Subj : Sports card collection
To   : HusTler
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Jul 14 2019 01:17 pm

  Re: Sports card collection
  By: HusTler to Nightfox on Sun Jul 14 2019 03:12 pm

 Hu> It depends how bad someone wants them. There's an auction show that runs
 Hu> on PBS that gives appraisels for antiques. I'm amazed at some of the
 Hu> prices they give out for something I would consider "junk". I did see a
 Hu> guy with some old baseball cards. I mean OLD 1920's. 1930's. I believed
 Hu> they were apraised at $200-$300. You have to pay attention to how they say
 Hu> it. They say "At auction we think these baseball cards would sell for
 Hu> $200-$300 dollars. So .. that means you have to put them up for sale at
 Hu> auction and hope somebody wants them and is willing to pay $200 for them
 Hu> 'duh'? It sure ain't rocket science ;-) 

There used to be sports card price guides that people would use as guidelines
for buying/selling cards..  Now I guess it's all up to auctions and market
value?

Nightfox

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