I have a huge sports card collection from the 70s and 80s alot unopened what would be the best way to sell it?

Question

baseball,basketball,football cards mint and unopened boxes.from 70s to present.

Answer 1

Two face to face options and two online options listed below:

Face to Face
1. You might want to head to your local sportscard store and buy a price guide or two. It would at least give you an idea the value of the cards that you own. You can ask the store manager if he/she would want to purchase the product as well but they most likely will not give you good money for it due to the fact that its a business and they need to turn a resell profit.

2. Check your newspaper for information on sportscard shows. Certain states, such as California, have weekly shows. Go to the show, check out the price guides, and take a look at what people are selling. You'll notice that most dealers sell certain sports or certain years (for example: some only sell vintage baseball pre 1970, some might only deal in current 2007 sportscards, etc). Try to isolate the people that seem like they focus on selling cards around the years that you have and talk to them. If you're lucky someone might be interested in making a deal.


Online Option
1. You can check out the Tuff Stuff website at:
http://www.tuffstuff.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1077&articleid=1330&articlemid=2688#2688Articles
to view their online price guides. Since they normally charge for their guides you will find that the prices they list online won't show everything and aren't as up to date as the ones they list in their guide. Obviously this is cause you can download the guide for free instead of having to purchase the guide for about $5 or $6.

2. Another solution would be to check out ebay. What you want to do is do a search for an item you are interested in pricing. By sifting through other people's auctions, especially the completed auctions, you can get a rough idea as to how much certain cards are worth.

Answer 2

I liked a lot of his stuff till Rock Of The Westies. My favorite from the 70's is Philadelphia Freedom and Crocodile Rock. From the 80's ? Did he put out "I Guess That's Why they call it Love" in the 80's?

Answer 3

First thing's first, you need to go buy a Beckett and find out the book value on what you have. You can also take your cards to a collectible store (if there's one near you) and see what they will value them at. Collectible stores will also purchase them from you depending on value and demand. What you don't sell that way, sell on EBay.

Answer 4

You can contact me via email if you would like to. I have a friend who buys and sells cards. I suspect he would be interested in at least talking to you to find out what you have. He had a store at one time and still has a lot of inventory that he takes to shows. This is his hobby and he loves it. Best Wishes!

Answer 5

Sell it in Lots on Ebay. You could sell the entire collection on EBay however you may not get as much money for it.

Answer 6

An ad in the newspaper.