Baseball Cards Price

How is the sports card trading business doing in these current conditions?

I only need answers from people who know please. I'm not talking about looking into a magazine or getting cards appraised. What i am asking is how the actual "business" or the need for cards are these days. Do you just put a card up for sale that you have valued from a book and wait to see if there is someone interested? And also, is there an equal interest in different catagory of sports cards? As in football, baseball, basketball. thanks, and again, would only the people who know the facts answer please?

Public Comments

1. I have not had any luck buying/selling sports cards in years! It just is not what it used to be! Ebay prices have gone down over the years, though the most rare cards have gone up. So unless you have a rare card, then i dont know what to recommend.
2. Business doesn't move with condition, but business can go well depending on the type of card you have. People are almost ALWAYS looking for them. Other type of good cards that people like are Autographs, Jersey, and Chrome Cards. The player you have determines your final value. An example would be, Like a Tom Brady of the New England Patriots Rookie Card, was only about $20 when he started. Now there anywhere from $200 - $500, and that is just for Rookie Cards itself. Autos, Jersey, or Chrome will probably be between $575 - $1,000. And lastly, The last thing a sports card to make the card Value is, Is this Card graded? If not, then the card itself is almost 50% half price off Book Value, and the Higher the grade, the closer to book value your going to get. Example of that is a Adrian Peterson Upper Deck Rookie Card is about $7.00, Get it graded a perfect 10, then the card is $20 - $25, if it is a 9 then the card is $15 - $20, and 8 would be $10 - $15. and so on. Rookie Cards are always good to hang on because if it looks like the player is going to have a good season then you would want to keep and hold it till he retires. If the player goes to Hall of Fame, that shoots price up even more. If you need more help, email me at bikerone91(at)yahoo(dot)com