My son asked to see a collection of baseball cards that I inherited many years back. I went through them, then I looked some up on ebay. The 1968 Topps Steve Carlton card is going for $1495.00 for a perfect "10". Ive got 5 of those cards, two of which I would bet are at least an 8 but more than likely a 9 according to the grading guidelines. Ive got a few Tom Seavers, Jim Hunters, Willie Mays and Rod Carew. I have them in rigid protective sleeves but thing I will upgrade to the rigid screw down lexan cases.
All I know about collecting baseball cards is what I read about last night. Anyone into card collecting? Best place to store them?
I have mine in the basement with a dehumidifier going.
Look into grading the more expensive ones.
Quote from: rgramjet on September 07, 2008, 08:53:58 AM
My son asked to see a collection of baseball cards that I inherited many years back. I went through them, then I looked some up on ebay. The 1968 Topps Steve Carlton card is going for $1495.00 for a perfect "10". Ive got 5 of those cards, two of which I would bet are at least an 8 but more than likely a 9 according to the grading guidelines. Ive got a few Tom Seavers, Jim Hunters, Willie Mays and Rod Carew. I have them in rigid protective sleeves but thing I will upgrade to the rigid screw down lexan cases.
All I know about collecting baseball cards is what I read about last night. Anyone into card collecting? Best place to store them?
No experience on baseball cards, But I did see a Michael Jordan rookie card in a store with a price tag that would get you a nice little 1098s.
I say sell the Steve Carltons and use the money for mods [evil]
Quote from: El Matador on September 07, 2008, 09:15:46 AM
No experience on baseball cards, But I did see a Michael Jordan rookie card in a store with a price tag that would get you a nice little 1098s.
I say sell the Steve Carltons and use the money for mods [evil]
I Have A MJ rookie card.
You wanna make a deal?
sure, you just send it over and wait patiently for your 1098s to arrive :)
sounds good :P
Quote from: rgramjet on September 07, 2008, 08:53:58 AM
My son asked to see a collection of baseball cards that I inherited many years back. I went through them, then I looked some up on ebay. The 1968 Topps Steve Carlton card is going for $1495.00 for a perfect "10". Ive got 5 of those cards, two of which I would bet are at least an 8 but more than likely a 9 according to the grading guidelines. Ive got a few Tom Seavers, Jim Hunters, Willie Mays and Rod Carew. I have them in rigid protective sleeves but thing I will upgrade to the rigid screw down lexan cases.
All I know about collecting baseball cards is what I read about last night. Anyone into card collecting? Best place to store them?
Could you post a link to a 1968 Steve Carlton card that is going for $1495 ??? I mean one that is going to sell for that. Not one that someone has listed for that much. That is retarded, even though a 10 is extremely rare, that isn't even his rookie card. If you get a $100 out of that card you're doing good.
More like $30. [thumbsup]
Sorry, its actually $1825. Gotta be a scam...
http://cgi.ebay.com/1968-Topps-Steve-Carlton-Cardinals-408-PSA-GEM-MT-10_W0QQitemZ320033417431QQihZ011QQcategoryZ55922QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
I have about 6 boxes of cards from the late 80s sitting in my garage.
Some day I will pull them out and either give them to my future son or if I have daughter sell them ;D
AROUND 1987 the card market got silly. they started printing freaky insert sets and creating rarities. I quit collecting new stuf except players i like. I hate the new cards that they cut old jersey and bats up and put a piece in a card.
buy yourself a copy of Beckets and see if your stuff is in there. if it is figure you can get 1/3 of what it says unless you are willing to put it on ebay. stuf out there goes for more if the right 2 people want it at the same time.
I'll give you a Benelli project for the jordan rooky?
Quote from: yamifixer on September 08, 2008, 09:13:48 AM
AROUND 1987 the card market got silly. they started printing freaky insert sets and creating rarities. I quit collecting new stuf except players i like. I hate the new cards that they cut old jersey and bats up and put a piece in a card.
buy yourself a copy of Beckets and see if your stuff is in there. if it is figure you can get 1/3 of what it says unless you are willing to put it on ebay. stuf out there goes for more if the right 2 people want it at the same time.
I'll give you a Benelli project for the jordan rooky?
ya got some pictures?
baseball or Basketball rookie? PM me and we can talk.