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. 1989 William Perry Pro Set #47 William Perry cards value?
CricketJim
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I was given a bunch of cards. My understanding is that Pro Set didn't have licensing to print this card, so the run was stopped between 9,000 and 12,000 cards. I have 716 of this card and don't think they've ever seen sunlight. I can't imagine them grading out as 10's except for the ones that aren't perfectly centered. It would cost a small fortune to get these graded. What should I do?
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Sorry. The cards are 1989 Pro Set #47 William Perry
All cards SHOULD grade out as 10's except the ones not centered.
Looking at completed eBay auctions, which is something you could review, I can see that raw copies sell for $20 - $30 and a PSA 9 sold in May for about $50 with shipping included in the price. I can't find any PSA 10 sales, but I'd guess those would be $150 - $250, but that is a complete guess.
If you sent a card in for grading and got a 10 that would be worth the cost of grading, but getting a PSA 9 would likely make you break even or only make a few bucks per card.
Thank you very much! Appreciate you. Would I be smart to get one card graded, try to sell it (hopefully a 10) and see how it goes? If 9,000 to 12,000 were printed (card was pulled because of licensing issues) I have a pretty significant part of that printing having 716 of them.
This one sold recently for $132 with buyer's premium.
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Welcome to the boards.
If you submitted the best 100, you're probably NOT going to get many 10's.
Those cards have a dark border and ANY microscopic white showing ANYWHERE on the corners or edges will drop them to an 8.
I hope I am wrong. Good luck!
Thank you so much for your help. I always had cards as a kid (1969 mostly). Never had a card graded or sold, so this end of it is all new to me. Appreciate the assistance.
If you are going to send any of these for grading, purchase a magnifying glass or jewelers loupe and look at the corners, then edges.
If you see any white, do not submit.
Next, check centering, side to side is easy on this card, look at how 10's are top to bottom to reference, then look for print "dots" and for surface issues. Lastly, look at the back of the card for all the same things.
Don't send in anything you think "might" get a 10, they usually don't miss anything anymore. As it was stated earlier, this card is only worth grading if it gets a 10. You might want to send in your best 10 and see how it goes.
Good luck.
To op How did you obtain such a large amount of this card?
My father-in-law gave them to me. They were in with a bunch of other cards (hockey, football, baseball), There were also a ton of Detroit Pistons 1989 championship cards that aren't worth much. I haven't gone through the entire box. I don't know how sellers do it. Getting multiple cards graded would be so expensive.
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That's why it makes sense to send in only a few of the best of the best. You will find out in a hurry how hard 10's are to get.
Thanks to all for the advice. I'm new to selling. Never attempted that before. I'm just an old guy looking to NOT make any errors. It appears that cards need to be graded to be sold. but I'm seeing that PSA has a backlog of 10 million cards now and are charging $80 for grading a card. I think I should maybe start by getting a 1969 Reggie Jackson graded, even knowing it's not a 10. It's decent, no creases. I have cards of value, but it seems to e a heck of an investment/gamble to get things graded.
Welcome to the club. When the majority are insane, the sane go to the hospital!
A set box full of them? Incredible. That's a card that I've kind of always wanted for the nostalgia, but never got. Those came out right when I started collecting football cards.
Something to think about, I would not just dump them all in the market at the same time. That many hitting the market could flood the market and cause prices to go down
Yep, definitely do want to flood the market. If they were mine, I would get some of the best ones graded at some point. For now, I'd start selling them off raw one by one for $20
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At minimum current grading level prices, value levels gone, even the profit on a 10 would be tiny. Then factor 2 way shipping and that tiny profit could be gone.
Finally factor in if a few hit market in a short span and you'll be in the red.
Sell raw or revisit next year and see what grading fees are then. Also be willing to accept the hour may have already struck for these Fridge cards.
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