Traditionally, our parents saved their hard earned money in institutions such as banks. Over the years, with many Major Banking instituions going public on world stock exchanges, the rate of intrest paid on savings accounts has drastically dropped to increase stock performance and to keep the general public "spending their money". Luckily, there are other methods to generate increased returns to the money that you want to invest!

eBay has created an environment where one can shop the globe from the comfort of their own home or office, bus or train station, as articles that where simply tucked a way in Grandpa's closet are readily attainable in a moments scan and are quickly displayed for all to see.

Much like the stock market, sportscards are small tangable peices of stock that reflect prices via the overall popularity of the player, and or, the over all rarity of how many cards are left in mint condition. The most expensive sport card (Honus Wagner) sold for $1,300,000.00 US.

You may ask" who would buy such a thing" and keep in mind, it is not why people purchase expensive things...it is that they do! Sportscards are small works of art and reflect a moment in time...History!

1954 Topps Hockey Milt Scmidt card# 60, Book value $225.00 USD. In 1954, The Topps Trading card company issued its first run of Hockey cards