Ton of cards

bdstory

I have come into what must be about 2000 baseball, football, basketball cards. Some in holders, some in a big box mixed, some organized by team. Some are even still in their original wax wrappers. I think the range on dates is late 70's to mid 90's.

Does something like this hold any value? Im more interested in selling them but dont know how to go about it since im not a big sports buff so I couldnt ID each card anyway. Any idea's?

Thanks,
Bill

rana

You would have to quote a few years, players, and conditions to get any useful information out of us (start with the oldest superstars like Ryan, Jordan, Gretzky, and the oldest unopened wax). In general, modern stuff except the very most valuable base set cards after 1979 or so are very condition sensitive, because there are millions of the base set cards out there. Most cards from 1986-1995 are pretty low-valued, due to overprinting. For rough pricing, you can check eBay for prices, or look at a cheap price guide like Tuff Stuff that covers all three sports (not that well, but good enough for a rough guess).

DirtyHarry

They would have to weigh a pound each to be a ton!

Seriously, Rana gives sound advice to get started. Cards are really no different than coins ---- condition, scarcity and demand. There are also similar nuances (the strike quality on a coin = surface quality on a card, there are error coins and error cards, PCGS high grade coin = PSA high grade card, etc...) So approach it just as you would a box of 2000 unsearched coins. Sort them by denomination (sport), place of issue P-D-S (card company), year minted/printed, put them in sequence and then refer to a price guide. After that, take a look at the grading standards on the PSA site and determine if you have any good one's worth sending in to grade. You get the gist -- as a coin guy, you could take it from here. Regards and good luck.

koby

<< <i>I think the range on dates is late 70's to mid 90's. >>



That is a very bad era. Topps started overproducing cards in the early seventies. In the late eighties and early nineties, all companies just went crazy with overproduction. Good luck.