Category Archives: Investing

Investing In Baseball Cards

Unopened Baseball Card Boxes

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Scott

There was a story in today’s Wall Street Journal about preserved and unopened baseball card boxes from the 1950s, 1960′s, and 1970′s. The story basically hinged on the fact that certain collectors or maybe more appropriately, investors, purchased boxes of … Continue reading →

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Cheapest Prices For Baseball Card Boxes

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Scott

First, let me say that I have no affiliation with the online stores I am about to mention.  I have frequented their sites to check prices and have bought cards from them.   In an effort to help my readers find … Continue reading →

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Selling Baseball Cards – Part IV – How Not To Invest

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Scott

If you will be purchasing cards to sell later at a higher value, you are investing in baseball cards.  Some may say you are trading, but you are investing.  Before you go ahead and invest, first know that you will … Continue reading →

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Recent Baseball Card Sales

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Scott

09/17/08 – Clem Koshorek, 1952 Topps, Card # 380, Graded PSA 8 – Sold for $837 09/08/08 – Joe Jackson, 1909 E90-1 American Camel, Graded PSA 3 – Sold for $27,000 09/04/08 – Mickey Mantle, 1960 Topps, Card # 350, … Continue reading →

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Fall Baseball Prospects

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Scott

With the expansion of the MLB rosters to 40 men, there will be several young players who are getting a chance to show their stuff in the bigs.  With that in mind, there will also be young player’s baseball cards … Continue reading →

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Selling Baseball Cards – Part III – Who To Buy

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Scott

As mentioned in the previous post in this series, the first factor to consider when selling a card is who the player is. It’s pretty easy to figure out that you want to be selling a Hall of Famer, rather … Continue reading →

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