How Baseball Cards Became a Financial Bubble Atlantic Online
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Claiming entrée to a network of scouts and coaches, promised collectors
"insider scouting message" that would help them invest in the cards
of rising big-league prospects. Collectors bought bundles of rookie
cards as a way to gamble legally on a virtuoso's future...
In 1989, the Upper Deck Co. would transform the industry with
flashy, high-priced cards aimed at investment-minded collectors. As the
sales of new sports cards swelled to more than $1 billion a year,
children began to vanish the hobby, turned off by the pricey packs and
confounding number of sets. The baseball strike of 1994 ushered in an
industrywide hangover that still hasn't ended. Revenues from new sports
cards have fallen to around $200 million a year, approximately one-seventh of
what they were at their peak. While vintage cards like the T206 Honus
Wagner and the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle have continued to sky-rocket in
value, baseball card's boom times produced no such valuable
merchandise. Those 1988 Donruss cards, once considered a savvy
investment, can now be bought in size for around 1 cent apiece .
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i found a box of 1988 topps baseball cards how much are they worth?
Oct 04, 2006 by admiral31986 | Posted in Baseball
they seem to be in very established condition and even include a roger clemens all star card
I'm grim, but an entire set (792 cards) of Topps from that year is only worth $15 (Beckett Baseball Guide).
The Clemens card is worth $1 The most valued calling-card from '88 is the Glavine rookie card ($4). His Tiffany card from the factory set is worth $15.
Sage | Oct 06, 2006
I don't have an surrebutter, but my brother has several uncut sheets of Baseball cards. That may be some money later on, they are probley from the 80's early 90's
Angela L | Oct 04, 2006
almost nothing. Do you know how many baseball cards were printed in 1988?
latitude58_8 | Oct 04, 2006
Pennies for Topps 88 and 89. Rational, the company printed tons, tons, and tons of baseball cards in those years. It was during the height of baseball card collecting and some thought they could remedy a small fortune, so they brought baseball cards. In 1990, baseball card collecting started to collapse. And everyone was trying to sell their over valued cards at about 90 percent reduction. Today, old baseball cards are significance practically nothing because not enough buyers and plenty of sellers.
macarthur1977 | Oct 04, 2006
I'm penitent, but an entire set (792 cards) of Topps from that year is only worth $15 (Beckett Baseball Guide).
The Clemens card is worth $1 The most valued slated from '88 is the Glavine rookie card ($4). His Tiffany card from the factory set is worth $15.
SageSez | Oct 04, 2006
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lostmyaccont8x | Oct 04, 2006
How much is a 1988 Topps baseball card set worth?
Aug 16, 2008 by unknown_model | Posted in Baseball
I have every probable from 1-792. How much can I sell it for?
No. I'm conscience-stricken to tell you it's not going to be that good. The 1988 set had a lot of common, unexciting cards.
It sells retail for approx. $30. A shopkeeper may give you $10 or $15 if they're in a buying mood.
Note: I'm not wrong. See the link: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enUS280US281&q=1988+topps+baseball+business card+value
Does Heaven Have a Sportsbook? | Aug 16, 2008
any chance my bo jackson and dwight gooden 1988 topps baseball cards are worth anything?
Nov 20, 2006 by mybigwayner | Posted in Baseball
also have all-once in a while saves leader lee smith and roger macdowell.
(They all came in a pack I bought a few months ago)
and don't make known me to buy a beckett or tuffstuff, b/c i'm not spending money to find out they're worthless.
not much
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bujiboy | Nov 22, 2006
What are the prices on my Topps baseball cards?
Mar 19, 2008 by supity_dupity | Posted in Baseball
I have intact factory sets of Topps baseball cards from these years:
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995.
I also have a box full of team allstar cards from '87, and a box full of about 800 cards ranging from '82 all the way up to '96.
So I was wondering if anyone could boost me get some prices on these/ individual collectible cards within the sets. Thanks!
Go to
beckett.com
and look up the prices in their online cost guide.
You could also buy a Beckett Monthly magazine at your local drug store or supermarket. It's well worth the five or six dollars you'll pay.
Decorous Luck!
:-)
Mary* | Mar 20, 2008
Top 7 Depressingly Cheap Baseball Cards
The greatest day of the month as an 11-year old was coming abode to a new Beckett Baseball Card Monthly in your mailbox. Who was on the cover? What went up? What went down? Who’s the Hottest and Coldest virtuoso? What lies will readers tell in Autograph Experiences? The worst lie, though, was not ever being told that “succeeding up” really means nothing, and what a card is “worth” was quite different than what was in the Beckett. Never is that more recognizable than if you cruise E Bay now and see how much your favorite “expensive” cards go for. It’s unbelievably depressing.
7. Ken Griffey Jr. 1989 Upland Deck
This one used to “book” (love that baseball card price guide slang) for $100, and you can find a new one for under ten bucks. It’s indeed a bit refreshing that this one still goes for even that, many cards are way more depressing to check as you will see. There is still an aura around the Griffey card, which is probably why it still costs something: most underappreciated performer of this generation; the first “high-end” set (which ended up making cards not as fun anymore); the first card of the first “high-end” set; completely a super-hyped rookie who actually panned out. It may be the most famous card of the peak of collecting that didn’t draw in curse words on a bat.
6. 1991 Topps Stadium Club
If 1989 Upper Deck was the first “high-end” set, Topps Colosseum Club was the first “ungodly high-end” set. They started out at $4 per pack for 12 cards, and once their repute grew, they sometimes cost $8 or even higher. I remember being at a card show where a guy was selling them at $4 during its peak, and kids were lined up to buy them like guys waiting for Neon Beaudeau in Gloomy Chips. It was a really cool set—each player’s Topps rookie card was shown on the back, Nolan Ryan and Ozzie Smith were in tuxes, and Unchecked Thomas had the most sought-after card. You can now buy the entire set on E Bay for an opening bid of…five dollars. Good God. That’s a lot of lawns mowed for nothing.
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