Roger that. Everything is o pee chee for older hockey. The baseball cards are leaf (Canadian version of donruss) which I’m told isn’t awesome even though they are lesser in print. Collectors look at them similar to how topps are looked at in hockey. Any truth to that? Just rumour ive read or been told.
now there’s a few different “graders” or “grading companies” (If that’s what they are called) out there. Which one is best? Is there a best or more sought after or trusted one?
and then obviously there are a bunch of businesses that can do the physical grading as well. Any suggestions there? Like a specific one
and just to confirm.... I’m looking at about 20 bucks per card for grading? That’s the fair price?
and basically stick to the pre 90’s and limited print newer ones like the Sid young guns?
and only the true superstars. Yzerman and Roy yes. Cam Neely and Doug Gilmour maybe not?
what about Brett Hull? Obvious superstar but 90’s age. that would be similar to the Jagr? I think I have him too. What a hell of a draft year that was lol!
On that....Total sidebar.... I’ll probably be buried with my Probie rookie card. Lol! What a fucking animal and all around decent guy he was. Well outside of the coke benders maybe! One of my friends got to fight him at the end of his career. Has a giant picture of them toe to toe above his pool table.
I really appreciate this advice sir. It’s very helpful!
I don't even know much about the baseball. I have a griffey rookie worth like 10 bucks.. the 70s baseball are the good ones.
Psa grading and beckett are the top 2. Psa will bring better value imo and thats what I use. Beckett is good to but they have a different point system using half points. So a top psa card would be 9 or 10. Where as becket is 9 or 9.5. ( theres only a few 10s ever so 9.5 is normally consider the best with beckett) Thats where its gets weird. A psa 9 will bring much more then a beckett 9. Some people only buy PSA graded cards. Including myself. They are the top standard imo. Psa or beckett. Don't waste your time with any others like ksa or the cheap bvg grading. These cards may grade a 7 but really only be a 4 or 5 and they bring way less money. Also you get a barcode and its laminated inside, so you can look up the number to see if its legit. Also past selling prices, if the card has changed hands online.
Normally its around 20 bucks a card to get graded if its under 500 value. The more the card is valued the more you pay. Like a 20g gretzky they get 4 or 5 different people to grade the card to make sure they are exact. 1 point difference in grade could be thousands of dollars in loss or profit. So that will cost a couple hundred to grade.
Yzerman and roy are in the 300-500 range in good condition of course. But neely and Gilmore would be under 100 most likely. Brett hull is too new. I believe 88 and thats where the cards went way up in production. Same with sakic. You can get 10 rookie sakics for like 5 bucks. The cutoff is around 87. Pre 88 is worth money and the new era young guns. Young guns only came 1 card in every 5 packs on average. So not as many. Theres lots of rare gold cards and autograph cards, jersey cards for new stuff. Also something im not to knowledgeable about. Some are worth 1000s. Others not much, depends how rare and who it is. Mcdavid jersey card just sold for line 130 grand..for instance.
I have all the fighters too. Domi, probert even a few local guys I went to school with. Not alot of value but great keepsakes. I hang onto that stuff.
Even with the huge prices im still gonna try and pick up a few. I dont have a mcdavid, but I have over 8 unopened boxes. The big cards are actually a good investment. Never expected my 200$ gretzky i bought 5 years ago would be worth a grand easy. And its only a 2 on the psa grading scale.
Mcdavid, gretzky, crosby, ovi, lemieux , messier are the big ones untill you go back to the 70s. Lafleurs, howe, dryden, Then they are crazy. Bobby Orrs are worth the same as a new half ton. Cause in them days they were played with, never kept mint. Bourque is worth alot too cause they were all miscut for some reason, hard to find a decent one. It will bring over 500.
Alexis lafreniere new card is already worth 300-500 and hes never played a game.
Hope I answered your questions, I just ramble on..lol
