Any Sports Cards Collectors Here?
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Angemeldet seit: 28.11.2022 Beiträge: 88 |
I'm sure like most of you guys, I collected as a kid, but stopped sometime in the mid-1980s. My oldest son is big into it, so he convinced me to sign up for an annual subscription to PSA for card grading, but even with being a subscriber, you still need to submit 10-20 cards per "era" to get their special rate of $15/card. So I asked a few friends if they wanted to send in cards, and a couple took me up on it. When I saw what they had (my son likes newer cards, I like the classics), I kind of got the bug again. So I started checking out eBay and found a few reputable sellers, and every so often I check out their stuff and I get sucked down the rabbit hole. One seller, Greg Morris Cards, is one of eBay's top sellers and runs, literally, 1000s of auctions every night. Because they combine shipping, I usually buy a handful every time I get lured in, lol. GMC usually has older cards, so I've been buying a lot of 1950s-1970s cards of late. PSA has a good price guide, so I save a bunch of cards, check the prices out, then bid accordingly. It's definitely not a cheap hobby, lol, so to appease my wife, I've sold off a bunch of other collectibles I no longer had much interest in on eBay and pretty much use the proceeds there to spend away. Any other collectors? Anyone have older cards they're looking to get rid of? |
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Angemeldet seit: 14.02.2023 Beiträge: 44 |
I did as a kid, but I didn't have much money so I ended up with lots of worthless cards. I had a big crate full of them and gave nearly all of them away while in grad school to a kid who lived in the cheap apartment complex I lived in. I still have a few from back then I kept that I thought might have value, like a Jeter rookie, but because they are late 80s, early 90s cards, they never did get valuable, I don't think. I think the most valuable ones I have are a Clyde Drexler rookie card, ungraded, not in top shape, and a 1993 Derek Jeter Select, ungraded, unlikely a top grade. I doubt the pair would bring more than $50, and all the cards I kept are probably a lot I could get $100 for on ebay As for really old cards, a guy in my league went to a Chicago card show, The National Sports Collectors Convention, and sent me a really old card because I said I always wanted a card over 100 years old. I forget his name. It wasn't in great shape, but it was well over 100 years old, and I was floored by the gesture. I have been tempted to get back into it, being smarter about it than when I was a kid and would spend every dime I had on stuff that had no real value, but I am too much of a collector by nature. I know I'd go too hard into it. |
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Angemeldet seit: 17.02.2023 Beiträge: 86 |
I’m a big fan of collecting sports cards, especially hockey cards. There’s something cool about holding a piece of history. I’ve got a few gems in my collection, but I’m always looking for more. It’s wild how much some of those vintage cards are worth. Have you checked out the most valuable hockey cards? Some of them are worth a small fortune! It’s fun to trade and talk with other collectors, too. You never know what you might find or what stories people have behind their cards. |
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