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How Much The AmEx Violet Card Sold For In The 90s

Jessica Clifton2024-01-24T17:41:17+00:00

From a Credit Card Collector article in December 1990 An American Express Violet credit card has set a record for the highest price known to be paid for any plastic credit card by selling for a mind-boggling $400,00!  Details of the private transaction are very hazy, but a few facts are...

A Look Into The Past: The ACCCS In The 1980s

Jessica Clifton2024-01-11T14:54:19+00:00

This interview with Greg Tunks, one of the people behind the Credit Card Collector newsletter, sheds light on the credit card collecting hobby back in the eighties… Credit Card Collector: How's the state of the hobby? Greg Tunks: The hobby's in good shape. I'm not saying things couldn't be better. But...

Old Credit Card Collectors Never Die…

Jessica Clifton2023-12-19T17:14:28+00:00

Copyright 1990 by Harry L. Rinker Every credit card collector enjoys sharing his collection with other collectors. I am no exception. Inevitably, any visit includes a question that I wish would be left unasked: "What's going to happen to all your stuff when you die?" No true collector or accumulator ever...

Market Manipulation Techniques For Traveling Museum Exhibits

Jessica Clifton2023-12-07T09:58:22+00:00

It's important for collectors to understand some of the various market manipulation techniques in existence, not necessarily so collectors can use them, but more importantly to make sure they're not used on the collector. Harry Rinker tells how traveling museum exhibitions can be manipulated in his (should be award-winning) book,...

The Bank Card Genius – A Story From The 90s

Jessica Clifton2023-11-29T12:15:39+00:00

Pick a card. Any card. Sounds like the start of a card trick, doesn't it? It's not though. It was the life of Sandra Murray of Gardena, California, in the nineties, deciding which of her 1,000 valid credit cards she wanted to use next.  A credit card obsession Sandra got her start with...

NFL Cards: Why So Expensive?

Jessica Clifton2023-11-16T10:06:22+00:00

A mint condition St. Louis Cardinals NFL Visa, with an expiration date of 05/89, sold for $125.00 in 1990. The previous record price set a few months previously was $75.00. What in the world was going on? What are NFL credit cards? National Football League cards have been popular since their...