Baseball Cards

[Cougar Bait]

This Canseco is a junk wax rookie, yes, but limited to 5000 and is Topps Tiffany so it can't exactly be lumped in with say, the Ken Griffey Jr Upper Deck card.

But I do think most the other points are valid Boner.

In a nutshell, more study is required before doing anything. At this point I am pretty much taking the word of Sportscards Pro website which seems to do a good enough job of the market fluctuations for me. It isn't perfect by any means, but pretty useful to understand demand. Understanding what they're worth will determine what if anything I'll do.

I imagine I will end up with 20-30 cards I want graded. Still have a long way to go to dig through it all.

 

[Boner_18]

Yep. It's maybe worth it. I don't know squat about the difference between what gets a 7, 8, 9 or 10.

I like to use ebay listings (lowest active and recently sold) for comps.

Maybe spend the $20 + shipping to get Canseco to sign it?

Jose Canseco autographs on your own items (orders due by January 31, 2026) – The OC Dugout

theocdugout.com

 

[Cougar Bait]

Yeah could be a good idea. In hopes that it doesn't get trashed in the mail? Also seems risky.

 

[Boner_18]

Im sure they secure ship in a penny sleeve, taped top loader, cardboard, bubble mailer. Anything can happen but ive lost stuff at a rate of like 1/50 from ebay sellers (and this is a professional org with a reputation to uphold).

Plus, $20 is cheap. I saw a bunch of former and current Yanks signing locally for $75-150 recently (though in person so its meet and sign).

The Tiffany raw is anywhere from $25-60. Looks like the traded auto no real grade is $70.

But I guess prob not worth the auto unless you think it's a 9 or 10. If it was you could go from $45 raw to a 9 auto (maybe $300 min?) for a cost of $75 (auto, and grading).