selling collection - need advice

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Posted By: Rick McQuillan

Justin, I have bought and sold a lot of these 80's, 90's, and 00's collections over the past few years. My advice is - don't get your hope up. You will be lucky if you average 20% of the book value for these cards. 5000 count boxes of commons sell at card shows for ten bucks. You can get between 10 cents and a quarter for 1980's and 90's stars like Ripken, Ryan, Yount, Brett, Arod, etc., even though Beckett stills lists them at a $2-$3 each. Stars that were hot when you collected hold little value now, like Frank Thomas, Griffey, Montana, Elway. If you have some good quality rookie cards in mint condition you may get 50cents on the dollar, and the insert cards that were so expensive and popular in the 90's are virtually worthless, even though our friends at Beckett still show a high book value for many of them.

I wish you well, and I hope that you find someone who will offer you a fair price for the lot.

Rick