how are baseball cards doing these days?

[mopinko]

i ended up w several thousand 60's-90's good cards in my divorce.
i was in a charity thrift store that had the stock of a card shop donated. i knew the hubs would dig it, so i called him and asked how many boxes.
i think i dragged home a dozen, then he went back and picked through.
we ended up w about 25 cases, like the cig carton size box x 4. no idea how many cards that is.

hubs went through them all, and sorted out the good ones. 6-7 cases.

i'd like to get them out of my way. i have asked a few people in the last couple years, but they say the market is shit. is it worse now?
what would you do w them?

[GPV]

1. How much headache do you want? Sell them piecemeal on EBay for years, or take a lower

number for lots. My hubby collects, mostly football and basketball. He’s still irritated over the worthless 90s cards that flooded the market. Just yesterday he bought boxes at a yard sale dirt cheap, but all the good cards had been pulled. Still there were a few worth having, and the kids and he enjoyed looking through them.

[mopinko]

3. yeah. zero headache.

i'd be happy to dump the lot. more want them to go to someone who wants them.

[marble falls]

2. Flea market them. $.25 ea. Put 'em in grab bags - five cards for a buck, six bags for five bucks.

[mopinko]

4. yeah. no.

i dont have time for that. i want to move the lot.

[multigraincracker]

7. Fair Market Value.

What they go for at auction. Lots of online auction now that might take them. Just too many fakes and repo cards out there.

[mopinko]

11. can you put up a link?

i dont have them in front of me, but i do have to move them from where the are.

[marble falls]

9. Step 1, put a price on it.

[samsingh]

5. the cards from the 60s and 70s will be worth a lot - some could be worth $1000s

[mopinko]

10. yeah, i know there were some that made hubs do the happy dance.

rookie cards of some greats. tom seaver was one, iirc.
some where he had a card for every year of a player's career.

pretty good stash of unopened packs, too.

[samsingh]

6. take your cards to a store that specializes in selling such stuff - you could be sitting on a lot

of money

[multigraincracker]

8. I don't think you can trust them anymore

than anyone else not to rip you off.

[ZonkerHarris]

12. Trading cards are big business now. Blame the adults.

Trading cards are big business now. Blame the adults.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22607818/trading-cards-pokemon-magic-baseball

[mopinko]

13. oh damn. the magic cards got tossed.

i think. maybe 1 of the kids took them. my kids were spread out enough that between the 4 of them they had thousands.

i looked at ebay a bit. i'll keep my ears open.

i had a feeling this mess was gonna cause some waves.