How much do you think this is worth?

[bukktown]

Re: How much do you think this is worth?

Unless they're professionally graded and deemed mint they are pretty much worthless.

Same for a Robin Yount rookie card?

[jth1331]

Re: How much do you think this is worth?

Same for a Robin Yount rookie card?

Consider that upon searching eBay for a Robin Yount rookie card, I could buy one for $10-$20. This is a card of a HoFer, and if I wanted a good near mint-mint card, probably pay $30 for it. That is cheap considering you'd probably pay that much for say, a Prince Fielder RC today.
Baseball RC's now are very difficult since well, its harder to gauge a player. Take for instance, Evan Longoria. He was drafted, and then it was what 2 years before he saw MLB action? Well, he had a RC before he saw MLB action, thus basically you are risking a lot. I gambled with some guys in the late '90's and it was horrible as I gambled on Gabe Kapler, Ryan Anderson and JD Drew. One reason I don't like collecting baseball as much as football due to the fact its harder on the rookie cards.

[ak47jared]

Re: How much do you think this is worth?

I have arround a 5000 baseball card collection that I will be selling. Most of the cards are from the 80's but how much do you think all this will be worth?

It depends which players you have and the condition they are on.considering many of them may be worthless:
Value 700-2000 dollars

[Howie75]

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While mass production was certainly a factor, I think the internet killed collecting of just about everything.

Back in even the mid 90s you were still at the mercy of the stock of whatever your 2 or 3 local card stores possessed. Now if you want a card you can just go online and find a lot of 100 of that card.

Basically the internet expanded the market for extremely rare items and increased their value several times. On the other hand, uncommon or slightly rare items heavily decreased in value.

A 1937 rookie card for a HoFer probably increased 10 times in value, but 1980s and 1990s cards are more or less worthless.

Very good point. I totally agree that while the internet was an incredible tool for locating items that collectors are interested in for their own edification, it killed the monetary value across the board as well.

Star Wars toys, for example were fetching top dollar 15 years ago at collector's shows. Now they are worth maybe 30% of what was being paid then.

It's just the nature of the beast.

[BDKiiing]

Re: How much do you think this is worth?

Very good point. I totally agree that while the internet was an incredible tool for locating items that collectors are interested in for their own edification, it killed the monetary value across the board as well.

Star Wars toys, for example were fetching top dollar 15 years ago at collector's shows. Now they are worth maybe 30% of what was being paid then.

It's just the nature of the beast.

yeah i dont even want to hear about those, i have somewhere between 30-40 12 inch dolls that my parents bought when i was growing up.

and definately the internet, mass production, and the fact that there are now 583 different sets of cards now. what i dont get is why does topps and upper deck have to have 15 off their own different sets, why not just one like there used to be?

quick story, my dad and i have done alot with cards for some time now, i remember him doing card shows every weekend when i was growing up. but a guy, he used to see alot a shows worked at the plant in wisconsin that printed cards, used to wait for them to print the short printed insert sets and would take them right off the press, he would take 5 or 6 of each and would sell them for top dollar at card shows. he went undetected for a few years, until he realized he could get more money for printing plates and then got caught and sent to jail. haha

[BestJumping]

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