For me, loving sports and loving baseball card collecting has always gone hand in hand, and because of that, I always have a hard time realizing that no, every sport fan is not a card […]
Three experiences got me into baseball card collecting—flea markets, garage sales, and thrift stores like Goodwill. I mean, there weren’t really many other options if you were looking to buy card collections in bulk in […]
PSA Grading currently takes about 20 days to grade a card at the “value plus” service level ($40/card) and 10 days at the “Regular” service level ($75/card). Not too long ago, in April of 2021, […]
I’ve already told the story about how, when I was young and card “dumb,” all of my cards were kept in bins, up until the point where I’d find good cards in the bin, and […]
Of the major grading companies, BGS currently offers the cheapest card grading service, which is $18 to grade a single card at the “Base” level. This is $2 less than CSG’s “Economy” level, $5 less […]
It’s incredible to think that baseball cards have blown up to the point where we are talking hobby apps, and using the best tools possible to identify cards, appraise cards (or value cards you’re looking […]
Relic cards are terrible only if you allow them to be. I mean, they have been here for years and will be here forever, in seemingly every release, until the end of cardboard. So, let’s […]
I’ll be honest—this is about the 3rd or 4th time I’ve tried to put together a guide on how to look up card values but each has missed the mark. The first post was detailed, […]
A rainbow in sports cards is the name for collecting the entire parallel run of a particular card in a particular set or subset. The name “rainbow” comes from the fact that parallels often come […]
The PSA Crossover service cost depends on the value of the card and your desired turnaround, just like regular grading. For example, the PSA Crossover cost is $75 at the “regular” service level (max declared […]
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