Well, let me tell you somethin’ ’bout this here… what’s it called? 1992 Upper Deck Barry Bonds card. Yeah, that’s it. Now, I don’t know much about these fancy collector things, but I hear folks are willin’ to pay good money for ’em.
This card, see, it’s got Barry Bonds on it. He was a big deal baseball player, I reckon. Hit the ball real far, they say. This 1992 Upper Deck set, it’s got a whole bunch of cards, hundreds of ’em, like 800 or somethin’. They made ’em in two batches, see? One big batch, then a smaller one later.
- First thing, they call it a “sports tradin’ card”. Sounds fancy, huh? Like tradin’ chickens or somethin’, but with pictures of ball players instead.
- And this Barry Bonds fella, he was a rookie back in ’86. That means he was new to the big leagues, like a young calf just learnin’ to walk. He hit a lot of home runs, stole a lot of bases, real quick like.
Now, some folks say there’s a mistake on this card, somethin’ about the number “3” bein’ printed wrong, or the ink missin’. But heck, I can barely see them tiny numbers anyways. They say all the cards from ’87 got the same “mistake”. Sounds like they messed up a whole bunch of ’em, didn’t they? Probably some young fella workin’ the printin’ machine, not payin’ attention.
I hear tell there are places, like this “PSA” place, where they figure out how much these cards are worth. They call it “auction prices” or somethin’. Like sellin’ a cow at the market, I guess. Some cards are worth more than others, dependin’ on how good of shape they’re in, or if they’re special in some way. Collectors, they call the folks that buy these things. They got more money than sense, if you ask me.
You can find these cards all over, I hear. Online, at shows, maybe even at the flea market. Some folks sell ’em, some folks buy ’em. It’s like a whole ‘nother world, this card tradin’ business. I saw on one of them computer thingamajigs, they update the value of the card every day! Every day! What for, I don’t know. It ain’t like Barry Bonds is gonna hit any more home runs on this here old card.
If you got one of these 1992 Upper Deck Barry Bonds cards, I guess you could sell it. Or you could keep it, put it in a little plastic thingy to keep it safe. Maybe it’ll be worth a lot of money someday, maybe it won’t. Who knows? It’s all a gamble, just like plantin’ crops. Sometimes you get a good harvest, sometimes you don’t.
This card, number 134 they call it, is just one of many. They got all kinds of players on these cards, not just Barry Bonds. And they got different brands too, not just Upper Deck. It’s enough to make your head spin. I’d rather stick to countin’ chickens and tendin’ the garden, myself. But hey, if you like these here cards, that’s your business. Just don’t go spendin’ your life savings on ’em, you hear?
So, that’s about all I know about this 1992 Upper Deck Barry Bonds card. It’s a picture of a baseball player, on a piece of cardboard, and some folks think it’s worth somethin’. Seems kinda silly to me, but then again, folks do all sorts of silly things. Like payin’ good money for a picture of a fella hittin’ a ball with a stick. But hey, that’s the world for ya.
And don’t forget, if you go lookin’ for this card, there are different places you can look. You can find ’em online, from different people sellin’ ’em. They even got these special cards, ones with autographs, they say. That means the player signed his name on it. Fancy, huh? But me, I wouldn’t know the difference between a regular card and one of them autographed ones. They all look the same to my old eyes.
So there you have it. A whole lotta nothin’ and a little bit of somethin’ about a baseball card. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed the chickens. That’s somethin’ that’s actually worth my time.
