Any of you loosers know baseball cards?
A family member was approached with this, um... opportunity. $2k takes the lot. I know nothing other than the pic. There's a shirt ton of cards, dating back at least to the early 80s. My guess is there's probably some money to be made there ...but not a whole lot. And if you're not already in the business of selling stuff like that probably more effort than it's worth.
Thoughts?
** Edited by JoesterVT at 11/5/2025, 4:19:13 PM
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8mo
risk. The ungraded card market from that era is peanuts. The cards were mass produced and we all heard the same war stories people are mentioning below re: throwing away good cards from the 50's through 70's and, therefore, the 80's / 90's cards aren't worth much at all, as a general rule. The good cards were probably extracted from those boxes long ago...
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8mo
Even if it's worth more than $2k it's still an amazingly intense time investment and a big money investment as the best resale value for cards includes getting them graded. Not to mention, there are complaints, whether true or not, that the grading companies aren't always the most ethical either. Scrapping metal would be easier money IMO.
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8mo
But if they are in decent condition, $2k is a steal
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7Hokie1
8mo
to find them when I found out the 1952 Mantle rookie card was worth about $25,000, which I had. My mother always told me how sorry she was. I also had a bunch of other cards from the early 50's along with cards up to the early 60's.
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8mo
they'd be worth now.
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HOKIERIT
8mo
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8mo
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8mo
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8mo
at least. Hold off.
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8mo
Collected during this time period where the market was saturated with cards, thereby devaluing most collections from mid 80s to late 90s. Anything actually worth anything is either numbered, include material swathes, or is graded. Also assuming that the good cards of those set were probably taken out and kept separate already - meaning these are likely just commons.
I am not an expert but have plenty of friends who are.
That being said, if you pulled a Ken Griffey UD 89 RC out of there it’s be worth it for nostalgia alone - if not the value of the actual card.
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8mo
I took them to a dealer who did not want them. the cards were all from the late 80's to the early 2000's . He said I would have to pay him to take them. He also said it would take him weeks to go through and try and find any cards that might be worth 2 to 3 dollars at the most. It was period when cards were mass produced. Unless you have some that are autographed or were very old from the 70's back. They would also need to be in near mint condition. I see in the picture complete sets--not much money there. Now i could be wrong--but that's what I was told by a legit dealer.
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8mo
I love my baseball cards, but my collection is from when I was a kid (starting around 82) to when I was in college and early grad school (say 1994). And all of those cards are monetarily worthless.
I had a fun time collecting cards, though, so I also put some value in that.
They are likely worth the BTU value you could generate by burning them.
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