1979 Sportscaster cards

mtcards · October 16, 2010 7:28AM

I was yardsaling his weekend and found a stack of about 200 or so of the 1979 Sportscaster cards. They appear to be in nr-mint to mint condition, but I have no idea on finding the value and not all the cards I have are listed on ebay. I see soccer, football, tennis, golf and basketball plus a few oddball. Is there any of these worth anything. I only paid $5 for the stack so Im not out much if theyre not..Thanks

estang · October 16, 2010 7:50AM

I will give your $20 for the lot, sight unseen.

cefy1 · October 16, 2010 8:24AM

The Gretzky is a big ticket item. The rest are not worth too much, but at $5 I would say that is quite a find. I would say they range from a couple of dollars to about $50 depending on the player, excluding the Gretzky.

wallst32 · October 16, 2010 8:35AM

Bird and Magic are also key cards. Sounds like you have mostly commons or else you probably would have noted the stars.

ROCKDJRW · October 16, 2010 9:08AM

I bought a lot of these once cheap as well. Check each player. I had some runner that sold for about 15-20 dollars.

CWUCAT62 · October 16, 2010 9:51AM

I believe the "runner" is Steve Prefontaine. He is a popular one in the set as well.

ROCKDJRW · October 16, 2010 10:34AM

That's the guy! I believe he has a couple of different cards. I sold stars individually and the rest in lots by sport. Nice find!

VitoCo1972 · October 16, 2010 11:04AM

I might be interested if there are any golf ones. Not sure who is in the set. Could be fun to get signed. LMK

SDSportsFan · October 16, 2010 11:44AM

Look for any players who are on the PSA Set Registry. If they grade a 9 or 10 (or even 8 for any tough ones), there are plenty of collectors looking for them!

Steve

msassin · October 16, 2010 12:20PM

If you split it up and want to sell the soccer as a lot send me a PM.

wrestlingcardking · October 16, 2010 1:07PM

i might have use for the wrestling in the lot

mtcards · October 16, 2010 1:24PM

mtcards · October 16, 2010 1:29PM

I brought them to work this morning and left them there and didnt bring them home, so I cant remember all the players, but I do remember a couple of Pele in the soccer, in football there was a Payton, Namath, staubach and stars of the day, golf had an Arnie, Flado, Ballesteros and several Nicklaus, basketball had a Jabbar and a Dr. J, but I cant remember if it had a Bird or Magic. The baseball had some of the vintage day players like Ruth and the like, but unfortunately they were the ones that werent in the best of shape. I cant remember if it had any wrestling in the group, but I do know it didnt have any hockey. The only ones in the stack had the top area in yellow/gold. I'll try and post a few scans when I get them back from work. Thanks for the responses so far

thenavarro · October 16, 2010 2:16PM

If you have any Jimmy Carter ones please send me a scan as I'll be seeing him on the 29th at a book signing, and am looking for a better card than what I currently have in order to try and get it signed.
Thanks,

Mike