Vintage Darkness

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  1. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    I recently put up a 2009 Darkness to get a BA Huna. I got my bottle without giving up the 2009. I had some nice offers for the 2009, but didn't take them because I have a lead on a 2008. Is it a wise investment to acquire vintage special releases with hopes of using them to acquire current bottles that I covet for drinking purposes? I'm looking at spending a considerable amount of cash for the 2008, but will it get me into conversations that I'd otherwise never get to have? My experience in vintage bottles is very limited.
     
    #1 mnbuffalo, Jun 25, 2013
  2. KWMiles

    KWMiles Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2012 Minnesota

    #2 KWMiles, Jun 25, 2013
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  3. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    Ha ha. Nice one coming from the resident middle school mean girl.
     
    #3 mnbuffalo, Jun 25, 2013
  4. KWMiles

    KWMiles Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2012 Minnesota

    Great film!
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  5. willseph

    willseph Initiate (0) Jan 31, 2011 Illinois

    The only return on investment I ever get from beer is a wicked headache and beer farts. Maybe that's what the OP is trying to land?
     
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  6. maximum12

    maximum12 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,686) Jan 21, 2008 Minnesota
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    IMHO, you're better off holding onto vintage beers for tastings.

    You get the warm fuzzy of sharing with friends, get to make more friends once the alcohol takes hold, & eventually, once you're known as a 'guy who has stuff', you'll be taught the secret handshake/head bob/fart noise & invited to orgasmic tastings featuring the best beers in the world.

    All much better than hoarding or flipping or whatnot. But if that's what you want to do with your beer, I can think of worse things to sit on than vintage Darkness.
     
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  7. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    My inquiry was related to whether or not there are enough people out there that value collecting older bottles and would trade something like a King Henry for it. I can't imagine a 2008 tastes better than a 2012, but if it got me something I'd really like to try it would possibly be worth pursuing. If not, it ends up costing me a lot for not much in return.
     
    #7 mnbuffalo, Jun 25, 2013
  8. Michigan

    Michigan Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2012 Michigan

    get yourself on the 7 year Lambic/Geuze plan. You'll have trade bait for anything. Some of you know what I'm talking about.

    No. I do not do this... I tend to obtain bottles and drink them very quickly
     
    #8 Michigan, Jun 25, 2013
  9. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    On Wednesdays we wear pink.
     
    #9 minnesotaryan, Jun 25, 2013
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  10. ForkAndSpoonOp

    ForkAndSpoonOp Initiate (0) May 4, 2011 Pennsylvania

    You're not flipping houses, homeskillet. If you think the beer you have will be delicious, drink it. If you think something else might be more delicious, trade it. Stop overthinking it.
     
    #10 ForkAndSpoonOp, Jun 25, 2013
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  11. pjl44

    pjl44 Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2008 Massachusetts

    For a period of time I thought I was headed for an early retirement based on my portfolio of Billy Ripken error card variations. I'm not the right guy to be asking about this.
     
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  12. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    I was all in on Beanie Babies and Upper Deck Jose Canseco rookie cards.
     
    #12 mnbuffalo, Jun 25, 2013
  13. ForkAndSpoonOp

    ForkAndSpoonOp Initiate (0) May 4, 2011 Pennsylvania

    Anyone looking for a Beta Mox Sapphire?
     
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  14. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    I have a Brett Hull UMD Bulldog college card in a gun safe.
     
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  15. ForkAndSpoonOp

    ForkAndSpoonOp Initiate (0) May 4, 2011 Pennsylvania

    Cardwalez, bro.
     
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  16. dc55110

    dc55110 Savant (1,116) Oct 24, 2010 Minnesota

    Hate to burst your bubble, but Jose Canseco rookie year was 1986, Upper Deck debuted in 1989.
     
    #16 dc55110, Jun 26, 2013
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  17. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    Then I guess it is up to my Topps Jim Abbot Olympic Team card to carry me to retirement.
     
    #17 mnbuffalo, Jun 26, 2013
  18. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    do you even beckett? obviously dc does. wonder what a beckett for beer would be like.
     
    #18 minnesotaryan, Jun 26, 2013
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  19. mnbuffalo

    mnbuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2012 Michigan

    Do they still publish Beckett? I don't even know where my cards are. I had some good ones, but now they are all into grading the alignment and cut, so who knows if they are good at all. I think I did have Canseco's rookie, wasn't it in the Topp's Traded series? I believe I was thinking Griffey Jr. being Upper Deck's big card. It has been awhile.
     
    #19 mnbuffalo, Jun 26, 2013
  20. dc55110

    dc55110 Savant (1,116) Oct 24, 2010 Minnesota

    No Beckett needed, I lived sports cards from 1984-1992. Now the primo Upper Deck card to have from that original set was #1 Ken Griffy Jr.
    As far as Canseco goes, the 1986 Topps Traded Set version (#20T) or the 1987 Fleer Update (also #20) set were the most valuable at the time.
     
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