Was in Siler City today as a burger tourist trying to find a burger to take down Melvin's as King of the best burger in the state . Well they have a antique store down the road from Johnson's Drive in. After confirming that Johnson's burgers were not as good as Melvin's I went to the antique store. The store is so big that after an hour of looking around I was heading for the door but decided to take a look down one more isle. There I found baseball cards. I found a unopened box of Fleer Cards for the 1988 season and it says it has 800 cards in it. I don't know if that is a card for each player on each roster or what but they have not been opened and at 10 bucks that was 5 cents for every 4 cards so I bought it. Then I bought a new set for 1989 that said it had 650 cards and 45 stickers for 10 bucks and a 1991 set for 10 bucks. I figure I will pass them down to the kids one day . Would be nice if there was a card in one of these sets that could allow me to go ahead and retire early. A day goofing around in Siler City is better than a cold day on the dock. Maybe next as Andy or Goober would say I can ride over to Mt. Pilot ! Anyways what you think about my roughly 30 yr old baseball card collection? At a total of 30 bucks I don't feel bad about what I paid . I blow that much on a average monday at the house of health on supplements.
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Good luck. You might just find one that’s worth something.
I ended up inheriting well over 10k baseball cards that my dad had when he passed away. Unfortunately most of them were from that late 80’s / early 90’s period, which a friend of mine that runs a sports collectible shop called the “junk era”. However, there may be a few good ones to look for - rookie cards of future HOF’ers are always good. Hope you find a few.
I ended up inheriting well over 10k baseball cards that my dad had when he passed away. Unfortunately most of them were from that late 80’s / early 90’s period, which a friend of mine that runs a sports collectible shop called the “junk era”. However, there may be a few good ones to look for - rookie cards of future HOF’ers are always good. Hope you find a few.
quick check of the internet , seems I still have to go to work in the morning ! No retirement cards in this bunch ! I did just buy out my bother in laws half of the in laws house and I was told he collected a lot of baseball cards in the 1970's and that they are in the attic. As the new owner of the property I think I will check one weekend and see if my retirement card is up there. There are 2 70's era Schwinn bikes in the storage building if someone wants to make an offer on them 
also a 50 year old child's tractor toy that would be nice to restore.
also a 50 year old child's tractor toy that would be nice to restore.
Baseball cards highest value was in early 90's. I have a ton of old ones and just holding on hoping they go up again one day.
I've got a card that my grandfather gave me before he passed away. It's of Ty Kob. Anyone know if it's worth anything?
My dad had a ton of really valuable ones when he was younger and his brother used them for target practice.
I have a few worth around hundred each and a lot worth anywhere from 10 to 50 or so. My Jordan second year Fleer is my favorite. I used to have this really cool Peyton card with a bunch of pinholes that when turned a certain way formed a silhouette or his face or something. No idea where it is. I think there were only 50 of them or something but doubt it is worth anything. My main days of collection were during the mass production era.
I have a few worth around hundred each and a lot worth anywhere from 10 to 50 or so. My Jordan second year Fleer is my favorite. I used to have this really cool Peyton card with a bunch of pinholes that when turned a certain way formed a silhouette or his face or something. No idea where it is. I think there were only 50 of them or something but doubt it is worth anything. My main days of collection were during the mass production era.
Probably a couple bucks is all. Tell you what... being the nice guy I am, I’ll give ya $20 to take it off your hands.
ETA: NVM... Ty Kob? LOL
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I have a fairly large collection; probably 3000-4000 that I’ve turned over to my kids. That’s all sports combined and I’d say it breaks down like this:
Baseball - 40%
Basketball - 30%
Football - 20%
Misc sports (hockey, NASCAR, minor league, etc.) - 10%
The great majority of my cards fall between the years 1975 and 2000 with my baseball and football cards generally being older than my basketball cards. My boys have added a few hundred football cards in recent years but they seem to be over it now. Most aren’t worth much but I do have a few of significant value with a mid 50s Yogi Berra (between $300-$400) being my best card.
They have a bunch at the counter in Sutton’s. I let my boys get one or two every time we go.
Baseball - 40%
Basketball - 30%
Football - 20%
Misc sports (hockey, NASCAR, minor league, etc.) - 10%
The great majority of my cards fall between the years 1975 and 2000 with my baseball and football cards generally being older than my basketball cards. My boys have added a few hundred football cards in recent years but they seem to be over it now. Most aren’t worth much but I do have a few of significant value with a mid 50s Yogi Berra (between $300-$400) being my best card.
They have a bunch at the counter in Sutton’s. I let my boys get one or two every time we go.
Maybe. I don't have a full set. One neat story--I found out Dave Colescott works at Hanes so I had a friend of mine there give him his trading card.
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