Cards from the late 80s through mid nineties, worth keeping?
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I have been wanting to ask for some time. I have a number of baseball, basketball, and football cards (different vendors) from the 80s and 90s and a few late 70s basketball and baseball ones. None are graded but many are just sitting in sleeves I put them in back in the 80s and 90s. Are they worth holding onto? Should I finally recycle all but the few I really like? I know the 80s isn’t a great era for several reasons but maybe I’m being a bit hasty?
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Keep the iconic rookie cards from that era. Those still hold some value in any condition. I also tend to keep the HOFers from those sets, if for nothing more than the nostalgia of looking through them from time to time. Aside from those, recycle everything else as the supply will always outweigh the demand on the commons and semi-stars.
Hope this helps declutter while informing the handful to keep.
Insert sets like 1992 Fleer Rookie Sensations Baseball.
SI for Kids.
SLU cards.
Spread a bunch out on the kitchen table and send us pics.
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I have quite a few hiding around. I’ll try to round up some and get a pic. It will take a few days. Thanks guys!
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OK, my wife dug up the easy ones. These are ones still in the original packaging (sealed) or were in holders. I have about 1000 or so that aren't sealed so I haven't gotten to them. I kinda doubt there will be any magical ones in those but you never know.
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I'll go through some of the loose ones for names I recognize.
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No jackpots there, but some fun stuff. Hopefully you have more of the older basketball.
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Other than the obvious loose ones, any of those worth saving or just chuck them or give them away?
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Jordan slam dunk box selling for $50 on eBay. Don’t open that one.
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I won’t. I’m not sure how best to sell unopened items. I have looked on eBay but I haven’t been able to tell what is worthwhile easily. I’ve seen the same card raw with BIN for a few hundred and a few dollars in the same condition. Anyway, going through the single items now and will be posting a pic or two of the more notable ones in a few days maybe.
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You need to look at the sold prices to see what they actually sell for.
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Favre and Griffey cards are desirable in mint condition.
Check ebay sold items on everything you are curious about.
Generally speaking, RIP the unopened packs looking for rookies or inserts.
90% will be worthless.
Here's another set of cards. I don't expect any "winners" but you never know...
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I'm assuming, like coins, that cards graded very high will go for above the raw value. But that it's a lottery as to whether you actually get the top grade or not and if you don't it's not worth having submitted.
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Ah, so no real value in the unopened packs at this point because of what it might have. I may do that. I'm not as sure about the non-sports ones, though. Maybe those are giveaways or something?
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No offense intended to the original poster; Looks a routine junk wax collection. There are so very many of these out there. Many folks including most here who were around then, were suckered in during that 88-93 era when cards sets were produced by the billion. As a near, but not quite absolute any cards from that Junk era NOT in PSA 10 have value less than the slabbing expenses. Outliers and exceptions do exist but are far and few in between.
BTW My personal opinion is Junk Wax truly ranged from 1985-1994 and 1982-1984 are closely junk wax adjacent.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
I personally collect mainly 1985 and down. But there are still a lot wax from 1981 - 1985 out there.
No offense taken. I never imagined most of these having any value. But over time and me not having looked for many years I figured it would be interesting to find out if that is still true. Slabbing and registries have created a lot of price inflation. So figured it might be worth looking again.
Sounds like I should open the packs I want and keep anything obviously interesting or that I want and recycle the rest. I may do that. I’ll keep a couple unopened like the Jordan pack and maybe give it as a gift to someone.
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