Man, some of these prices you see these days really makes me regret not taking better care of my old baseball and basketball cards. I used to collect them A LOT. My dad had a liquor store for many years, and used to sell individual packs to customers. At least 3-5 times a week, he'd bring a few packs home for both me and my brother. At one point, I had binders and containers full of cards. At a certain point, I just lost interest in actively collecting, and I never really took care of my collection since that point.
I wish I had.
A part of me actually wants to get back into the "game" (if I may call it that), but the issue is that, unlike those days, a card can be printed out in bunches, so you may have 3-5 versions of the same card. Which, in turns, decreases the value of a single card. I'm not sure if I would enjoy it as much know if I had a card that is worth only, let's say, $1,000.00 because there are 99 copies of the same card circulating out there somewhere.