Which modern players, non rookie cards are worth grading??
Krems
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I have 1000's of star cards mostly from the late 90's thru mid 2000's...baseball, football and basketball, no rookies, but tons of inserts, but nothing really rare. I trying to decide what to do with them if anything. Which cards are even worth grading assuming PSA 10's? Derek Jeter, Micheal Jordan...anyone else?
Just curious.......Thanks in advance!
Just curious.......Thanks in advance!
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I have the #1 Frank Thomas Master Set and have been hot and heavy working on it since late 2005.
I am willing to pay $12 to $15 for regular PSA 10 Base cards that I don't have in my set including cards
that have not be requested for the set. Will pay $15+ for harder to find Thomas PSA 10's that I need.
Check out my Frank Thomas Set and feel free to email me before subbing if you think you have any
Thomas cards I my need. Also if you have a Thomas card That I already have graded a PSA 10 feel
free to PM me about pricing and our the demand.
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James
My Frank Thomas Master Set
Basically what these cards are is a collection I bought several years ago from someone who must have been a case breaker...no ultra rare cards but there are hundreds of a lot of players. I've got four 5,000 count boxes full. Of course there are a lot of cards in topholders so there arent anywhere near 20,000 cards. But no commons. I've basically been focusing on other areas like 1970's sets, unopened packs, and Griffey, Ozzie Smith and Michael Jordan player sets so these cards have been forgotten about for the past few years.
I'm just not in touch with the modern market enough to know where there is value.
Its funny going through them because there are a bunch of Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, ALbert Belle, Drew Bledsoe, and those type of players that were big in the 1990's!
<< <i>Thanks guys, I'll see what i've got.
Basically what these cards are is a collection I bought several years ago from someone who must have been a case breaker...no ultra rare cards but there are hundreds of a lot of players. I've got four 5,000 count boxes full. Of course there are a lot of cards in topholders so there arent anywhere near 20,000 cards. But no commons. I've basically been focusing on other areas like 1970's sets, unopened packs, and Griffey, Ozzie Smith and Michael Jordan player sets so these cards have been forgotten about for the past few years.
I'm just not in touch with the modern market enough to know where there is value.
Its funny going through them because there are a bunch of Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, ALbert Belle, Drew Bledsoe, and those type of players that were big in the 1990's! >>
I have tons of these years as well. Those like Albert Belle and others who were very good in their time, but probably wont make the Hall are virtually worthless. McGwire still has a fan base as does Bonds and I think Sosa. Biggio and Thome seemingly should go to the Hall, but who knows till then. But if you are considering grading them, in my estimation and research, unless you get 10's on these, they are worth less than what it would cost to get graded. Even then its debatable. I picked up a 1988 Dale Murphy Score Glossy PSA 10 for $6 and a 1986 Topps Tiffany Braves Leaders (Dale Murphy) PSA 10 for $6. According to the population report, 1989 has the most submissions of any year - somewhere in the ballpark of 450,000 submissions (all brands and series). And as cards get newer, there are less 7's and 8's and more 9's and 10's, thus making PSA 10's more common.
After 1990, the sets were unappealing for the most part with high production making them common and few parallel or chase cards in the mix. I think it was around 1996 where high end cards started to appear and production runs changed and eventually were spread out through a multitude of parallel sets, inserts, chase cards, etc that it is today - with increasing costs per card.
Go through the top player collectors or set collectors of each. Gather up a list of what each of the them need and ask them #1 would they be interested in the lot RAW or what they would be willing to pay in PSA 9 or 10. There are not that many that do the master sets of these players so the market is small. A few hours of your work may save you a few hundred bucks of wasted grading.
JMO
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