Has your old sports card collection been collecting dust in a closet?
If so, it's time to get rid of them and make some extra cash in the process!
Today, there are many options for collectors to sell sports cards online or offline.
I've had decades of experience buying and selling sports cards, so this guide will help you avoid some of the same mistakes I have made in the past.
The 1894 N302 Mayo's Cut Plug John Dunlop card is one of the rarest football cards in existence. However, the 1925 Star Player Candy Red Grange has a lower graded population.
This Dunlop card is often referred to as the 'holy grail' of football cards and is a part of the first football card set in history-the N302 Mayo's Cut Plug set.
The cards featured ivy league football stars of the day and are the first 19th-century trading cards dedicated solely to football players.
We’ve assembled a collection of authentic Brady autograph images. These are all authentic Brady signatures. If you have a good auto you’d like to showcase here, please shoot me a photo at chris@allvintagecards.com. Please also see our guide to identifying fake Brady autographs.
PSA gets all the fanfare, but SGC is the second oldest grading company in the hobby.
Launched in 1998, about seven years following the start of PSA, SGC has built a reputation as one of the most trustworthy and reliable card graders in the business.
Unfortunately, PSA graded cards still sell at a sizeable premium to both SGC and Beckett graded cards.
My hope is that at some point, SGC graded cards earn the due that they deserve.
As follows is a full review on SGC.
Please let me know your thoughts on SGC in the comments section.
Beckett has long been a powerhouse in the media business.
It's monthly price guide magazines are synonymous with card collecting from the 80s and 90s.
Beckett Card Grading was launched back in 1999 and remains among the top tier of today's card grading companies.
In this piece, we review the history of Beckett Grading and explore some of the details of its different card grading options.
The 1984 Topps Football set is THE landmark football card set of the 1980s.
Sure, the 1981 Topps set has the Montana rookie card, and the 1982 Topps set has Lawrence Taylor’s rookie card.
But, the 1984 Topps set features one of the best collections of big-name rookies across any sports card set from the 1980s.Â
This piece looks closely at the 1984 Topps set, providing PSA population data, card values, and thoughts on overall investment potential.
Be sure to also check our guide on The Most Valuable Football Cards Of All Time.
Few players in the history of the NFL have had the impact on the game that Walter Payton did.
A Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears, Payton was known for his power, speed, and agility. Payton is one of the best running backs of all time.
Walter Payton's 1976 Topps Rookie card is one of the must own rookie cards for vintage football card collectors.
It is also (in high grades) one of the most valuable football cards in the hobby.
In this blog post, we'll take a deeper look into the valuation, scarcity, and investment potential for Payton's 1976 Topps rookie card.
In the end, we also take a closer look at the amazing career of 'Sweetness'.
Barry Sanders was one of the best running backs to play the game. Most rankings put Sanders in the top three overall, usually surrounded by other great running backs such as Jim Brown or Walter Payton.Â
Unfortunately, Barry Sanders’ rookie cards were released during the peak of the junk era of sports cards, when massive overproduction was the norm. Â
Thus, his rookie cards are only suitable for investment purposes if he seeks the highest-graded copies possible.
Even then, the significant supplies make it hard to envision a future when his rookie cards increase massively in value.
Still, I wanted to provide some more thoughts on his available rookie cards, providing more information on card values, scarcity, and overall investment potential.Â
Check out our list of the hobby’s most valuable football cards.
The Joe Montana to Jerry Rice connection in the 1980s was one of the best-ever quarterback and wide receiver duos of all time.
Despite the rise of some star-studded wideouts, Rice remains the consensus #1 WR in football history.
The Jerry Rice 1986 Topps Rookie card has experienced a renewed interest among football card collectors.
Rice rookie cards in high grades have seen the biggest increase in recent years.
In this piece, we examine the career of Jerry Rice while taking a closer look at his 1986 Topps rookie card.
We’ve written extensively about sports card grading and many of the controversies that have surrounded the space.
With the explosion in demand for card grading, collectors have faced long wait times and higher prices.
I felt like it was a good time to get a pulse of the collector community to get opinions on the best grading companies.
Let’s face it, a lot has changed, and new competitors have come into the market.
In what follows, I provide the results of our 2021 Sports Grading Collectors survey while also providing some of my experiences with the different grading companies.Â
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