While sports card values hinge on a lot of “it depends” rationale, I can tell you one thing with certainty—things move fast. One day a card can be a best seller and the next it can be down in the dumps. More exciting, a card can be worth absolutely nothing, only to shoot up the […]
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As much as I love to store my cards in top loaders, and then place all of that plastic goodness into monster boxes and more, the enjoyment here comes from rummaging through those boxes months later, only to discover cards I forgot I even had. This is not the way to enjoy the hobby. We
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The 2000 Bowman Chrome Football box is one of the most popular card releases in the history of the hobby. Home to the iconic Tom Brady rookie card, a complete and unopened box of 2000 Bowman Chrome has the potential of a record-breaking sale should a perfect TB12 be extracted. That said, the promise of
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The PSA card scanner can be found in the PSA app, and can be used to quickly pull up information on any PSA graded card. This info includes the card’s population, pop higher count, and a beta feature (“collectors est.”) that will give PSA’s estimate of value (and confidence level). To use, go to the
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So, while we have recently talked about centering examples and the card centering tools, those things don’t really mean much unless you know what PSA allows, and will ding you for (or reward you for). When it comes to grading, there are grading scales, but then there also centering standards, requirements for the card surface,
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The idea of baseball card centering is an easy one to grasp—the photo and design should be centered on the card. But when it comes to grading cards, there is a deeper level of knowledge required if you want to improve your chances of receiving a 10. For instance, when looking at PSA centering standards
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Picture this example, when searching on eBay you see that this Julio Rodriguez rookie card, a 2019 Bowman Chrome Mega Gold Mojo /50 PSA 10 to be exact, was listed at $1,499 and sold. But, because it was sold at Best Offer, you can only see the “strikethrough price” of $1,499, which can be deceiving.
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PSA 9 is a good grade and potentially worth buying if the card has a low population. This would mean that there are few PSA 9s in existence, and would thus be considered rare and relatively valuable. For clarity, the “population” is a count of how many of card exists in a particular grade. So,
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A booklet card is a type of sports trading card that folds like a book and typically contains a relic and/or autograph. Booklet cards are much thicker than traditional cards, and thus are usually found in higher-end products from which the booklet card’s presence would be Indiscernible. Recent releases containing booklet cards include: Due to
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I don’t care who you are, we are all suckers for shine. That glimmer under the water could be buried treasure. And I’m pretty sure I’ve tried my best to catch a glimpse of the end of the rainbow for that waiting pot of gold. So, it’s no surprise why we are drawn to the
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