I have thousands of baseball cards that I want to get appraised, some are pretty valuable, but 90% are common cards and sets

any idea where to go, google hasn't been much help

2/28/2007 7:23:27 PM

it's a real shame, and im in the same boat.

im just hoping and praying that some day the revival is comming.

but it doesnt look like it.

2/28/2007 7:24:11 PM

yeah, I figure I can take the money and invest it into other things that will do more

2/28/2007 7:27:33 PM

You missed the boat in like 1993.

2/28/2007 7:31:03 PM

I've got tons of my dads old card from the 40's and 50's. just no idea where or how to sell them.

2/28/2007 7:36:11 PM

a look at eBay would be good, you can probably get a general feel for the price if there's a good amount of cards on there.

2/28/2007 7:39:57 PM

I've got a few cards that are very expensive(numbered autographs and such) that need to be sold separate

but the majority is common cards

2/28/2007 7:46:42 PM

^^^ take them to a card show, and also get any valuable ones slabbed and graded. There is still a huge market for those cards.

[Edited on February 28, 2007 at 8:25 PM. Reason : .]

2/28/2007 8:24:56 PM

haha, almost no cards are worth alot these days. Unless you consider like $100 alot. But yeah, eBay is a good place to get an idea of what they worth, but even then, they have to be graded to get top value. So pretty much, you are SOL and would be better off just keeping them till the whole card thing comes back into style, if that ever happens.

2/28/2007 8:28:52 PM

mail em to me and I'll take a look at the collection for you

2/28/2007 8:30:37 PM

haha, that would be like that crazy fucking thing on TV where you just mail your gold to some company, and they send you a check for what the think its worth.

2/28/2007 8:31:50 PM

Common cards and sets you're probably best off burning them. Well actually that would require you to spend money for the fuel, matches, etc

Best option is to give them to your kids as a gift some day and pretend they actually have value.

If its not graded, vintage, or rare it isnt worth shit.

3/1/2007 3:11:39 AM

Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide - $30


[Edited on March 1, 2007 at 4:31 AM. Reason : .]

3/1/2007 4:30:43 AM

yep, get a beckett

the ones worth 20+ bucks, send them in to a Grading place and get em graded and sealed.

Then put em on ebay.

Gettin the things graded isn't cheap, but its the only way ANY cards are worth shit anymore

3/1/2007 4:33:41 AM

a honus wagner card just sold for like 2.35 mil. Dude that sold it bought it 4 years ago for $400,000.

3/1/2007 10:19:55 AM

from what i hear, the bball card market sucks now, which is too bad, ive got tons of them sitting around back at my parents place.

3/1/2007 10:21:48 AM

yeah I'm onna keep the commons forever I guess

but I have some rare stuff such as ted williams autographed 92 upper deck (#283/2500)


and some random nascar autographs from dead drivers on cards

I've got a small handfull of cards that are worth 2 grand or so, I wanna sell those and put the money into other things that actually appreciate

3/1/2007 11:43:39 AM

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"a honus wagner card just sold for like 2.35 mil. Dude that sold it bought it 4 years ago almost 7 years ago for $400,000 $1.26 million."

[Edited on March 1, 2007 at 1:08 PM. Reason : /]

3/1/2007 1:02:00 PM

worth =/= what people will pay

3/1/2007 1:22:39 PM

^^yeah, the guy that sold if for the 1.25 bought it for 400,000, I forgot, but still not a bad gain.

[Edited on March 1, 2007 at 1:29 PM. Reason : .]

3/1/2007 1:28:51 PM

everytime I go to Walmart or target and i see a little kid looking at YuGiOh or some shit i go over and see if I can convince them Basketball cards are a better option in the long run

I have a shit ton of cards, I am always looking to buy people collections when they dont want them anymore

plus i still ad ones when i see stuff i want on ebay

3/1/2007 2:25:12 PM

my coworker buys/sells on ebay. We saw a Derek Jeter card with a missprint (the name was "Bush") on it and it auctioned for $500.

3/1/2007 3:13:24 PM

Quote :

"from what i hear, the bball card market sucks now, which is too bad, ive got tons of them sitting around back at my parents place"

and therein lies the problem

3/1/2007 4:17:36 PM

I have a whole trunk full also,25 HOF's on baseballs, and 2 hall of fame bats that I have been offered $1500 ea for about 5 years ago. That is not alot compared to the Wagner card, but it is all going to my son when he is old enough. So in 15 years that stuff should be worth at least a little more.

3/1/2007 6:17:54 PM

I gave away about 90% of my baseball card collection this year. I remember back when those things used to be worth a shit...

3/1/2007 6:21:07 PM

todays cards are so mass produced that they wont be worth anything ever

3/1/2007 6:30:52 PM

when i get this card, graded 8 or higher

my collection is done, this is my holy grail

3/2/2007 8:01:55 AM

what about this one?

ha



Bush and Mantle add value right?

3/2/2007 9:23:04 AM

Quote :

"^^yeah, the guy that sold if for the 1.25 bought it for 400,000 $640,000, I forgot, but still not a bad gain."

3/2/2007 10:58:58 AM