How many times has this happened to you?

[matty6]

I tried that. He told me had two Nolan Ryan rookies. I'm at a party at his house right now....I saw plenty of 1990-1993 shit but he "couldn't find" the Ryan rookies.

[Wymers Auction]

I like when they want to give you the old. I have one million baseball cards even if you sold them for a penny a piece that is 10,000 dollars. I am only wanting half that. I am talking about collections that I would not give $75 for the whole truckload.

[ctownboy]

This is one of the things I am going to do when I win the lottery and am a multi-millionaire. I am going to first buy an industrial strength paper shredder. Then, I am going to go around and buy these overproduced cards and take them home and shred them. I am then going to donate the shredded cardboard to a local church for their paper drives.

This way, in maybe 20 years, I will have destroyed enough of these things that they MIGHT be worth something....

David

[sycks22]

I had one buddy told me he collected a lot in the '70's so I thought maybe something decent. He also had he had some nice graded cards, those turned out to be PSA 9 Griffey Donruss / Topps traded rookies that he picked up late one night on QVC. I felt bad giving him all back and telling them they're pretty much worthless so I shot him $40 and he was happy. There are some Ryan's / Brett's in there, but nothing over $10.

[novakjr]

My wife's stepfather did this to me once. Told me about all these cards he had and how much he thought they'd be worth someday. One holiday he pulled 'em out to show me. I really didn't have the heart to tell him that they were all worthless...Even by late 80's-early 90's standards, they were worthless. Even if I had told him they were worthless, he probably wouldn't have listened to me. So I just let him keep afloat in fantasy land...

[rp12367]

Havn't had it happen with cards. But with comics, we were at a party and my wife mentioned that I collected comics, I had/still have a ton of silver age. So a guy claimed he had big collection, went over there a few weeks later and he had a ton of late 80's, early-mid 90's junk, a key apperance here or there but overall not worth cover price.

[zljones]

I had the same thing happen with a girl at my work that collected when she was a kid. She hyped up like she had some badass cards, then she brought them to work and they were all 1992 Topps, Donruss and other crap that was not even in great condition, creases, rounded corners, etc.... Of course I told her those cards were worth squat.

The problem is, these people that think they have these great cards they collected in the late 80s early 90s think their stuff is still hot, even though they haven't watched the market in nearly 20 years. When they see my collection they are blown away, but realisically my collection is great but compared to many other collectors, my collection is no comparison. My most valuable card is worth $1,500.

I also noticed that many people say cards are not worth anything anymore, then I correct them saying only those newer cards from before or during the baseball card bubble are the ones worth squat, but prewar is going up.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

This is one of the things I am going to do when I win the lottery and am a multi-millionaire. I am going to first buy an industrial strength paper shredder. Then, I am going to go around and buy these overproduced cards and take them home and shred them. I am then going to donate the shredded cardboard to a local church for their paper drives.

This way, in maybe 20 years, I will have destroyed enough of these things that they MIGHT be worth something....

David

This is a wonderful idea !!

It made me laugh because I've had a stack of late 80's cards sitting on my dresser for around 3 weeks now- I put them there to remind myself to throw them away.........I don't know what my problem is, I just can't seem to do it

Sincerely, Clayton

[Tomman1961]

I had it happen once. A girl told me she had hundreds of old cards. Some even black and white. I'm hoping for Playballs. It was one of those Topps Turn Back the Clock Cards? She did not believe me when I too, told her the shoebox was worth $20. I recently took about 10,000 1987-1990 Topps commons to Salvation Army.

[steve B]

The flip side is a friend of mine teling me he wanted to give his nephew his cards but wanted me to check them out first in case any were worth anything. Total collection? 5 cards. 2 71s 2 72s and a Schmidt rookie. I think he still has the Schmidt, I should have told him to sell it then.

Steve B

[carrigansghost]

It happens, but I still will take a look. On the flip side, how many times has it turned out to be a good find? I'm still making a few bucks off a shoebox full of 50's cards that I bought in 1982 for $20.

Rawn