Selling my baseball cards - hundreds of thousands of cards

[dougdirt]

SOLD!

[TRF]

Hey guys, I ran this by Boss first to make sure it was ok and he gave it the thumbs up. I'm moving at the end of the month and I've got several hundred thousand sports cards I really don't want to have to move twice, so I'm seeing if anyone is interested in buying them.

I'm in the Cincinnati area, so know that much.

90% of the cards are baseball from the late 80's and early-to-mid-90's. There is a small amount of football and basketball mixed in as well. There's also a small amount of baseball/football mixed in from roughly 2005-2012.

I'm starting things off at $200 - but am willing to listen to offers. I'm really just hoping to not have to move them twice. If anyone is interested, I will absolutely help you get them from my basement to your vehicle for as many trips as needed.

There are four pictures below - but there are actually another 25,000+ that aren't in the picture that are included in this.

hoarder.

That said... do you ship to Texas?

[goreds2]

You gotta find the right person and I am sure you will. I would think that would be a reasonable deal although BB cards are not worth as much as they used to be. Most of mine are from the 1970's. Best wishes,

[dougdirt]

Sold them this morning through Craigslist. Guy brought a box truck, two movers and two dollies and had the room unloaded in about 30 minutes. It was awesome.

[Boston Red]

Did you get $100 for them? Mine are down in the basement somewhere.

[marcshoe]

When I sold mine, they paid for a year of college. I didn't have enough to be hauled off in a box truck, but that was back in the boom days.

[dougdirt]

Did you get $100 for them? Mine are down in the basement somewhere.

Twice that. And for the most part, there wasn't much more than commons in there. Probably not a card in the bunch you could sell for more than $15.

[Dom Heffner]

Do you count Cory Snyder as a common? Hmm?

[dougdirt]

Do you count Cory Snyder as a common? Hmm?

Yes. Yes I do.

[Larry Schuler]

Late 80s and early 90s was a real unfortunate time for card value. I remember my dad had some full late 80s Topps sets that he paid a decent amount for and ended up being worth a handful of dollars.

[RedEye]

When we were in sixth grade we ALL collected the '87 Topps set pack by pack. We all thought we would be rich one day. I suppose we could have easily seen the flaws in that logic ... then again, it was sixth grade.

I can still visualize almost every single card on that set. Loved the Eric Davis, the Barry Bonds, the Mark McGwire and the Jose Canseco.


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[Boston Red]

I started in '85, but I didn't get big into it until '87 or '88. So at the time I REALLY wished I'd have bought as many '85s (my McGwire Olympic card is still in a binder somewhere) as I had '87s and '88s. Of course, without locking at Beckett (which probably doesn't even exist anymore), I'm guessing that the '85s are probably about as worthless as the '87s and '88s are by now.

I did sell a Barry Bonds Fleer rookie to a guy for $40. I think it shot up in value at the time after I sold it, but it's probably worth less than $40 today.

[Red Raindog]

I don't like seeing baseball card threads -- I had boxes and boxes and boxes of cards (and comic books) in my room when I left for college in 1971 --- I started collecting in the late 50's. All bought with my paper route & lawn mowing money.

You'll note the had in there -- my mother decided it was time to clean them out of there....... along with my slot car stuff.

Sigh --- I figure there was a couple houses there.....

I did find a couple 1958 Mickey Mantle All Star cards and Ted Williams one with a few others that she missed

[RedEye]

I did find a couple 1958 Mickey Mantle All Star cards and Ted Williams one with a few others that she missed

Those together might buy you a nice flatscreen TV, no? At least?

[Dom Heffner]

Yes. Yes I do.

Heckuva softball player.