Notice Sports Card Frenzy

[SlyPokerDog]

Tons of baseball, basketball, and football cards up for auction. Some autographed including a Bill Walton.

https://hibid.com/catalog/269710/biggest-collectors-auction-ever/?g=all-categories&ipp=100

 

[Lanny]

Tons of baseball, basketball, and football cards up for auction. Some autographed including a Bill Walton.

https://hibid.com/catalog/269710/biggest-collectors-auction-ever/?g=all-categories&ipp=100

Bill Walton agreed to sign an autograph for me but told me I had to work it through a Blazer vice president.

 

[donkiez]

Tons of baseball, basketball, and football cards up for auction. Some autographed including a Bill Walton.

https://hibid.com/catalog/269710/biggest-collectors-auction-ever/?g=all-categories&ipp=100

There are a few interesting items but I assume all the amazing stuff has been picked over in the boxes of cards. The 89 fleer basketball set is interesting, along with all the MJ cards. That Walter Payton needs to be taken out of the screw case!

 

[donkiez]

Because of the recent surge of orders PSA is suspending all basic grading until further notice, which they currently think will be July 1st. The said they have got more submission in the last 3 days then they have in the last 3 months. They are so backlogged they have been taking in more orders than they can process and need time to catch up. Thats a crazy awesome indicator for the industry in general but frustrating if you need stuff done. All my orders are still sitting there from Jan/Feb submissions and I admit that I am frustrated with how slow it is going but at least I got them in before the shut down. I have one set of 11 cards, that are all high/mid value, on the last step of the process before I get results and they ship back. So any day now on that one, apparently last step is just double check the holder and label before shipping. Once it ships Ill get a notice that my grades are available then I can see my grades on the report before my cards get here.

TMZ: Sports Trading Card Boom Forces PSA to Suspend Card Grading Services.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/31/sports-trading-card-boom-forces-psa-to-suspend-card-grading-service/

 

[Chris Craig]

Pokémon cards are worth a lot now

 

[donkiez]

Looks like Topps is going public through a SPAC and getting involved in NFTs. Given my experience with how hot the industry is right now I think Ill pick up a few shares. It also aligns my NFT, card frenzy and stock trading hobbies into one nice package.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/investing/topps-spac-stock-nft/index.html

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I guess I’m going to have to go through my cards upon my return to the mainland.

I’ve got a shit-ton of baseball and basketball cards from the 80’s/90’s, some older stuff, and random stuff from the 2000’s.

 

[donkiez]

Tons of baseball, basketball, and football cards up for auction. Some autographed including a Bill Walton.

https://hibid.com/catalog/269710/biggest-collectors-auction-ever/?g=all-categories&ipp=100

So I went ahead and made some bids on a few items. I thought I was going to clean up then some people came in at the last second and bid some prices really high. I was looking at everything Jordan and a few unopened boxes. I ended up winning the Bill Walton autograph for $30, which was kind of cool. It will be a nice addition to my collection.

In other news I am considering buying a few unopened boxes of stuff for fun. If anyone is curious the 1992 sets seem to be cheap enough for this and you have a pretty good chance of pulling either a Jordan or Shaq rookie to get your money back. Topps, Upper Deck and Stadium Club Series 2 all run from $200 to $700 for a full box, depending on the brand. Just got to make sure you get a factory seal if its a wax pack.

 

[donkiez]

I just got a few grades in. My first Gem mint 10 is a 1988 fleer Stockton rookie card. Goes for $1500+ in ebay. That makes up for some of my previous disappointment.

It's hard to get good grades cards. This lot had 11 cards and I got some VG 4s in some of them. A few NM 8. Nothing really notable tho except for maybe 1977 Adrian Dantley NM8.

 

[BigGameDamian]

If you want the best pricing guide for sport cards it's still Beckett. You can download the app on your phone, tablet or computer.

 

[Shaboid]

This go here?

 

[donkiez]

Got my cards back, figured it was a good time to take pictures for you guys. First off are my disappointing returns. Autographs were unable to be verified even though I know they were real because I saw them get signed. The Jordan was damaged by its case so it got an altered rating. If you zoom in on the framed name of Jordan you can see the printing is off also, that would have significantly lowered its grade so its probably not as big of a loss as I originally thought, but damn the centering is really good on it.

 

[donkiez]

Here are my good returns so far. Gem Mint 10 stockton is a big hit. The other 3 I was hoping for a 9 but got an 8, which is a bummer but still worth something.

 

[donkiez]

and all the rest. Looking at them after they were graded its obvious how off they were. They are all basically worthless with these ratings. I was thinking 7 or 8 on all of these. Learned a bunch on the grading process and if I was submitting right now I would have put them all in on a lower priority and been more critical. I still have a ton of cards I am waiting on.

 

[donkiez]

2021 panini score card hobby boxes just went live on panini direct. $300 a box limit of 5, it's probably your only chance if paying retail if you are interested. They are going fast.

 

[donkiez]

2021 panini score card hobby boxes just went live on panini direct. $300 a box limit of 5, it's probably your only chance if paying retail if you are interested. They are going fast.

Nevermind, out of stock in less than 10 minutes. If you like cards you should sign up on this site to get notifications.

 

[Haakzilla]

2021 panini score card hobby boxes just went live on panini direct. $300 a box limit of 5, it's probably your only chance if paying retail if you are interested. They are going fast.

...if you really like games of chance, then checkout group breaks where you can buy into a box/case at a fraction of the cost.

 

[donkiez]

...if you really like games of chance, then checkout group breaks where you can buy into a box/case at a fraction of the cost.

I've been watching some high end box breaks online and it's amazing how entertaining it is to see other people open packs. Doubt I'd buy in though, I like ripping them myself, or I'll just buy the card I want. Really Im doing this mostly for my nephews, so I can be the cool uncle who gives them the best gifts. It's more fun watching them rip into boxes than anything, I'm sure one day they will get a 1/1 black prizm or something tho and Ill be just watching and still having a house payment. One of my nephew's is into pokemon not sports cards, so I sent him a few packs and he pulled a freaking Charizard. He is now the coolest kid in his group.

 

[donkiez]

Also if your just down for making a quick buck, right now you can usually flip these boxes on eBay for a few times more than retail. So if you ever come across retail prices just buy them out. Hobby boxes are the most expensive and most valuable, but they have the best odds of getting the good stuff and guaranteed autographs. Blaster boxes are next level down and hangers are the last.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Shits getting real!!!!

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/13/business/pokemon-sports-cards-trading-trnd/index.html

 

[santeesioux]

you guys made me look up my old ass ones and i have rookie kobe and brady cards, the kobe is all bent up though

 

[Lanny]

you guys made me look up my old ass ones and i have rookie kobe and brady cards, the kobe is all bent up though

Total ugh on the Kobe one.

 

[hoopsjock]

During the pandemic I got into collecting Pokemon cards with my 8 year old because he doesn't really care about sports cards (yet?) but I still wanted to share in the card collecting hobby with him. How awful is it that you can't just go into a store and buy a pack or two every once in awhile? As the year went on they became harder and harder to find but occasionally I'd get lucky online or at a random Game Stop or whatever. Since Christmas however I haven't seen a single pack in a store. The section is always picked over immediately. There is a Fred Meyer by my house that has one of the machines but 99% of the time it is broken or empty and it's often several weeks in between them filling it. The last few times they've filled it I've gotten excited to see a box or a pack I want and then I go to buy it and it says it's out of stock even though I can fucking see it right there.

So far the hobby has been mostly just frustration and wasted effort trying to locate them.

 

[donkiez]

During the pandemic I got into collecting Pokemon cards with my 8 year old because he doesn't really care about sports cards (yet?) but I still wanted to share in the card collecting hobby with him. How awful is it that you can't just go into a store and buy a pack or two every once in awhile? As the year went on they became harder and harder to find but occasionally I'd get lucky online or at a random Game Stop or whatever. Since Christmas however I haven't seen a single pack in a store. The section is always picked over immediately. There is a Fred Meyer by my house that has one of the machines but 99% of the time it is broken or empty and it's often several weeks in between them filling it. The last few times they've filled it I've gotten excited to see a box or a pack I want and then I go to buy it and it says it's out of stock even though I can fucking see it right there.

So far the hobby has been mostly just frustration and wasted effort trying to locate them.

eBay, you pay a little more but it's still worth it usually. Look for unopened factory sealed boxes, individual packs or specific cards with the buy it now option.

 

[hoopsjock]

eBay, you pay a little more but it's still worth it usually. Look for unopened factory sealed boxes, individual packs or specific cards with the buy it now option.

I'm not going to reward the very people who buy out the stores and are the reason stores don't sell them anymore.

 

[donkiez]

I'm not going to reward the very people who buy out the stores and are the reason stores don't sell them anymore.

Its just supply and demand economics at work. Capitalism at it's finest! I think of it as the fee for not camping out at Walmart overnight.

 

[santeesioux]

Total ugh on the Kobe one.

I know but if he can make me a few bucks it's worth it haha

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I went thru a chunk of my cards with my daughters yesterday. We made a fun evening of it.

Found so much random stuff I didn’t remember having. Beyond the mounds of Blazers and unopened Franz cards.... I had sour patch kids cards, more MJ and Griffey’s than I recall having, some unopened Starting Lineup figures, Tombstone pizza baseball cards, some various minor league brands and collegiate productions (for baseball and basketball). Lotta small amounts of random odds and ends that are 30+ years old. So much of it has been touched once and put away.

 

[MickZagger]

https://www.oregonlive.com/business...kicked-off-ebay-accused-of-shill-bidding.html

 

[Orion Bailey]

https://www.oregonlive.com/business...kicked-off-ebay-accused-of-shill-bidding.html

whoa!