someone just gave me a lot of baseball cards how can i find out what they are worth so i can sell them?

Answer 1

Go to ebay or check http://auctions.yahoo.com/ for the worth of specific cards. Also go to your local library and they should have an updated book there with the current card prices. Beware however, buyers will not always pay the full price for your cards. Expect to get a little less. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Here's how I did it... you go to a baseball card store that will appraise them, bring only one big book of cards with you, make sure the store has alot of nerdy card collectors in it, don't talk to the patrons yet, but when you speak to the store clerk, speak loudly, say , "I have a whole trunk full of these! I just want to trade them up so I can afford a motorcycle!" lol. Maybe some guy will follow you out, or after the clerk says he'll come outside and see what you have, or turn to a dude and say, "hey, you think you might be interested in taking a look at what I got?" hustle a little, don't be afraid to get those cards sold. If worse comes to worse, there's always ebay. Just don't put to low of a reserve on them or you can lose money. I knew a guy who sold cards one at a time. That takes forever though. Good luck, hope I helped a little.

Answer 3

Check out this months Beckett price guide. Its in the magazine section. Keep in mind the condition of each and understand that they are only worth what someone will give for them. A good thing also is to remember, dealer will only pay out around %50 of book value on a perfect card b/c they are there to make profit. Sell to a collector is the best way but hardest.

Answer 4

Beckett is the most common price guide used but that gives an average across the country. Your best bet is to go to EBAY and look at completed auctions to get an idea what the range of prices are. At the same time, you have to determine the condition of the card because that is very important to educated buyers as the better the condition the more valuable the card.

Answer 5

A friends father died and his mother was moving into an apartment, they were cleaning out the house and found a large box of cards that the father had put away.
The mother wanted to throw them out but my friend took them to a card dealer in town and was told that the collections were worth about $15 000 dollars and some of the cards were rare.
If there is no dealer in your area try Yahoo auctions , use sportcards as your keyword and you will find the value of some if not all of your cards.
Try this site:
http://www.beckett.com/estore/valueguide/

Answer 6

If you're willing to invest a $4.99 subscription fee, you can go to www.beckett.com and subscribe to check out the prices online. Otherwise you can go to Walmart, Target, or a bookstore or hobby shop and pick up a print copy for about the same price. Keep in mind that the value of the card is determined not only by who is on the card, but also the condition of the card(mint, worn, etc.).

Answer 7

They're only valuable to the people that own them. And every single person that owns them, wants to sell them. No one just takes up buying baseball cards, you either have them or you don't want them. It's a vicious cycle that cannot be stopped, sorry.

It's like Cheetoz, noone just buys a bag of Cheetoz.

Answer 8

Look at the years on the baseball cards if one says: 1947 then its worth something.

Answer 9

There is a monthly publication, called "Becket's" it is available at many Librairies and News Stands. It lists every baseball card ever made and gives a value for it. They also publish guides for basketball and football and hockey and other cards

Answer 10

Order the Beckett Baseball price guide online. Its not expensive. Its probably like $7 online.