Money sports cards pricing

booger · 01-14-2011, 01:03 PM

Just wanted to know if anyone has used online sites to price their baseball or other sports cards collections. I've got mostly Baseball but a few football and basketball. Before buying a subscription i thought i'd get the planet's thoughts. Doesn't seem to be any free sites and Ebay isn't much help.

Beckett was always the best one years ago when i collected.

currently looking into this site.
http://www.vintagecardprices.com/

Also have a couple of vintage baseball gloves from the 30's or so and a couple irons and woods golf clubs that are ancient.

Some of the stuff has sentimental value as it was in the family a long time and others i would part with. Just trying to find the right place to have it appraised.

Thanks

MIAdragon · 01-14-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by booger

Just wanted to know if anyone has used online sites to price their baseball or other sports cards collections. I've got mostly Baseball but a few football and basketball. Before buying a subscription i thought i'd get the planet's thoughts. Doesn't seem to be any free sites and Ebay isn't much help.

Beckett was always the best one years ago when i collected.

currently looking into this site.
http://www.vintagecardprices.com/

Also have a couple of vintage baseball gloves from the 30's or so and a couple irons and woods golf clubs that are ancient.

Some of the stuff has sentimental value as it was in the family a long time and others i would part with. Just trying to find the right place to have it appraised.

Thanks

the collectible market is so bad right now I think you would be wasting your time/disappointed in the given value. Ive found that taking items to a local shop that specializes in that memorabilia is the best way to go.

Bill Lundberg · 01-14-2011, 01:14 PM

http://beta.beckett.com/

booger · 01-14-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MIAdragon

the collectible market is so bad right now I think you would be wasting your time/disappointed in the given value. Ive found that taking items to a local shop that specializes in that memorabilia is the best way to go.

yea that's what i got from looking through ebay. Like some old Ken Griffey Jr. cards i have, rookie cards just selling for 10 bucks or less.

booger · 01-14-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Lundberg

http://beta.beckett.com/

i used to buy their price guides all the time when i was a kid.

thanks

seclark · 01-14-2011, 01:22 PM

had a job interview w/beckett one time several years ago. didn't get the job, but they did give me a 3 year subscription to the mag. thought that was pretty cool.
after the subscription ran out though, i didn't re-up. piss on em.
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**loochy** · 01-14-2011, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by booger

i used to buy their price guides all the time when i was a kid.

thanks

Yeah man I had a subscription too!

booger · 01-14-2011, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

had a job interview w/beckett one time several years ago. didn't get the job, but they did give me a 3 year subscription to the mag. thought that was pretty cool.
after the subscription ran out though, i didn't re-up. piss on em.
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booger · 01-14-2011, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

Yeah man I had a subscription too!

awesome.

I can't remember how old i was but i wrote out a ton of fan mail to a bunch of different teams and got David Robinson to sign a card and return it as well as Danny Gladden and Kirby Puckett of the twins.

You about crap your pants when you get the mail and realize they actually sent it back.

**Buck** · 01-14-2011, 01:35 PM

I dropped around $600 into football cards in 2004 and i just checked and I have one card worth $30, one worth $20, a few worth $10, and thats it.

**loochy** · 01-14-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

I dropped around $600 into football cards in 2004 and i just checked and I have one card worth $30, one worth $20, a few worth $10, and thats it.

I'm wondering how much mine are worth. I have tons and tons of cards from the 80s and early 90s, including many complete sets. I've got several Barry Bonds rookie cards, but I bet those aren't going for much these days.

booger · 01-14-2011, 01:46 PM

Got a pete rose that i want to hang onto if they ever let that sucker in the HOF

**Buck** · 01-14-2011, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

I'm wondering how much mine are worth. I have tons and tons of cards from the 80s and early 90s, including many complete sets. I've got several Barry Bonds rookie cards, but I bet those aren't going for much these days.

IMO, Complete sets aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

The only cards that will fetch money are autograph cards or game used cards (or the occasional rookie card).

**alnorth** · 01-14-2011, 01:48 PM

Comics will probably still survive in value to some extent, but I think the sports card market is doomed. If you have valuable cards I probably wouldn't sell until the economy recovers, but I wouldn't wait very long after it does.

The reason I say that are the kids. There's still a decent number of them who buy comic books, but not many kids buy baseball or football cards anymore, so your potential buyers are getting older every day. Every time a collector dies, that is more old cards dumped onto the market by heirs who dont care and fewer people interested in buying them up. Eventually they will all die, and that will be it for sports cards.

HoneyBadger · 01-14-2011, 03:29 PM

How many people are still actually buying cards? When I was younger everyone would buy and trade them.

01-14-2011, 01:03 PM
booger Don't Tug on Superman's Cape Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: clear out in the sticks Casino cash: $1178550	sports cards pricing Just wanted to know if anyone has used online sites to price their baseball or other sports cards collections. I've got mostly Baseball but a few football and basketball. Before buying a subscription i thought i'd get the planet's thoughts. Doesn't seem to be any free sites and Ebay isn't much help. Beckett was always the best one years ago when i collected. currently looking into this site. http://www.vintagecardprices.com/ Also have a couple of vintage baseball gloves from the 30's or so and a couple irons and woods golf clubs that are ancient. Some of the stuff has sentimental value as it was in the family a long time and others i would part with. Just trying to find the right place to have it appraised. Thanks
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01-14-2011, 01:14 PM	#3
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seclark MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: nemo Casino cash: $1359900	had a job interview w/beckett one time several years ago. didn't get the job, but they did give me a 3 year subscription to the mag. thought that was pretty cool. after the subscription ran out though, i didn't re-up. piss on em. sec __________________ "Mr. seclark. Wrong for gravy, wrong for jelly, wrong for biscuits." -rj "If every Planeteer who was disliked by another Planeteer stopped being a Planeteer we wouldn't have any Planeteers." -rj
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01-14-2011, 01:35 PM	#10
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8239900	I dropped around $600 into football cards in 2004 and i just checked and I have one card worth $30, one worth $20, a few worth $10, and thats it.
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01-14-2011, 01:46 PM	#12
booger Don't Tug on Superman's Cape Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: clear out in the sticks Casino cash: $1178550	Got a pete rose that i want to hang onto if they ever let that sucker in the HOF __________________ 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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01-14-2011, 01:48 PM	#14
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57166239	Comics will probably still survive in value to some extent, but I think the sports card market is doomed. If you have valuable cards I probably wouldn't sell until the economy recovers, but I wouldn't wait very long after it does. The reason I say that are the kids. There's still a decent number of them who buy comic books, but not many kids buy baseball or football cards anymore, so your potential buyers are getting older every day. Every time a collector dies, that is more old cards dumped onto the market by heirs who dont care and fewer people interested in buying them up. Eventually they will all die, and that will be it for sports cards. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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01-14-2011, 03:29 PM	#15
HoneyBadger The chosen one Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: OC, California Casino cash: $1365760	How many people are still actually buying cards? When I was younger everyone would buy and trade them.
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