I want to get back into baseball card collecting, need some advice.

[mulder]

I've been out of collecting sports cards for a couple of years. However, this season I have gotten the bug and want to start collecting again. Right now I just want to concentrate on baseball. I went and bought a new Beckett and tried searching the web, but I need some ideas on what are considered the best sets to go with. What would be some good packs I should start buying first? I don't plan on collecting for money, but I would like to get some rare cards. Any ideas on what to go with, Upper Deck SPx, Donruss, etc? Thanks for the help.

 

[Urinal Mint]

I hope you have lots of money to buy those 5 card packs.

 

[yobarman]

wanna buy my box of cards that i collected in my younger days? it's got a random assortment of all the goodies.

 

[Electric Amish]

It's not worth it anymore.

There are too many cards for any to be worth anything. The card packs are ridiculously expensive, too.

amish

 

[mulder]

That's what I was worried about. I went looking for prices and an unopened box of Upper Deck SPx is $125 and it only comes with 72 cards. Maybe I might skip on this afterall.

 

[GasX]

What type of collecting do you like to do?

Sets?
Inserts?
Favorite players?

I have an assortment of the above, but my favorite cards are rookie cards and autograph cards of my favorite players.

 

[Jgtdragon]

I looked into my old collection of baseball card and fold a Barry Bonds 1986 Topps. How much is that worth nowadays?

 

[kami]

I used to collect too...got lots of autographs and rookie's...even some autographed rookie cards. Both hockey and baseball. Only problem is, I have no kind of verification that they are real since I went up the player and got the autograph myself. This makes them worthless...or else I would have sold them off already.

example..how much do you think a mint autographed Eric Lindros rookie card is worth? no idea really...just curious

 

[huanaku]

<-- Found a Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card (Fleer) looking through old cards last month.

 

[Goldfish]

Prices are crazy. I used to be a really hardcore collector of baseball cards, and I still have all the oldies and goodies, I plan on keeping a hold of them too. Every once in a while I take a look at the cards to see what kinds there are now. I see these packs of 5 cards going for $3.99, its just crazy.