The Monkey Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I have a bunch of baseball cards that could have some value. Does anyone here have experience selling cards? Is there a good site that gives ballpark values to cards? Basically, help me sell these things so I can buy MOAR GEAR! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I used to collect basketball cards when I was ~10-13. Then eBay came around, and for the first time we had real supply and demand for cards, and we found out they actually have very little value unless you have some cards that go for >4 figures. What happened next was in order for a card to have any value, you had to send it off to some grading company where they inspect it with a microscope and give it a grade. Because only a few % of the cards make the top grades, this helped restore the value of cards by lowering the supply. So in summary, your cards are probably worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Well, fuck. There goes the BHSE fund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 So after looking through, I have a couple of cards that would seem to be ok at first blush. I have a Cal Ripken rookie and a Rickey Henderson rookie in what appear to be pretty good condition. But I guess these need to be graded in order to really be able to ascertain their value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 see here: PSA Sports Card Grading Standards Most of the cards on ebay selling for anything will be graded PSA 9 or PSA 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFF Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I used to collect basketball cards when I was ~10-13. Then eBay came around, and for the first time we had real supply and demand for cards, and we found out they actually have very little value unless you have some cards that go for >4 figures. What happened next was in order for a card to have any value, you had to send it off to some grading company where they inspect it with a microscope and give it a grade. Because only a few % of the cards make the top grades, this helped restore the value of cards by lowering the supply. So in summary, your cards are probably worthless. Shit! So much for my investment in comics and cards!!!! I have a Ken Griffy Rookie and a lot of rare stuff. Probably worthless now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 see here: PSA Sports Card Grading Standards Most of the cards on ebay selling for anything will be graded PSA 9 or PSA 10. Thanks, Justin. Those grading services are expensive. What a racket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Shit! So much for my investment in comics and cards!!!! I have a Ken Griffy Rookie and a lot of rare stuff. Probably worthless now. DIBS ON THE GUM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 The trick is any cards since the late 80s have been made in huge numbers, and almost all of them were collected. So they're not really very rare at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Most of mine are from 1977-1983. Looks like I'll have to look elsewhere for the college fund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 those might be old enough to actually be rare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 The trick is any cards since the late 80s have been made in huge numbers, and almost all of them were collected. So they're not really very rare at all. Yeah this is pretty much how it is. All those worthless Canadian dollars spent on so many hockey cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
909 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 So in summary, your cards are probably worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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