Does anyone have any knowledge of sports trading cards?
By ctrymuziklvr
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
United States
July 8, 2007 7:36am CST
I have a lot of baseball, football and hockey trading cards that I would like to sell on ebay but I have no idea of their worth or even how to read them to find out the year they are or any other information that buyers would ask. The majority of them are from the 1990's but I do have a couple that are much older and of players who have died.
Knowing ebay as well as I do I'm afraid to list most of them because I don't want to sell them for .99 if I"m going to find out later that they were worth a lot of money!I've tried looking on the internet for some information and basically have found nothing that would help me.
Does anyone here collect sports trading cards? Do you know their worth and how to read them to get the right information in case you sell them somewhere down the line? Can anyone give me any information or tell me where I can look to find all of this out?
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@beckish (641)
• United States
8 Jul 07
Tuff Stuff Magazine is one of the resources I use to determine value of trading cards. (Beckett's is another good resource but they charge a monthly fee for access to most of their information.) You can access a lot of information on the Tuff Stuff web site for free, and if you subscribe to the magazine you have access to even more online information at the site. Trading cards are tough; they vary in price and the bottom line is that they are worth what someone is willing to pay for them. I generally do an online search for cards I have and see what online card dealers are selling them for as a base for what I ask on eBay. :-)
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
9 Jul 07
Thanks for the site info, I'm definitely going to check it out. I've heard of Beckett's but like you said they are pretty expensive...for me anyway.
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@mikesgal4ever1999 (732)
• United States
8 Jul 07
My husband has TONS of sports cards---2 footlocker size rubbermade totes chock FULL of them. He has been wanting to sell his as well but hasn't been able to find the info out. I DO know that most of the local card shops where we live are only buying cards from the 1960s and before. If you find out any info, would sure appreciate it if you would pass it on.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
9 Jul 07
I wonder why it's so hard to find this information out? I would think there would be something on the internet but there isn't!
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@mscott (1923)
• United States
18 Jul 08
Baseball cards from the late 80s and early 90s are basically worthless. These were the glory years when card companies overproduced everything because so many people thought they could make money off of them. The cards you have pictured for example, the 2 1990 Fleer cards, have a book value of .05-.010. That is it. it might even be only 3 cents. It is not only not worth trying to sell them but no one will buy them. The hobby has changed a great deal and anything from these periods is basically junk. A card is only worth what someone will give you for it. You may use a Beckett Baseball Price guide to help you determine the book value, but again no one hardly ever pays book value. If you get 10% of it for common stuff that is considered doing well. The hobby is really big money now and people don't want stuff unless it is a high dollar card.
