Mahomes RC
 

I picked this one up at the local card store in 2018 for $5 bucks or so, before the hype got revved up. Now the same card on eBay is going for $3600.

Have you looked to see how much this is worth now???? :eek:

Hell, Deshaun Watson just dropped 45k on a Dwyane Johnson college card.

Stuff I had sold just last fall is worth 3-4x now what it was then, and I thought I did good at the time.

I don't get it.

It's crazy!

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I cringe every tmie I see 86 fleer.

I sold a partial psa9 set last fall for GOOD money. yeah, its already like 4 times higher in VCP tracking. Ugh.

Noooo, that's like buying Bitcoin for cents and selling early!!

Last night I was watching a rerun from around 2013 of Pawn Stars on History Channel, and a guy brought in his set of Topps 1991 Baseball Cards Set of 792 cards made only for the troops in Saudi Arabia in Desert Storm. They only made a few hundred sets and only sold them on the base.

Rick asks, where did you get it, he said since the Desert Storm was over so quick and guys didn't really want to fool with these baseball cards out in the desert, most sets got sent back to a base in New Jersey. Which is where he said he bought it. Rick didn't know much about it, so he called in his baseball expert who owns a Sports business in Las Vegas.

The guy arrives and he looks at the set and said all 792 are here, it's worth about $1200. On the first page are Cal Ripken and Nolan Ryan cards, and he sees they all have a gold seal in the upper right corner, and all the cards are sealed in plastic sleeves. He said, so far so good, so he flips to the middle and to card #333 Chipper Jones rookie card. He said, this card alone is worth $1,000. He looks, and it's not sealed and the gold seal is missing from the upper right. The guy said, this is card is not even mint like the others, and without the seal it's worth only about $5, so now the whole set is only worth about $200 without the Chipper Jones Gold Seal Rookie Card. The sellers goes, Oh, I didn't even notice that.

My opinion, I think the guy did notice it, and tried to pull a fast one on the Pawn Shop and probably sold that good card separately and thought he would bring in the set with the bogus card and try and get top dollar. This just goes to show that with sports cards and grading and everything else, you have to really know your shit!!

I just looked on eBay and a complete set with the Chipper Jones rookie card with the gold seal is now selling for $6,000.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Topps-...gAAOSwg5lgBahB

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Even the plain Chipper Jones rookie card without the gold seal is up to $99

https://www.ebay.com/itm/18424071005...RoCNFkQAvD_BwE

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If it’s graded PSA 10, yes.

Agreed.

I would need to get it graded to fetch top dollar, but I'm not going to sell it, so I won't bother.

The plain Chipper Jones rookie raw is worth about $1-$2. PSA 10 takes it $200.

That pawn shop show is all a set up.

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Things just continue to explode. The current Goldin auction ends in 15 days. There should be at least 2 or 3 million dollar cards on this one. A Kobe Chrome RC refractor is already at $1.01 million.

https://goldinauctions.com/catalog.aspx

I have a crap ton of old Joe Montana, Steve Young and Jerry Rice cards. Going to look them up on Ebay.

There are a LOT of fake desert shield cards out there, sadly. There are some pretty die hard collectors that seem to be on the ball with being able to spot the fakes, but I think some have slipped past graders even. I think any desert shield card I would look it, it would have to be in a new holder (assuming they are cracking down on fakes now). I don't think I would consider a raw one ever.

Yeah, in hindsight I made a huge mistake. But I had given up on completing the set. My entire goal was to get 131 of them, and save the Jordan at the set capper. For the longest time that card was under 1500 in psa9, and it never moved so I wasn't in a huge hurry. When Jordan got over 5k is when I bailed out of the set. I wasn't going to pay that much so the chase was over for me. I had all of the major stars except Wilkins and the checklist. Sold it to a buyer for Greg Morris and got between 6-7k for what I had. I had maybe a grand in what I had collected up to that point, so I was happy with the profit. And in psa9, its not like they are hard to come by.

I kept the cards listed in my vcp account just to track. Geez, that same batch of cards is selling between 25-28k now. That one hurts.

They're all ****ing available for a dollar on Ebay it seems.

Here's a list of everything - should I put them in an auction? Or is it even worth the listing?


pro set jerry rice nfl receiving leader 90

pro set jerry rice mvp sb xxIII

pro set jerry rice 1991


joe montana starflics 93

pro set joe montana 91

topps stadium club joe montana 93

pro set joe montana 93

upper deck joe montana 93

upper deck collectors choice joe montana 94

impact skybox joe montana 94

upper deck collector's choice traditions of excellence joe montana 94

upper deck collector's choice joe montana 94

upper deck collector's choice joe montana 93

bowman joe montana 94

fleer ultra joe montana 94

topps stadium club joe montana 94

fleer ultra joe montana 94

montana action packed 94

pinnacle joe montana 94

skybox montana 94

playoff montana 94

Absolute Playoff Joe Montana 95

flair preview joe montana 95

upper deck joe montana 94

fleer joe montana 91

pro set joe montana 91

score select joe montana 93

score joe montana 91

edge joe montana 92

aerial threats joe montana 91

pro set joe montana SB XXIV

pro set joe montana SB XIX

pro set joe montana SB XVI

upper deck montana chronicles XXIV

trilogy joe montana 95

score joe montana 94

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Cards keep going up...UL Washington's rookie card going for $51,101.00!

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Yeah how lousy! He only took us further than we had been since 1970, a feat we would not equal until 20 freaking 18.

My local Walmart (the only place in town to get football cards) has completely gotten rid of their display boxes, as if they won't even try to carry them anymore... it doesn't make a damn bit of sense, never seen anything like it

**** you, Panini

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Lol. You need money and time, which is money. Most people work.

There are videos of employees walking out with carts full recently.

It is impossible to police unless they keep at customer service.

That and people just grabbing everything and going to self checkout.

I know at my stores, me just looking at cards I see 3 people stopping by in the five minutes I am there. Kc is a wasteland and probably 1000s at minimum flipping packs.

I got lucky a few weeks ago on NBA cards. Going to sit on. They were 2020s.

:)

I always liked the action packed cards with the puffy edges on stuff...dunno why those never became valuable, they're awesome.

https://i.imgur.com/eYv4346.jpg

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I need to look up my cards. I have quite a few in boxes and some in a safe. Haven’t checked any value on them in a decade. Is eBay best spot to check prices?

Mostly 90’s cards.

I was able to look up everything in my collection.

None of it's worth much. Rookie cards it seems are the only things of real value.

eBay?

https://130point.com/sales/

This will show you what they sold for on eBay, not what people are asking.

Yes. I just type in the athlete name, set name and year and I can usually find the card.

Make sure you check all the auctions because usually some idiot is trying to scam someone with a jacked up price.

That's a great tool to use to determine a cards value.

Be prepared to be disappointed. I went through mine, thousands of cards all in books. I may have 60 bucks in just a couple of cards. Most were worthless.

Basically you need rookie cards, nm or better.

Also cardsnoop.com

I think the exception is autographed cards.

I wonder if Joe would autograph all my cards LMAO

I know I have that Jerry Rice rookie card. Seems pretty common. I’ll check some others.

Condition...Condition...Condition.

Watching these videos makes you realize that it's these guys job. They are buying up cards so they can resell them & make money doing it that way.

It's crazy.

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Upvoted you for trying to help a brother out, but honestly if I gotta go through all that shit just to buy some football cards then I'm not really interested

You shouldn't have to be some crack detective with lots of free time on your hands to enjoy a simple hobby like this... it didn't use to be that way, and shouldn't be that way now

I hate these asshat sonsabitches ruing it for everyone, can't wait for the bubble to burst (and it always does with memorabilia) so they can lose their asses

I’ve got 96-97 upper deck Kobe rookie card.

Everyone wants to blame this on people flipping cards, but it's not the flippers fault that Panini and Topps aren't releasing more retail product. I got a chance to talk to a distributor at Walmart and he said its a crapshoot on what he gets from companies and they aren't putting out as much product as usual.

I hear you, its definitely not just the flippers fault... but they're certainly not helping things by buying up everything they can the very minute it hits the shelves, just so they can turn a profit

That’s not true at all, the print runs of some of the flagship has grown exponentially to the point where most cards, even RCs, will be completely worthless unless they come from a premium product. 2021 Topps Series 1 has a print run of ~ 1 million, almost double years past.

And that premium product is gonna run you $700-1200 a box, its become a big fat joke

Not arguing that point, but retail isn’t scarce because the print runs have gone down.

Guess I'm a little confused here, and to be honest from what I can see from guys like you and Rubber Sponge, not as educated on this as I used to be

But if they've basically doubled print from years past, why is retail so scarce if not for the hoarder flippers?

Sure maybe Topps Series 1 Baseball isn't being shorted, but Panini has not released as much retail NFL or NBA, which is really the only thing worth buying retail of.

I could have bought baseball cards any day I wanted, so maybe I misspoke about Topps, but Panini did not increase prints of their products and if they did I'd be willing to bet most of that was hobby products.

Honestly didn't even know Topps still existed, haven't seen them around in forever so I just figured Panini had bought them out like they did everyone else

Panini has gotta go, or at least have their stranglehold broken

Topps has exclusive license for MLB and doesn’t bother to make unlicensed cards. Panini has exclusive NFL and NBA license, but still makes MLB cards without team logos because the MLBPA is on board. Most MLB collectors won’t touch Panini because of it.

Well I'm glad at least one old school card brand didn't sell out, sure wish they could still do football product... are Topps MLB cards as expensive and scarce as Panini football these days?

The premium ones, yes. Can find some of the lower tier retail in the wild every now and then.

Who wants my Kobe rookie card?!!??!

****!!!!

ROFL11!

Which one is it?

https://www.ebay.com/p/99460767?iid=274687537793

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1996-Upper-...0AAOSwuoZgHz4I

Bottom link.

It may not be pulling as much $ but its the cooler, more personal looking card IMO

Can’t you just enjoy it yourself?

Good money says he was just joking...

What’s the cost of getting cards PSA graded since that’s what seems to fetch the crazy prices?

Enough that you better be damn sure it’s a 10 before you send it in. Also you’ll be waiting around 6 months to get it back.

You can get them back much faster if you write a note on the card and tell them you need it graded asap.

I have no freakin explanation for why certain cards are going ballistic. I was fortunately part of one of the most recent and strange explosions. I bought this 1979 Venorlandus Muhammad Ali like 10 years ago for like $20. I had it on my table at sooooo many shows over the years at $30 and never so much as a nibble. I finally moved it to my $10 bargain box and still no sale. Fast forward to tonight, it sold on ebay for $1,880!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...458610fa_z.jpg

Lol that's insane. I can't believe what is going on with prices of cards.

Five years from now it'll be back in the bargain bin

If you sign up for a yearly membership with PSA, you can get reduce prices on how much it costs per card. I recently joined, it costs around $60 for the membership. I just sent in 26 cards to get graded and the total cost was a little over $300 for the order.

To get your money’s worth, how many cards do you need to send in?

I’ve watched YouTube guys turn in 100’s of cards at once.

Those guys are hoping to get PSA 10 grades on as many cards as they can. Big value difference in a PSA 10 compared to a PSA 9 in newer cards. Older, vintage cards can still be real valuable in lower grades due to the fact no body took care of their cards back then, pre-1980s. I just saw a 1996 Topps Kobe Bryant PSA 10 sell for $6,700 and a PSA 9 sold for $1,500. I just started to send some of my cards in for grades. I did send one of these Kobe Bryant’s in and I will be so pleased if it gets a PSA 9.

Kind of hard to say how many cards does it take to get your $$$ worth, could be only one card if it grades out to a PSA 10 and it’s a desirable player.

The centering and sharpness of the corners of the card needs to be perfect, without any kind of blemish to even get a chance to be a PSA 10. PSA 9s are still good. You have to do some research on your cards and see what they are selling for in the different grades, and to determine if it’s worthwhile to get them graded.

New cards today, everyone puts the valuable players right away into protective holders to reduce the chances of getting the corners bent, or other damage.

I guess it might be worth it if you pooled together your best cards with your friends best cards and split the costs. If you’re looking to get rid of your cards and get something for it I would think it would be worth paying it knowing you are selling it at the best known value instead of always wondering if you could’ve got more.

Depends on what you are doing. I am sending off cards of players that are rookies or younger players who I think will blow up. If I wait til they blow up. The grading costs also goes up.

Yeah, I did have to pay $65 for just 1 of my cards due to the fact that it was a high value card already prior to getting it graded.

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Price went up, but the one good thing about is now you only have to send in 10 cards to get the discount price. Before you had to send in 20 cards. I’ve been wanting to send in some pre 1971 cards but I didn’t have enough to get the discount, but now I can. These cards are for me, not reselling them, a couple of Namaths, Lew Alcindor (before he changed his name), Maravich and Willie Mays. I’ll be curious to see what grades they get.

:thumb:

I think this will hurt the guys who send in a bunch & it actually helpful for a guy like me.

Anyone been to a card show lately?

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its about time the 4SC and PWCC's of the world play on a slightly more level field.

I don't think this is a smart idea for these grading companies to be so God damn expensive, especially when you're gonna have to wait like half a year. I could see one of the smaller/less used companies swooping in and making a name for themselves if they were smart about it.

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It is an odd business. If you have ten tens. Don't send them all together. They will grade lower because they won't grade all of them as tens. Split the order, that way your true tens get graded as such.

I also have a friend that will fix or wax cards before grading. Thought it was bs until I saw them back graded. If he doesn't like the grade he just breaks them and resends until he gets the rating he wants.

****ing racket.

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You guys see that signed Luka Doncic RC that recently sold for $4.5 million? So damn crazy.

I have an autograph Mahomes PSA 10 (non-sticker auto) that I’ll sell for half that price. Let me know.

Maybe this will help...

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