Lost w a huge collection

[alanu]

If you do have complete sets from the 50's and 60's, maybe pick out a few you like and keep those and consign the other sets to an auction house.

As for the loose cards, it will take a little more time and effort to figure out what you have and what it's worth.

[bbcman]

I just grabbed a few cards (newer) that were on the top in one box.
I need to know what years the manufacturer etc...
Is there a good book with pictures depicting the card the year the manufacturer any any other important info???
I need from the 40s to the 90s....
I really need to get things sorted first.
My dad had this habit of opening packs taking out the gum and putting the cards back into the packs....for the life of me I dont understand his reasoning maybe I should have paid more attention with his collecting.
thanks again guys.....

[william_9]

If you have some early wrappers you may be praising your father for his odd habit. Wrappers are pretty valuable on their own.

[drc]

I'd recommending consigning them to an auction house. You will get fair market value for the cards. If you need a list of potential auction houses, ask.

As William noted above, most collectors threw out their wrappers, so it's a bit of an added bonus if you have vintage wrappers.

And, by the way, the top album you pictured is 1971 Topps (black borders) and the one below is 1970 Topps (grey borders). And the other cards included 1968.

Put up a picture of all the different type cards and we can tell you the years.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Wow those 71's look really nice. The high numbers in both sets you show 70 and 71 are tougher to find and command a premium. I wouldn't break up any sets like that and would either keep them or sell them as a set, but you can always cherry pick them and take out your favorite players and still get good money. My dad did the same thing as far as opening packs and putting the cards back in the pack, not sure why he did that but good to know he wasn't the only one.

[barrysloate]

You can generally date the cards by the statistics on the back. Take the grey border ones, with the yellow and blue backs, for example. The last year of statistics is 1969; add one year to that and the cards are from 1970.

[bbcman]

I want to thank everyone for the responses both here and in PMs.
Im started to get an idea of where im going to start.
I think im going to try and work from the newer cards backwards.....
i have a lot of the 80s to 90s boxed sets. Ill liquidate those first and that will give me a little more breathing room.

[uthminsta]

Originally Posted by bbcman

i have a lot of the 80s to 90s boxed sets. Ill liquidate those first...

That seems like a good place to start. But don't get discouraged if there's not much interest from buyers in that era. Many of the cards of the late 80's and early 90's were very much over-produced.

Keep us posted on your progress!