I need to find the value of my old baseball card collection

[JoeFahey]

I am afraid that if I go to an actual shop, they will just lie so that they can try to get them for a cheaper price. Are there any free online price guides? Where do you go to find the value of your baseball cards?

Thanks!

 

[krunchykrome]

Beckett FTW

 

[KLin]

http://www.beckett.com/

 

[JohnCU]

i just heard on the radio friday that baseball cards were pretty much worthless now due to steroid scandals and such.

 

[BKLounger]

just a heads up if you were collecting baseball cards in the late 80's early 90's aside from a couple of cards you are better off burning them for warmth. I got rid of 9 giant boxes of cards a year or so ago after going through beckett and realizing most cards were only worth like 3 cents each and you'd be lucky if a dealer would give you 1/30th of a cent for a card. But use beckett it is an industry accepted standard and will give you an idea of what it is worth.

*remeber just because beckett says a card is worth something doesn't make it so. A card is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay you for it.*

 

[KLin]

Article on baseball cards

Looks like the baseball card market has been rolling downhill for a while.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i just heard on the radio friday that baseball cards were pretty much worthless now due to steroid scandals and such.

I just read a story on that too, its a shame, i used to have alot of fun collecting when i was younger.

 

[krunchykrome]

Yea, sports cards arent what they used to be. I lost interest in Basketball and Football cards in the early 90's. It was nice to open a pack of cards and find a few good players, a RC, and maybe an insert. But today, there are more inserts produced than actual cards.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

if your cards dont go back to the 60's and 70's they arent llikely worth much of anything./

 

[Ramma2]

I use this app:

http://www.thecardcollector.com/

It's a pretty good database with updates. I collected during the late 80s early 90s, and I just finished entering in all my cards. Aprox 6,000 cards work aprox $600 total.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
if your cards dont go back to the 60's and 70's they arent llikely worth much of anything./

Or unless you have a Lebron James Rookie Refractor game used jersey hologram insert 1 of 2 made.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
if your cards dont go back to the 60's and 70's they arent llikely worth much of anything./

Or unless you have a Lebron James Rookie Refractor game used jersey hologram insert 1 of 2 made.

Hey I've got 2 of those!

 

[rstrohkirch]

Not that I really kept much of an eye on sports cards, but it's interesting to see how the "special inserts" have progressed through the years

 

[JoeFahey]

One part of my collection is a bunch of Hall of Fame "Plaque Cards." For about 3 years I would go down there to Cooperstown, camp in the streets, and get a ticket to go into the Hall of Fame to get some big name hall of famers to sign some plaque cards for me.
( http://halloffamememorabilia.com/images/products/STM-14med.jpg )
The last time they did this, Nolan Ryan was being inducted. I got him to sign it. I even met his nephews and hung out with them for some of the day.
But anyways, this was the last year they did this kid's autograph session since the players wantewd more money for it.

But I have SEVERAL of these autographed plaque cards. For special items like these, how do you price them? Is my best bet Ebay?