Baseball Cards

[Cougar Bait]

Curious who here is or was a collector. When I was young it's about all I cared about until I discovered girls.

Been going through a bunch of mine.

Found this Bonds 87 Topps Error.

Will post anything else of interest I come across.

 

[Boner_18]

Collected similar era cards. Just bought a bunch more, was fun recently to rip some (new) packs but now im collecting signed rookie cards only (buying on ebay). Gives me incentive to follow (non-AL East ) rookies all year.

Take a look at the 2021 and later Topps flagship product. They are including 35year throwback designs so its all our era cards but with modern (and retired) players.

 

[Boner_18]

Love that design.

 

[Archie]

shit ain't worth shit

 

[Matty]

I have a massive collection, mostly hockey though. @mrquincy is big into it too, and he's looking at an early 60s Mantle right now.

 

[Cougar Bait]

shit ain't worth shit

My Uncle gifted me the 1972 and 1973 Topps set when I was 13. Of course they were stolen. Also love the design of those years. What's your price Arch let's talk turkey 🦃

 

[Cougar Bait]

This one is worth something, had no idea.

 

[Cougar Bait]

I've got a few nice Jeter cards
No rookies though

Basically collected from 1985-1991

Then a little from 1998-1999

Gonna take forever to go through all this

 

[Cougar Bait]

So this one is interesting since I have virtually no other Topps Tiffany cards.

The value between a PSA 9 and 10 is considerable.

Not sure where it falls. Centering seems right on, 4 sharp corners, no visual flaws that I can see. Boner, any idea if it's a 9 or a 10? You are poster of the year now and it comes with certain responsibilities

 

[Vegas Dave]

Cougs I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't see you getting a nine here with these crusty edges.

 

[Cougar Bait]

Wow that seems really bad all zoomed in lol you can barely see it when looking at it straight on, but I think the angle of my shot doesn't help here.

 

[Vegas Dave]

Wow that seems really bad all zoomed in lol you can barely see it when looking at it straight on, but I think the angle of my shot doesn't help here.

I can see a handful of blemishes even zoomed out (like that white dot under the 4 on the bottom), and these fuckers analyze with a fine-tooth comb. 9+ has to be damn near perfect. Wouldn't recommend grading this one, but if you do GL

 

[Boner_18]

I dont really know about grading. Just assume its a scam.

 

[Cougar Bait]

The Topps Tiffany card stock is white, so what you're seeing is the card stock. It's not anything external. Regardless of whether it is a 9 or a 10, and maybe it is a 9 (which are allowed flaws) the 1986 set of Topps Tiffany was a limited run of 5000.

Will have to review my entire collection before I determine what to grade. Surely some items.

 

[Cougar Bait]

I dont really know about grading. Just assume its a scam.

Impossible to sell in most cases with higher value cards minus the PSA grading. Will have to look into cost per card fees. I don't even know that I would sell any of them actually now that I am typing it out.

 

[Boner_18]

I dont think thats true. Auction houses including ebay will authenticate and guarantee and I think thats sufficient for most. At least thats the sense i get from message boards. For the (modern) rare low population cards (1/1, 1/5, 1/10 and even higher) grades are shown to do little if anything for value (the card is already rare regardless of condition).

Grading seems to only make sense when it creates a rare sub-population of a relatively common card, and even then its probably only grade 10 (9s for the most coveted, Ohtani, Judge, or maybe some rookie junk wax). So if you have a 50% or better of a 10 for junk wax rookie thats got a good market (like Canseco?) maybe you make back the fee. Otherwise, its rarely worth it.

 

[Boner_18]

I see this (or variations) a lot and generally think its accurate.

 

[Matty]

I have a PSA 10 Wembanyama rookie

Yeah me pro