Sports Card Blog & Resources

Old Baseball Cards Cluttering Your Home?

Card Collecting Resources, Card Identification, How To / Ryan Barone / September 3, 2021

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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Foil Card vs. Holo—What’s the Difference?

Card Identification / Ryan Barone / August 28, 2021

When you’re first getting started with card collecting or perhaps jumping back in, one of the first big things you might learn is the difference between a refractor and prizm (or holo), and a base card. Really, it might come down to something as simple as holding the card in good lighting at an angle,

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Are Base Rookie Cards Worth Anything? Why Are RCs Valuable?

Rookie Cards / Ryan Barone / August 21, 2021

Sometimes you’re in the middle of something for so long that you just accept how things are, and either stop questioning or, you stop explaining in as much detail as you should to newcomers. This is what crossed my mind when seeing a question about why rookie cards are valuable. Now, not every single rookie

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What is a Parallel Baseball Card?

Card Identification, Definitions / Ryan Barone / August 14, 2021

One of the biggest reasons baseball cards have grown in popularity over time is the thrill of the chase. That could mean collectors ripping open packs and boxes chasing jersey cards, authentic autographs, and parallel cards. It could also mean those chasing a “rainbow” of cards which is aptly named given the different colored variations

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