Fun with 100 Minor League Sets

[Mike D.]

Listed:

1993 Fleer ProCards Cedar Rapids Kernels

Not much for names in this one...at some point I'll have to check if the "no name" teams fared any better or worse than the average team.


100 sets
1 opened / singles to be listed
22 complete sets listed on eBay
77 to be reviewed

[Mike D.]

Looking at sets with possible grading candidates, came across this one:

1993 Fleer ProCards Vancouver Canadians

The card of interest here is Jim Edmonds, who I think will be in the Hall of Fame eventually. It looks good and goes into my growing "for PSA" pile for submission...some day.

This set is a pretty interesting one, though, even beyond the Edmonds.

The set includes Troy Percival, Eduardo Perez, and Garret Anderson. It also features Rod Correia, who graduated from the same high school I did a few years ahead of me.

I actually had another copy of the set, so listing on eBay as two card lots.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
22 complete sets listed on eBay
76 to be reviewed

[Mike D.]

23 1993 Procards sets wraps us up for that year.

On to 1994!

First up is the 1994 Fleer ProCards Springfield Sultans.

Other than manager Ed Romero, no names here jump out at me.


100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
23 complete sets listed on eBay
75 to be reviewed

[Mike D.]

We have our first sale! I knew at $3.99 plus $3.99 for s/h, it might take bit and involve some re-listings, but a sale shows that at least there's some market here.

1993 ProCards Princeton Reds - SOLD

The set only cost $3.06 postage to ship to this buyer, so total profit according to eBay Fee Calculator is $2.97. That pays for almost 5 of the 100 sets based on the purchase price of 60 cents each.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
23 complete sets listed on eBay
75 to be reviewed
1 set sold
$58.74 original purchase
$2.97 reclaimed (5%)

[Mike D.]

Listed:

1994 Fleer ProCards Ottawa Lynx

1994 Fleer ProCards Iowa Cubs

The Lynx set has Derrek Lee and Rondell White, some impressive star power for a minor league team.

The Cubs set features Craig Worthington and Eric Yelding.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
25 complete sets listed on eBay
73 to be reviewed
1 set sold
$58.74 original purchase
$2.97 reclaimed (5%)

[swarmee]

Couple of questions:
1) What minimum grading level are you willing to submit these minor leaguers, and which grading companies do you think will increase the value of them?

2) Did you check COMC to see which team sets didn't have any listed? I've sold quite a few minor league cards like these that I found from my childhood on COMC in this manner. Since I have so many cards listed there, I get as many cards I can keep at $2.50 base price without paying additional storage fees on them. So even if I only sell one a month, at a 50 cents submission cost, that's $2 profit that can be turned into more card processing fees or more cards for flipping or my collection.

3) Did you check into eBay's new cheap card shipping options with tracking? How many ounces does a team set weigh? Maybe you could reduce your shipping to $1/team, and therefore sell them faster.

[Mike D.]

Thanks for reading! I'll answer your questions below...

Couple of questions:
1) What minimum grading level are you willing to submit these minor leaguers, and which grading companies do you think will increase the value of them?

I've got 660 graded cards, and 659 of them are PSA (the other one was too cheap to leave there despite not being PSA), so I'll likely stick with PSA. I subscribe to PSA and have done a few "value" subs to them for $12 per card, with the last being $20 a card. I don't know that it'd be worth subbing for much more than that, so I'm hoping PSA comes back with some kind of reasonable value sub at some point. I don't think the grading will add a ton of value if/until guys like Edmonds and Pettitte make the hall of fame. Then there might be some "profit" there. Time will tell I guess!

2) Did you check COMC to see which team sets didn't have any listed? I've sold quite a few minor league cards like these that I found from my childhood on COMC in this manner. Since I have so many cards listed there, I get as many cards I can keep at $2.50 base price without paying additional storage fees on them. So even if I only sell one a month, at a 50 cents submission cost, that's $2 profit that can be turned into more card processing fees or more cards for flipping or my collection.

I've never sold on COMC. Would you recommend it? I have a few hundred other minor league singles listed on Sportlots and sales are pretty few and far between. If sets don't sell as complete sets, though, selling the singles on COMC might be an option.

3) Did you check into eBay's new cheap card shipping options with tracking? How many ounces does a team set weigh? Maybe you could reduce your shipping to $1/team, and therefore sell them faster.

I use the eBay shipping for a lot of my single and small lots, and I really like it. I believe the max is 3 ounces, though, and I think the team sets push that limit, and the 1/4" thickness. I should probably look into formalizing combined shipping for the sets, though, as adding more sets doesn't add a lot of weight to an envelope.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Looking at sets with possible grading candidates, came across this one:

1993 Fleer ProCards Vancouver Canadians

The card of interest here is Jim Edmonds, who I think will be in the Hall of Fame eventually. It looks good and goes into my growing "for PSA" pile for submission...some day.

This set is a pretty interesting one, though, even beyond the Edmonds.

The set includes Troy Percival, Eduardo Perez, and Garret Anderson. It also features Rod Correia, who graduated from the same high school I did a few years ahead of me.

I actually had another copy of the set, so listing on eBay as two card lots.

Had one of the two-card lots sell, of Jim Walewander.

$1.99 sale with free shipping. After fees and shipping, that's a 90 cent profit, or enough to pay for the whole set, plus half of another.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
32 complete sets listed on eBay
66 to be reviewed
2 sets sold
1 lot sold
$58.74 original purchase
$6.68 reclaimed (11.4%)

[Mike D.]

Listed:

1994 ProCards Eugene Emeralds

1994 ProCards Rancho Cucamonga Quakes

The Emeralds don't have much for names. Tim Byrdak played a few seasons in the bigs.

The Quakes featured Derrek Lee and Homer Bush.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
34 complete sets listed on eBay
64 to be reviewed
2 sets sold
1 lot sold
$58.74 original purchase
$6.68 reclaimed (11.4%)

[Mike D.]

Listed:

1994 Fleer ProCards Auburn Astros

1994 Fleer ProCards Carolina Mudcats

The Astros contains John Halama, Chris Truby, and MGR Manny Acta.

The Mudcats featured Jon Lieber and Esteban Loaiza.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
36 complete sets listed on eBay
62 to be reviewed
2 sets sold
1 lot sold
$58.74 original purchase
$6.68 reclaimed (11.4%)

[Mike D.]

Listed:

1994 Fleer ProCards Rockford Royals

1994 Fleer ProCards Reading Phillies

The Royals set includes Sal Fasan and Mike Sweeney.

The Phillies set doesn't have any names that jump out at me.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
38 complete sets listed on eBay
60 to be reviewed
2 sets sold
1 lot sold
$58.74 original purchase
$6.68 reclaimed (11.4%)

[Mike D.]

Listed:

1994 Fleer ProCards Williamsport Cubs

The Cubs team doesn't have any names that jump out at me on it.

100 sets
2 opened / singles to be listed
39 complete sets listed on eBay
59 to be reviewed
2 sets sold
1 lot sold
$58.74 original purchase
$6.68 reclaimed (11.4%)