Anyone collect sports cards?

[agsstructures]

I have been reading a lot about the sports card industry lately and its experiencing some similarities as watch collecting (new collectors, new money, jump starting old collectors). Lot of people have renewed interest in baseball/basketball cards and the market is in fire!! Prices for the legends (Jordan, Gretzky, etc) have gone through the roof and quite a few cards have hit record prices at recent auctions.

I was into it as a kid and have been building back up a very small collection the past 6-8 months.

I'm sure there are some collectors on TRF!

[Fleetlord]

I used to be a big sports card collector and now I'm following it again.

Very true on the Gretzky and Jordan cards, especially RC. The increases are pretty shocking, especially for high grade examples.

I definitely feel some FOMO pressure on some of these...

Vintage cards have always been solid, even during the dark days...so I'm getting back in there.

The new stuff still scares me a bit. Too much money for players just starting out.

There is money all over the place buying up collectibles (except stamps..lol)...

[JakeK]

hmm. I have shoe boxes filled of baseball cards, some complete sets too. May need to dig them out.

[Stud Screw]

I used to when I was a kid. For the record, I have about 50 Chris Pittaro rookie cards. If anyone is interested please PM me. Please.

[agsstructures]

Originally Posted by Fleetlord

I used to be a big sports card collector and now I'm following it again.

Very true on the Gretzky and Jordan cards, especially RC. The increases are pretty shocking, especially for high grade examples.

I definitely feel some FOMO pressure on some of these...

Vintage cards have always been solid, even during the dark days...so I'm getting back in there.

The new stuff still scares me a bit. Too much money for players just starting out.

There is money all over the place buying up collectibles (except stamps..lol)...

Agree on all fronts. I picked up a Jordan Fleer Rooke (PSA 8) pre-Covid, not for investment purposes but because i grew up watching him. Prices have drastically increased on that card and some of his others.

I don't get the new stuff at all, so many variants but they are trading and pretty insane prices.

[East Bay Rider]

My son is into it. Often buying and selling. I hear getting them inspected/certified is a thing now and can increase value.

[PBJ1925]

Sports card market has shot up exponentially in the last year at a much higher % than our horology hobby. (Particularly graded PSA 10s of prominent RCs)

[agsstructures]

Originally Posted by East Bay Rider

My son is into it. Often buying and selling. I hear getting them inspected/certified is a thing now and can increase value.

Thats right, much different now. The grades are what most look for which is the main value driver.

[Fleetlord]

Originally Posted by agsstructures

Agree on all fronts. I picked up a Jordan Fleer Rooke (PSA 8) pre-Covid, not for investment purposes but because i grew up watching him. Prices have drastically increased on that card and some of his others.

I don't get the new stuff at all, so many variants but they are trading and pretty insane prices.

I completely agree on the variants. I can’t figure out what’s what.

[RyanJ]

Originally Posted by East Bay Rider

My son is into it. Often buying and selling. I hear getting them inspected/certified is a thing now and can increase value.

Yep and you have to pay to have each one graded. Price is probably worth it depending on the value of the card. But man.. It can really add up if you have a lot of cards to send in.

For reference: https://www.psacard.com/services/tradingcardgrading

Many dealers will completely low ball you on price if you don't have graded cards.

[AzPaul]

Have a Jim Brown in my collection from childhood.
In pretty rough shape but cool as hell to have.


For you younger guys, he was a really good running back.

[Slimpee]

I got into baseball cards again last year and into the pandemic. For those of you who stopped collecting when you were kids, it’s a whole new hobby now. Big $$$.

I haven’t purchased any cards for a little while but if I see some in a store, I may pick up a few packs. For example, the Dollar Tree my wife and I wandered through while waiting for takeout did not have any baseball cards. I did, however, walk out with a chocolate bar, Lays Stax, Takis, and TGIF Tater Skins. So it was a win.

Best card I pulled over the last year is a 2019 Topps Chrome Tatis RC pink refractor.

[agsstructures]

Originally Posted by AzPaul

Have a Jim Brown in my collection from childhood.
In pretty rough shape but cool as hell to have.


For you younger guys, he was a really good running back.

This is a good example of card that has shot up in value as of recent, especially the higher graded ones

[AzPaul]

Originally Posted by agsstructures

This is a good example of card that has shot up in value as of recent, especially the higher graded ones

This is the year, though as I said, mine's in rougher shape.

[pickettt]

I sold my entire baseball card collection when I was 17 years old. We were not well-to-do, and I needed money to take a girl to the prom. Fast forward 30 years, that girl has been my wife for the past 22 years. I'd say that was the perfect transaction.

[s2h904]

Been a card collector since 1988.....cashed out my collection a few times over the years. Most recently I sold some NBA rookies(Luka/Zion) during the playoffs. Acquired a few one oz gold bars with the proceeds. As already stated-prices are insane and I am loving every minute of it.

I have a few Tiger Woods auto's I may sell soon, otherwise everything in the stash right now I am holding.

[breitlings]

Wow I have tons of these. thanks for sharing.

[BT1985]

I worked at a sports card and memorabilia store while in college and grad school and got really into vintage cards. I bought a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth from an estate sale 15 years back and got it back from PSA graded 6. Sold it to buy my now ex-wife’s engagement ring a decade ago because I was young and poor. FML.


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[pickettt]

Originally Posted by BT1985

I worked at a sports card and memorabilia store while in college and grad school and got really into vintage cards. I bought a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth from an estate sale 15 years back and got it back from PSA graded 6. Sold it to buy my now ex-wife’s engagement ring a decade ago because I was young and poor. FML.


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Gotta take a shot. Sometimes it works out, sometimes not.

[agsstructures]

This just hit ESPN today

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...lls-52-million

[breitlings]

Originally Posted by BT1985

I worked at a sports card and memorabilia store while in college and grad school and got really into vintage cards. I bought a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth from an estate sale 15 years back and got it back from PSA graded 6. Sold it to buy my now ex-wife’s engagement ring a decade ago because I was young and poor. FML.


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Whammy!

[Saltzy]

My dad and I are gonna cash in on this craze by selling the best single piece we have in our collection at the next Heritage Platinum Auction in February.

PSA Authenticated Jackie Robinson Debut Ticket Stub.

Just waiting for the pic to be uploaded.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515

We're working with the guy that just brokered the Gretzky rookie PSA 10 that sold for $1.29M.

He's pretty confident we are gonna hit the $50k estimate they predict.

I am all sorts of excited to see what happens.

https://imgur.com/gallery/fizQNU6

[GB-man]

Jesus I was just talking about this with a friend.

When I was like 10-12 (20 years ago) I use to go to the card store weekly. At one point I had 10000 cards lol


Sold them all at a garage sale for practically nothing because I was moving out and nobody wanted them in the late 2000s.

I distinctly recall they had entire unopened boxes of the Gretzky rookie card year. You could buy individual packs for like 20 bucks or the whole damn box for like 500 or so guaranteeing a card. Guess I missed out there lol

I still have some stuff. Mantle signed ball. Gretzky signed card. MJ signed picture. Some 1/15 upper deck Gretzky card.

The store I use to go to growing up is now a large warehouse. I always wondered how they were in business. Now I know lol

[Ny325]

I wish I had that 1952 Mickey Mantle card that sold for $5.2m.

[favre12rodgers]

Yep I used to be big into it as a kid. I kind of got turned off when they started mass producing cards back around 2000. You could look in a Beckett and the first 30 pages of the price guide would cover basically 1940s to mid 90s. Then it was like each year after that took up 30 pages on its own. It became too hard to keep up.

I have been into collecting sports memorabilia since then. I can actually hang stuff up and see it everyday and enjoy it instead of having to open a binder.

[breitlings]

Any tips for selling? Just pics and put it on the bay?

[Saltzy]

Originally Posted by breitlings

Any tips for selling? Just pics and put it on the bay?

Get anything worthwhile graded by PSA to maximize it's value.

Look up sold prices on eBay on comps so that you know what to ask for.

There are people that monitor eBay 24/7 waiting for underpriced items to jump on for resale. If you miss the mark and underprice they will snatch it up in seconds, flip it, and take your margin.

[uscmatt99]

Good thing I have a binder full of mint Darryl Strawberry cards! This is why I just invest in index funds

[Deepseadoug]

Been collecting for 34 years. Prices are in the clouds on hobby/packs at the moment so it’s not an easy hobby to enter in 2021. I’ve always been very good with eBay so I’m def the guy somebody posted about above, an absolute eBay hawk.

2020 Spectra football
2020 Mosaic,No huddle, Choice football
2020 prizm football
2020 flawless football
2020 immaculate football
2020 national treasures football

2020 national treasures baseball
2020 immaculate baseball
2020 flawless baseball

Case breaks, eBay breaks, personal breaks, I’m deep in the hobby.

[s2h904]

Originally Posted by uscmatt99

Good thing I have a binder full of mint Darryl Strawberry cards! This is why I just invest in index funds

Right there with you- I still have my childhood stash of Doc Gooden's. Those cards are priceless to me because that is where it all began.