Are they worth anything anymore? If so, how would I go about finding that out?
I just went through some old stuff and found 7 boxes of cards and memorabilia. I opened one box and found some funny shit. The first thing was a signed plaque and card by John Wallace titled Future Superstar. The next was multiple Brien Taylor cards. I will hide those as they probably lower the overall value of everything else. Haha.
the exception would be rookie cards and autograph/rare cards.
You can still get decent money for Jeter, Arod, Griffey Jr, (some brands) etc. (super star players) rookie cards.
Love going through my old cards, and other crap I have saved as memorabilia.
Now? I think the only cards that are worth anything are the game used cards
plus i have binders sorted by player for all the major stars and then boxes with minor stars. I took good care of this collection when I was active.
funny thing is I refinished my basement and got to look through them a little bit and the players who were superstars when I put them in binders flamed out really quickly, guys who were at the top of their sports at the time rapidly became nobodys.
I never collected cards for money or as an investment I only ever collected players I liked and cards I thought were cool or hard to get, but if they were more valuable it would have been nice. Overproduction/saturation killed the hobby.
They can't all be winners, now can they?
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Haha, I remember my first one. Roberto Alomar's game used pants. My brother and I have collected hundreds of game-used cards and other game-used memorabilia.
oh and there were only 25 of them made. Mine is 11/25
At last count, I think he told me that he figured it to be about 2 cents on the dollar, based on money from a few rare cards (ones with errors or players who didn't have many cards made early on and turned out to be good). Ouch.
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Back in the day I made a big investment in Brett Lindros rookie cards.
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Back in the day I made a big investment in Brett Lindros rookie cards.
I always sorted my cards by player.
I had a binder of cards filled with Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez and Raphael Palmeiro, many rookeis in there.
I feel like I might have jinxed them all.
And I remember thinking one day after Balco, well at least I still have my binder with the Arod cards.
LOL.
Mets) and he looks just like Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan in ALOTO.
Most cards are definitely worth pennies compared to dollar spent but it's mostly a hobby instead of doing it for value at this point.
Those 1962 Topps baseball could still be worth a good amount, not too long ago sold a Willy Mays around the same time period that was graded a 5, and it sold for $250.
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Now? It's probably worth 250. Unbelievable. Thanks, Tiger.
Now? It's probably worth 250. Unbelievable. Thanks, Tiger.
If Tiger hadn't shit the bed the last few years, it still wouldn't be worth anywhere close to that. That price reflected a unique moment in time - the crest of the card market and of Tiger Mania. Even if Tiger had broke Jack's record and never had the personal issues it probably wouldn't be worth much more than $1000 now. Too many out there.
When I was active collecting Jose Canseco's rookie card was well over $100 and was one of the most sought after cards on the planet. McGwire too, Clemens, Piazza, Strawberry, Gooden, etc.
Canseco's rookie card is probably $1 or less now.
Vintage cards hold their value for the most part because supply was low and condition matters, but from the 80's on it's about timing.
Right now look up Aaron Judge or Cody Bellinger rookie cards (some of them), they're literally hundreds of dollars.
I can almost guarantee you those will settle in to the teens or single digits unless Judge and Bellinger keep up Mike Trout like pace for years which is unlikely.
just a recent example, at one time not too long ago David Wright rookie cards were very valuable, not so much anymore.
Of course Tiger is an extreme example b/c he was on a legendary trajectory, but if you're in card collecting as a for profit business you sell your Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger cards now (and you would/should have sold your Tiger Woods cards in 2010 or whenever peak was) , if you're a fan collecting for the love of the sport and the hobby you keep them.
biggest mistake I ever made was trading my Wayne Gretzky rookie card in 1987 to my Canadian buddy for a Don Mattingly and Daryl Strawberry rookie. Holy shit I took a bath on that one. at the time though it was a fair trade.