If you enjoy sorting through the cards, I imagine it would possible to make a little profit from lots like that. Of course, it depends how thoroughly picked over the cards were. My very limited experience (buying a couple of boxes to go through with my five year old son) is that they weren't THAT picked over. The obvious big money (admittedly, a relative term here) cards were pulled, but there were plenty of errors or print defects present.
It seems unlikely there would be "major profit" in boxes like these...but, again, that's a relative term. If sorting through cards is something you enjoy in and of itself, then your cost of time is essentially zero, and if you make $50/hour all told that might be great for you. On the other hadn't, if you are a hedge fund manager doing it solely for profit, scouring garage sales each weekend would never really be worth your time (financially) even if you found a $0.05 52T Mantle each month.
Happened to read this thread because a friend of mine is leaving the country and dumping boxes of 88-92 cards. It would never be worth my time from a financial perspective, but I'll probably sort through these with my son to see what we find. Admittedly, these haven't been picked over, so I know there are at least a few desirable cards. We'll just donate the commons to a local kids' organization.
|