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mopinko

(71,958 posts)
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:57 AM Aug 2021

how are baseball cards doing these days?

i ended up w several thousand 60's-90's good cards in my divorce.
i was in a charity thrift store that had the stock of a card shop donated. i knew the hubs would dig it, so i called him and asked how many boxes.
i think i dragged home a dozen, then he went back and picked through.
we ended up w about 25 cases, like the cig carton size box x 4. no idea how many cards that is.

hubs went through them all, and sorted out the good ones. 6-7 cases.

i'd like to get them out of my way. i have asked a few people in the last couple years, but they say the market is shit. is it worse now?
what would you do w them?

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GPV

(73,074 posts)
1. How much headache do you want? Sell them piecemeal on EBay for years, or take a lower
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:17 AM
Aug 2021

number for lots. My hubby collects, mostly football and basketball. He’s still irritated over the worthless 90s cards that flooded the market. Just yesterday he bought boxes at a yard sale dirt cheap, but all the good cards had been pulled. Still there were a few worth having, and the kids and he enjoyed looking through them.

mopinko

(71,958 posts)
3. yeah. zero headache.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:30 AM
Aug 2021

i'd be happy to dump the lot. more want them to go to someone who wants them.

marble falls

(62,522 posts)
2. Flea market them. $.25 ea. Put 'em in grab bags - five cards for a buck, six bags for five bucks.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:19 AM
Aug 2021

multigraincracker

(34,322 posts)
7. Fair Market Value.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:48 AM
Aug 2021

What they go for at auction. Lots of online auction now that might take them. Just too many fakes and repo cards out there.

mopinko

(71,958 posts)
11. can you put up a link?
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 09:07 AM
Aug 2021

i dont have them in front of me, but i do have to move them from where the are.

mopinko

(71,958 posts)
10. yeah, i know there were some that made hubs do the happy dance.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 09:05 AM
Aug 2021

rookie cards of some greats. tom seaver was one, iirc.
some where he had a card for every year of a player's career.

pretty good stash of unopened packs, too.

samsingh

(17,900 posts)
6. take your cards to a store that specializes in selling such stuff - you could be sitting on a lot
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 08:48 AM
Aug 2021

of money

mopinko

(71,958 posts)
13. oh damn. the magic cards got tossed.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:20 AM
Aug 2021

i think. maybe 1 of the kids took them. my kids were spread out enough that between the 4 of them they had thousands.

i looked at ebay a bit. i'll keep my ears open.

i had a feeling this mess was gonna cause some waves.

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