What would you do?
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So I have multiple white card boxes of commons and semi-Stars from 1979 to 1987 topps donruss fleer in football and baseball. Some hold perfect gem mint cards and most I would say are 8's and 9's not including any that are just oc.
I have very little interest in holding onto these anymore.
Should I take the time to find all the low population cards in possible PSA 10s and get them graded? This project will take forever and certainly not exciting to me.
Find someone that wants to purchase all these boxes along with other parts of collection that might be of interest to others? Again, time consuming and quite expensive to ship if not local.
Plus, how do you really market it as I'd need to take multiple pictures.Just leave them and hope one day I am motivated to do number 1. I suppose I could do 100 cards a day? Boring....zzzzzz
Something I'm not thinking of.
I wonder if anyone else has this issue and regardless any advice would be appreciated.
Thx
Steven
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i dont know how this site works but maybe you can send to them for selling
https://www.comc.com
HA!
We all have this issue.
Save your time, Sell them as is.
this subject, in general, comes up every few months or so.....after u pick out the ones you want I think u can donate them to a children's hospital or somewhere and get a receipt for a tax write-off....i believe thats one option some have come up with
...overall, i agree that it doesn't sound fun to me...good luck (i have the same pile just growing and growing with each box rip)
Could sell them as low end team lots on ebay as an option.
Wow you guys are great. Really appreciate the responses. I have donated quite a bit in the past but it seems as if there is more than donation value..I just love that others can relate. What kills me as I see PSA 10 1983 Kenny Easley on eBay going for big dough and I think, damn...I prolly have some of those. Point being, what other cards from all the other years have value that I wouldn't think about? Do I even care to figure it out? Can someone make a list for me? Haha. bonfire a bit extreme, lol.
Welcome aboard, lots of us in the same boat!
I often contemplate building one great set from each year and then putting aside whatever's gradable in hopes to cash in....
Then real time and reality sets in and so they remain untouched. Truth is there never seems to be enough time for the task
Never mind any grading specials to submit them under anymore!
Option 4. I'm guessing you pulled all of the HOFers out first, if not, that is where I would start, then I would take a look at the other ones and see about the players that were pretty dang good or fan favorites and put them aside. I have 800 count boxes of junk wax from the early 80's thru early 90's and I made boxes for all HOF's and then those players I thought I should hold onto as they still had a good career, like Fernando, Gooden, Strawberry, Murphy, McGwire, Canseco and even Jack Morris (not sure why, but loved his pitching in the WS games). I used the PSA pop report to determine who was a 2nd tier player worth keeping. Then like the others said, look for the low count PSA 10's and see what you have, take a 100 a day, heck even 50, just go thru and see what you got, and then either trash (my preference as I have to go 20 miles to donate and they don't even really want them) or donate (honestly, I'm not sure if a kid would enjoy getting a Don Aase or Mickey Klutts card or a bunch of junk 87 topps cards, but who knows).
I have to start going thru those boxes myself and see what is worth submitting myself, going to be a long process, but make it fun, it is just time and it's cards, which are suppose to be fun!
Work in progress - Unopened Racks/Cello/Wax with star power for Baseball, Football and Basketball
Collecting unopened 80's boxes and graded packs
I may be hoarding too much 80's junk wax but I like it!
Can we keep going on this debate? This is great. What about stacks of 87t bonds, mcgwire, 89ud johnson, biggio etc...like, a PSA 8 is worthless, a 9 is close to worthless, a 10 is ok....what about gem mint hofs from the 80s or potential commons of 9s and 10s from late 70s through early 80s? Again, who cares? In 10 years will it change? 50s 60s and 70s commons certainly have a price tag today.
The only downside is the longer you wait, the higher the pop grows and the lower the return
I think you have to put them aside. I opened up a couple of boxes of 1981 Fleer. Those cards are terrible when it comes to centering and such, plus not that great of an issue either, but again, I kept the HOF's and then on the commons I kept what I thought had almost perfect centering. They won't be worth anything now, and maybe not in 10 years either, but who knows, I still think it's a great investment to hold onto them as you never know what could happen in the market.
I'm hoping someday that there is a better way to get packs graded. Would be great if we could get rack pack graded again. Will it happen soon, probably not, but somewhere, somebody is going to come up with a plan on grading them (at least that is what I'm hoping for
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I have been having a blast busting open some junk wax basketball, mainly looking for pristine Jordans...But at the same time, I'm putting aside all of the other HOF'ers just in case. I'm getting a crazy thought about potentially using SGC as a grading method to run what I think would pass as 10's thru their system, which right now is almost 1/2 the cost of PSA, and then, ones that get SGC 98, then work to cross that over to PSA 10. Sure, I just spent fees twice on it, but at least I know going forth that one company felt it was a 10, so why not try to get it in a PSA holder. Plus I really do like the SGC holder, that black is so cool as a background. Also, it would be cool to get some SGC 100 cards if at all possible (which would make them I would think even more valuable than a PSA 10. Something to go for and right now SGC has some great rates and for me, they are in south Florida so that is also a plus. Maybe I'm able to drop off and pickup without shipping costs. Could save some bucks there!...
Work in progress - Unopened Racks/Cello/Wax with star power for Baseball, Football and Basketball
Collecting unopened 80's boxes and graded packs
I may be hoarding too much 80's junk wax but I like it!
This is an interesting topic.
Down the road, I'm gonna take the time to go thru a box (can't remember if it's 600 or 800) of 87T Bonds RC's.
Will be interesting to see how many are truly worthy to submit. And I'll guess if 10% of those selected are truly worthy of a 10?
I'll report back whenever I find them.
edit: I apologize; didn't answer the question. Short of donating, I have no idea. From the early 90s, what I have "everyone" has in spades!
do you have a blank space at the home or office that needs filling?
do you have $2-3k to possibly invest but definitely enjoy and admire for life?
if so, tim carroll art and send them to him.
currently conversing w him to make a piece outta a bunch of my own childhood commons.
his stuff is amazing!
and better than kindling and creating another mess to sweep up and out.
if not, donation idea is the way to go.
I would just sell them as partial complete sets where you can. Then you can sell bonds, randy Johnson rookies etc as a lot. Whatever is left you can donate, sell on cl for $5 a box or roast marshmallows.
I know it would hurt to know that you're selling a potential low pop PSA 10 common, but spoiler alert: you probably don't have any. I meticulously sifted through two rack cases of 1986 Topps cards that I opened and I couldn't find a single no pop 10 or 9(!) common to submit. There's a reason for that it's not because someone didn't try.
And if it makes you feel better, it's even less likely you have a hidden gem if it's stored unprotected.
I am in the same boat except mine are from 1980 to 1984 with a boatload of 1983 Fleer. I just counted 27 - 3200 count monster boxes in my room. This does include some from 1985 to 1989 but the majority is from 1980 to 1984.
Now the important question is what is considered low pop when it comes to 1983 Fleer or whatever. If I hit a PSA 10 for a 1983 Fleer common, does that mean I will get hundreds for it, or nothing because it is a set nobody collects?
Anyway, I think I am going to go with option 1 and see if I can hit so low pops and then sell the boxes of commons when I have a yard sale.
Robert
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Thanks for all your feeeback. I think with the raw cards pre-1976 back to 1952, I might auction in a big lot or take pictures and put them up here on bst...for the rest up to 1989 I think I will organize label boxes and put them away. Very minty fresh cards but the effort to go through every card is just too cumbersome (probably will be 50k cards)...I'll probably sell the entire lot of boxes for a very inexpensive price to someone who really wants them prior to any moves I make after my son graduates high school. Thanks again for the feeeback...clearly what I have in bulk very few people are interested in.
I did just unload binders and boxes of 1986-1989 fleer and donruss to a local children's hospital and a bunch of soccer cards to the Salvation Army.
I sold over 1 million commons 3 years ago. Sold them to an auction house for $5 a 5000 ct box. The relief of not having to think about the exact things you bring up was well worth it. Of course I could have made $20 a box if I would have invested 1000's of hours and submitted 10's, sorted into teams, etc. The hoard of it all paralyzed me. Honestly I have 10 5000 ct boxes with stars, insets, rc's, etc that I can't figure out what to do with. Should sell them for $20 a box and move on as well. Let them go you will feel better not having to think about them.
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That is amazing advice. Truly.
That's a really good idea.