To price baseball cards, you can look up values for free, by going to eBay and searching for your particular card. Sort the result listings buy “lowest price” and then filter for “buy it now.” This will give you a quick and free idea of how much your card is worth. Alternatively, when you search, […]
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The best cards to collect depend on personal interests, budget, tastes, and more. With so many different cards available, it’s difficult to say which is best for you versus the next person. With that said, here is a generally-accepted strategy when it comes to collecting the many different cards available:
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Like most hobbies, baseball card collecting requires an investment of both time and money. Your contribution to the craft could be as big or small as you’d like, but you’ll most likely need to at least spend a little bit to get started. Free baseball cards are to be had, though, and we will get to
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Baseball cards have had quite a run, right? When you combine the history, the ups and downs, and the pure vastness of all things related, it really is one of the greatest hobbies imaginable. That said, there have been some really terrible years—1988 was a cardboard wasteland, and not sure 1992 had a ton to
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To get into sports card collecting, first get a feel for what’s out there for you to collect. Buy a few card lots or packs to form an understanding of what you like and dislike. From there, choose your collecting angle (player, team, type of card, etc.). Then, insert yourself into collecting communities and forums
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Let’s face it—we collect cards because one, we enjoy the trading or selling of them, and/or two, like showing them off. It’s a big reason why baseball card collecting is far from dead…people like to have things and they like to show others their things. Whichever way you lean with the reason why you
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A baseball card appraisal is the process of an unbiased third party reviewing your collection and placing a value on it based on its makeup. When getting your cards appraised, it’s in your best interest to receive appraisals from multiple sources. And, as mentioned, you’ll want to have the party doing the appraisal to not
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The time has come to go through old belongings at your parent’s house, or you have finally decided to just declutter. Among the trophies, old school projects, clothes, and other items you’ve held on to is that big tub of 80s baseball cards or the 10 90s binders you’ve been lugging around from home to
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Oh, how the tides have turned. If you’re just getting into the hobby, you’ve missed a few different waves. And, if you’re returning to the hobby after some time collecting during the junk wax era, the scene has certainly shifted. Either way, the question of buying a hobby box of cards versus retail still crashes
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Some collect to collect, while others “collect” to make money. To each their own, but for those building their collections over the year, one of the best things about doing so is organizing. (Actually, maybe you haven’t realized that, and that’s why you’re here!) It could be somewhat of a nostalgia factor for me—I just
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