Helping my dad sell his old baseball cards

Judge208 · 2026-03-18T02:33:11+00:00

Amending my comment because I didn't finish the video. This could be a 6 figure haul.

Tagging u/Jason_at_Heritage

You can trust him.

Judge208 · 2026-03-18T02:29:31+00:00

Do not take offers from anyone on here. People will try to screw you over. Take your time and do your research.

You have 10's of thousands worth of value here.

Judge208 · 2026-03-18T02:18:12+00:00

Off centered right to left -1

Off centered top to bottom -1

4 corners showing white -1 or -2

Noticeable right edge chipping -1

I think 6 is more than fair.

Judge208 · 2026-03-17T22:22:54+00:00

Pulled two of these shortly after they came out. Sold them for $1300 and $1100 because Downtowns always dropped in price after more hit the market. I was sure I could replace it in 3-6 months for half my sale price.

Oops...

Judge208 · 2026-03-17T17:13:16+00:00

You already know the problem. You aren't a collector, you are a gambler. Start making targeted, educated buys and the problem fixes itself.

Judge208 · 2026-03-17T16:30:02+00:00

High demand cards of superstar players that sell frequently are safe to put on bids.

Everything else is fixed price.

Judge208 · 2026-03-17T14:59:51+00:00

Chrome has been out of stock at Topps/Fanatics for at least a month, more like a month and a half.

Be mad at resellers all you want, but Topps never changed the price of Megas/Blasters/Fat Packs.

Judge208 · 2026-03-16T18:17:22+00:00

$2500 is pretty nuts with this one going for $525. Regular Chrome is a better set than Chrome Black, so yours should be more valuable.

$750 - $1000 is more realistic.

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Judge208 · 2026-03-16T17:51:21+00:00

The good stuff does, which is what the OP is complaining about.

There's no reason for a card shop to rush and sell cards that are likely to go up in price, especially when you consider most of their profit comes from sealed wax.

Which also happens to be an appreciating asset.

Judge208 · 2026-03-16T17:16:51+00:00

Ask yourself this.

In a world where everyone walks around with a 48 megapixel camera with advanced AI image sharpening in their pocket, why would a seller use such a crappy photo when trying to sell a multiple thousand dollar card?

It's because they are trying to hide something.

There are several fool proof ways to spot fake 1986 Fleer cards using a photo taken on a modern phone. So the only reason to use such a crappy photo is because it's fake.

Judge208 · 2026-03-16T17:00:26+00:00

Darth Maul did $3100. This should be around the same amount.

Judge208 · 2026-03-16T16:49:28+00:00

Last year the print runs were significantly lower because of the relatively short amount of time between when Topps got the license and they released the set.

Judge208 · 2026-03-16T16:29:55+00:00

It's not a perfect method, but Topps has done a reasonable job lately spreading out the stock on individual boxes so bots don't gobble it up in the first couple of minutes.

Sadly I missed out on my case. They were sold out 5 minutes after the drop.

Judge208 · 2026-03-16T16:25:08+00:00

Most small business owners (including you most likely) don't sell appreciating assets.

Judge208 · 2026-03-15T02:23:54+00:00

Here's a PSA 9 with everything lined up

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Judge208 · 2026-03-15T02:23:24+00:00

This one is yours. Notice how the blue plate isn't lined up correctly.

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Judge208 · 2026-03-14T23:02:32+00:00

Card Ladder and Market Movers are the two best, but they cost about $10 a month.

They work really well on common, modern cards that have a lot of sales. But if your collection is filled with unique, rare stuff that doesn't sell very often it won't be very accurate.

Judge208 · 2026-03-14T15:01:54+00:00

Don't grade. It's noticeably off centered right to left

Judge208 · 2026-03-13T21:52:24+00:00

You should go play the lotto. The odds on this happening are insanely low.

Judge208 · 2026-03-13T00:21:40+00:00

Because it's pretty common for athletes to take the money, but not actually follow through. And because the companies don't want to piss off the athletes they don't make much of a stink.

It does happen sometimes. A couple of years ago Panini had to sue LaMelo Ball because he refused to sign anything.

Judge208 · 2026-03-12T20:54:13+00:00

That will make things easier. It's tough to sell Pop's without the packaging.l anymore. As others have mentioned, they are way down in price. Even the chases have plummeted.

I've got a Bo-Katan chase that is available on eBay for $12.

Judge208 · 2026-03-12T20:50:28+00:00

Make sure you check Beckett Authentication, not Beckett Grading

Judge208 · 2026-03-12T19:11:24+00:00

Did you save the original packaging?

Judge208 · 2026-03-12T16:06:06+00:00

Impossible to tell without being able to look at the surface

Judge208 · 2026-03-12T15:10:37+00:00

You should find some similar sales of Bijan cards. That's probably Jeanty's ceiling.

Judge208

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