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Entries from February 2008

A $259,910 Difference In Baseball Card Value?

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A PSA 5 version of the 1952 Mickey Mantle Topps rookie card recently sold on eBay for $15,090.  As I mentioned in a recent post, a PSA 10 version of this card sold for $275,000.  Quite a difference is card value, no? It’s amazing how much a card’s value can change with the quality of the […]

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Tags: Baseball Card Storage · Baseball Cards General · Card Value · Investing

Jacoby Ellsbury Baseball Card Follow-Up

February 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A while back, (late January of 2008), I wrote an article about how the 2005 Bowman Chrome Draft Auto Jacoby Ellsbury card was a card to invest in now.  It had recently sold for $150 on eBay.  Well…..more recently, that same card sold for $380 on eBay.  This card was graded mint, as a PSA […]

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Tags: Baseball Cards General · Bowman · Card Value · Investing

The Top 5 Baseball Cards of All Time

February 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

What are the best baseball cards of all-time?  Here they are, ranked from one to five.  They were ranked using a specific algorithm assessing the baseball card’s demand, it’s printing material, the quality of the picture on the card, the amount of detail on the back of the baseball card, as well as it’s geometrical […]

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Tags: Baseball Cards General · Card Value · Old Cards