Thank you for the article. I got back into collecting about 4 years ago, after a 20 year break because the 80s and 90s put a bad taste in my mouth when the floor fell out. I also started bulk buying collections to the point I ended up with about a million cards to find a way to sell in bulk.
So I started putting together lots of starts, players, refractors, autograph cards, sets, etc, and sold them locally and online. I took the profits I made from the sales and put them into my new passion. Instead of having closets full of card boxes, I wanted something I could appreciate and display. Both were displayed on new shelves in my den.
Now I have a very manageable amount of cards to sell, and I have memorabilia that means something to me that I can display with pride and pass on to future generations. Choose one thing that you really want, and go for just that. Sell everything that has no true meaning to you and replace all of that with stuff that means a lot to you.
The result is well worth the effort. The introduction of the grading companies was definitely a surprise to me when I got back into collecting after years of taking a hiatus.
I have over cards with out the copyright. One card that would show you the I have some very nice cards. The one I like best is Ernie banks. The case has never been opened. I would like to talk about selling and learning about cards. Thanks Chianne. Chianne — Your best bet would be to start with your nearest card shop or find a local show and speak with dealers there. I used to collect baseball cards in the 70s and 80s. I gave my cards to my nephew.
I know thing are quite different. I am trying to help a friend whose son no longer wants his collection and my friend is trying to get rid of his collection of 80 and 90 full sets and and others. Then there are many cards that are just in the boxes they came in or put together from individual packs. I live in Michiganand would like if any one can give me some advice on how to proceed.
Once they started to produce a zillion sets a year for each company, it just became too much and I sold my collection. The cards are so expensive these days and even the older cards command a good sum after the grading system PSA 10 Rookies are outrageous in price. I get cold feet everytime because the Card Industry is similar to Boxing in that they had too many belts and no uniform champion. I recently got back into collecting with the birth of my son. The reason I bought the boxes was the search for Ronald Acuna Rookies not in those sets.
I was born in April of I was all about Griffey growing up. I want my son to have that growing up and Acuna seems to be the one that fits that mold. I realized how much I loved just opening packs as a kid and the thrill of hitting one card. However, after receiving them I believe they may have been previously opened and resealed. If anyone is willing to look at photos I have taken of the packs to let me know what they think, please e-mail me: rbs rutgers.
Thanks, I needed this article. On a whim, I grabbed a couple of packs of football cards for my sports crazed 6 year old. He got super excited and my old card collecting juices started flowing again. But wow the hobby has changed a lot. Thankfully this article closed some gaps for me and made the landscape a little more manageable….. So if the title of the auction says Guarantee auto hit pack or whatever hot pack, stay away. Especially when they claim a specific player is guaranteed.
I like digging through bargain boxes at shows looking for more HoF cards on the cheap. I enjoyed putting portions of my collection in Zistle and especially was motivated by trading but lost interest once the health of Zistle went on life support and the community left.
Over the years I have purchased more expensive vintage cards Mantle, Clemente, Aaron, etc. I find it helpful that you suggested that people who are restarting their collecting hobby should consider which kind of items should a person collect. Aside from sports cards, this article can also help those who are collecting action and toy figures too.
In my opinion, one can start by getting a replica of an iconic object from a show or series they were a fan before as the first way back. Doing this will help a person test how hard it is to get back to it as well.
Cool article. Kinda funny how I run into it in such a timely fashion. Basketball mostly. I was so obsessed about card prices I could literally tell you the price of any card without looking it up.
Felt like it was too much, too cluttered. I may stop by the local card shop same exact one that i used to hangout at everyday after school , and buy a couple packs. Oh, reading that Panini was the only maker was a shocker. The thought of buying the latest Upperdeck, fleer, etc. I guess it was to be expected though. Great article! I bought my first few as an adult in the last year and many boxes later realized I love it again.
The landscape has changed so much and it was nice to have a primer to help guide through the differences. Thanks for taking the time to write this. I will do some research to find the perfect gift for my friend. Hello, just getting back into that after about a 20 year hiatus. One of the guys that works for me mentioned in passing that he was throwing out 3 boxes of cards, I said I would take them. After getting the boxes and starting to go through them, the spark came back.
The same spark I used to get when my dad would pay me for chores with wax packs and foil packs. I am back In because I have a son, and would like to pass this to him when he gets older as well. Unfortunately, after doing some research online and checking the condition of some of the cards, they may not be worth anything. Are cards from the 30s with pinholes in them worth anything?
Some too either have the colouring off or worn corners. Wow, more than 4 years since this article was written and feels very useful to me almost 20 years since I opened my last pack of Topps Baseball cards.
The rabbit hole is deep. Once you drop into it, it really takes discipline to take a step back and consolidate. Easier said than done though… Burning myself big time now just buying loads off ebay…. Still a helpful article! Some of your favorite packs of cards are still out there, unopened, and often affordable!
Digital cards exist now. The Topps Bunt app that commenter Edu mentioned above is actually fantastic, and a godsend for recently unemployed folks such as myself. Look for packs that guarantee cards from their given set, but still have decent odds of pulling something else too for those happy surprises.
YouTube has tons of videos of people opening packs, boxes, etc. Another itch scratched for free! On and off collector mostly since the early s. I did have some Blue Jays and Expos sets from when I was a kid. Really got back into it about 3 yrs ago when I got a deal on a box of Panini Optik cars on clear-out at Walmart. I am disappointed with the exclusive deals now, Topps being the only game in baseball al least about or so you had Fleer or Upper Deck and Topps, different choices with different typed of cards.
The one fun thing to do is to try and get cards from teams when you were a kid. Thank you for your great article. I still have Kobe Bryant rookie cards and not planning to sell them and keep them as memoir. I know the size of fandom is so much smaller in Asia compare to the U. Any comment would be appreciated. Thanks for writing this article. It definitely helped me get a few breaths as I cautiously try to venture back into collecting. Please enter the verification code that you received on your email.
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Collecting Tips. Best post this year!!! Great article!!!! How did companies change distribution and why? Great post. I am going to link to this post for everyone who is new or returning to the hobby. Thank you. So, Panini is the only brand for football cards? I am more seasonal now and don't spend nearly as much time in the hobby.
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Reddit Pocket Email Linkedin. In this Aug. What caused the resurgence of sports cards? Next time you go to Walmart or Target, take a walk down the trading cards aisle. Barben guarantees the shelves will be empty. Wall Street types see trading cards as tangible stocks. They put in time to research value trends and are always looking to buy low and sell high. Like the quick flippers, Wall Street types are in the hobby for the money, but they deal in larger sums and seem to find enjoyment in the ride.
A lot of them have homes, jobs, kids and most importantly disposable income. Lessons from the past: Supply and demand According to The New York Times , scarcity has always driven the value of sports cards, and card companies learned that lesson the hard way in the s. Sign up for the newsletter Morning Edition Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping.
Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Up until that point, the experience of baseball-card collecting as a spectator sport could hardly have been more foreign. B aseball-card collecting really ought to be extinct. The story of the baseball-card market is a story of scarcity. Before the s, varying prices for individual baseball cards were virtually unheard-of. Vintage cards were traded through the mail by completist collectors seeking to round out a set. As kids, Boomers had treated baseball cards like what they were—playthings, not museum pieces.
They fondled them and flipped them and stuck them between the spokes of their bicycles—then went off to college and lost shoeboxes stuffed with cards to flooded basements and spring cleaning. Later, when grown Boomers returned to their childhood hobby, ardent demand met limited supply.
Then the bottom fell out. In their eagerness to put new product in front of Boomers and their kids, manufacturers had flooded the market with cardboard. Collectors bought up new cards and squirreled them away. Nothing like the scarcity of the vintage market would attach to those billions of new cards.
In , The Wall Street Journal reported that insiders at Topps had sold off massive quantities of shares the prior year, right before the company posted its first quarterly loss in more than a decade. Yet even as the market was tanking, efforts were afoot to save it. Scarcity, it turned out, could be engineered.
The value of a card had always been determined, in part, by its condition. All Mickey Mantles were rare; one with sharp corners and crisp printing was rarer still. Late in the boom years, however, a solution to the subjectivity of condition appeared: third-party grading firms.
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