Hundreds of 1990's Basektball Inserts - Jordan, Pippen, Shaq, etc

[ATP]

This is not my area of expertise so I am looking for some advice on selling what we have. My son was given quite a few boxes of cards to grow his collection. Included are hundreds and hundreds of 1990's basketball inserts and stars. Lots of the mid range guys like Pippen, Shaq, Barkley, etc. I've noticed a few Jordan cards here and there that are worth something decent, but most of the stuff seems to be in the $1-$5 range. After going through and keeping the stuff he likes, we would like to sell or trade the rest as (thankfully ) my son enjoys vintage the most. We would like to continue to pursue completing a couple of early basketball sets. Is there anyone here who would be interested in buying a large lot of these cards that are in the $1-$5 range each? How does one best go about selling hundreds of cards in this price range? We are just starting to go through and sleeve stuff up, but here's an example of just a few. There are probably 500 plus basketball insert cards or star cards.

[isiahfan]

I have been listing cards $5 and under in player lots on eBay. Most players expect to get less than 10% back on...others (Jordan/Kobe/Jeter/Griffey/Shaq, etc.) sell very well. IMO it just isn't worth the time to list a bunch of $1-$5 cards individually. You could also list as a collection. Good luck.

[Hxcmilkshake]

List as a big lot. I may be interested but I'm a cheapskate.

The more Jordan the more $ you'll make

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[ATP]

Thanks guys for the replies. If anyone is interested in a lot, say $500 for 500 cards or $300 for 300 cards are something like that, send me an email at JeffreyRPotter@gmail.com and I will get you some photos of cards. There are not a ton of Jordans but a few here and there (my son looked up that Z Force Boss insert shown above and said its probably a $50 card). He is hoping to raise half the amount of money for a vintage collection purchase we have been looking at this week. Hoping $1 per card entices folks.

[buymycards]

You will have to pick and choose carefully and spend a ton of time looking up values. In the past 4 months I have bought around 150,000 1990's basketball cards. Isaihfan is correct in that you can expect about 10% of BV on most of the 1990's inserts. If you put them on lots on eBay, expect to get 10 to 20 cents for the minor stars and for many of the stars, and maybe 25 to 50 cents each for the inserts and parallels. It depends a lot on how you make your lots - by team, by player, by insert set, etc.

It will take a ton of time to put the lots together, scan them, and get them shipped. Don't forget to add $5 to ship 50 to 60 cards.

The way that I am handling it is this - I am going through the each box of cards and separating them into the following categories:

Cards that I think I may be able to get $3 or more and list them on eBay.
When I am done sorting I will spend a day checking prices in the Beckett Basketball Price Guide, on eBay, and on COMC. Hopefully, there will be a several hundred of these, plus a few dozen that will sell for $10, $20, or more.

Star cards - which will later be separated into player lots.

Insert cards - which will later be separated into lots by team, or by set.

Parallel cards - which will later be separated in into lots by team, or by set.

Local teams - I live in Wisconsin, so I am pulling the Bucks, Bulls, and the Timberwolves, which will later be broken into 100 or 200 card team sets and put into binders that sell well at my antique store booth.

Then, the commons, which will probably be 130,000 cards will be put in 3000 count or 5000 count boxes and sold through Facebook.

The last thing I want to say is that you need to be careful when using eBay to check prices. Don't look at BIN wishful thinking prices. Look at the Sold Items prices.

P.S. Also, be careful when checking prices in the Beckett Basketball Almanac. There are many instances where Beckett show the book value of a card at $5, but if you look on COMC you will find that there are 50 of those cards for sale for 75 cents and only 2 of those cards have been sold in the past 4 years.

[ATP]

Bump. Thanks for the advice everyone. Someone please make me an offer on this lot so we can turn around and spend it on some other cards . I can make it be at least 500 cards and there will be some Jordans. Send me a PM with you email or phone number and I can shoot over some more photo examples if you are interest, I am having a hard time getting photos to load tonight.