Alright, so today I’m gonna walk you through my little experiment with the “willie wilson baseball” thing. Heard about it online, sounded kinda fun, so I figured, why not give it a shot?
First things first, I actually went out and bought a Willie Wilson baseball card. Found a decent one on eBay for like 5 bucks – not trying to break the bank here, just wanted something to mess around with. Waited like a week for it to show up, which felt like forever.
Then the real fun began. The idea, as I understood it, was to see how many times you could trade up from that initial card. I started hitting up local card shops. Walked into the first one, kinda nervous, and asked the dude behind the counter what he thought of my Willie Wilson card. He chuckled, said it wasn’t worth much, but he’d give me a pack of baseball cards for it. Sold! I figured that was a decent start.
Next, I went to a different card shop. This time I had a pack of cards, which felt a bit better than just a single card. The guy there was a bit more serious. He flipped through the pack, wasn’t super impressed, but offered me a slightly better single card – some random rookie I’d never heard of. I checked his stats online, seemed alright, so I made the trade. Figured a single rookie card with potential was better than a bunch of base cards.
After that, things got a bit trickier. I tried a few more card shops, but most weren’t interested in trading for some no-name rookie. I even tried offering it to some kids at the local park, but they were all about Pokemon cards, not baseball. Go figure.
Finally, I decided to hit up a card show. Paid the five bucks to get in, walked around for a bit, and found a guy who seemed willing to haggle. Showed him the rookie card, he kinda shrugged, but then I noticed he had a bunch of older cards. I asked if he had any vintage stuff he’d be willing to trade. After some back and forth, I managed to swap the rookie card for an older, slightly beat-up 1970s card of some dude I’d vaguely heard of. Not a huge win, but definitely a step up from the rookie.
Honestly, after that, I kinda ran out of steam. The trading process was way more time-consuming than I thought it would be. And the returns were diminishing rapidly. I ended up just selling the 1970s card back to the guy at the card show for like 10 bucks. Made a small profit overall, but mostly just had a fun afternoon messing around.
Would I do it again? Maybe. It was a good way to kill some time and learn a bit more about the baseball card collecting world. But I definitely wouldn’t expect to get rich doing it. It’s more about the process and the experience than the actual monetary value. Plus, I still have the memories of trying to turn a Willie Wilson card into something valuable, which is kinda priceless, right? I may try this again with another old school player.
