will be closer than people think. Curry is the total package on and off the court. He literally changed the entire game of basketball. I guess you could say that about Wilt as well, but before that who else changed how the game is played? I'm very bullish on Curry in terms of the hobby. As far as a true top 10 goes? Meh. It'll be debated for aeons.
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Just remember that Kobe, a top 15 all-time player, had autos that sold for peanuts too. Then he unfortunately passed and his auto prices shot up (which was further propped up by pandemic stimulus money).
Then again, most people who actually watched (and collected) Bird/Magic are probably retired and spending less money on cards and more money on post-retirement life (e.g., family, travel, new hobbies, wills/trusts, etc). Not saying that youth aren't collecting them at all, they're probably just more interested in modern players they actually watched/are watching.