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?
