Okay fellow collectors, it’s time to see what sold for big buck on eBay recently. Let’s check out a recent list of the top 5 most valuable (money-wise) cards sold on eBay.

1. 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth, Yankees, Card #181, Graded PSA 7 - Sold for $11,500 on June 9. A different 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card, #52, graded PSA 5, sold for $4,950 on May 24.

2. 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, Yankees, Card #311, Graded PSA 3 - Sold for $10,500 on June 16. I knew this was a popular card, but I didn’t know exactly how popular and how valuable until I started to track the baseball card values determined by sales on eBay. This may be THE baseball card of all-time.

3.  1909-11 T206 Cy Young “Bare Hand Shows”, Graded SGC 88 - Sold for $7,650 with a winning bid on June 10.  A newcomer to our “most valuable” lists.   Nice. 

4.  2009 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Babe Ruth Auto, Yankees, Card #LC-301, Numbered 4 of 5 - Sold for $7,500 with Buy It Now on June 17.  Wow, a 2009 baseball card selling for $7,500?  Okay, yeah, it’s got a really old autograph of the best baseball player ever, but what’s that got to do with it? 

5.  1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, Card #311, Graded SGC 30 - Sold for $6,400 with a Best Offer on June 12.  Our old favorite at the top of the most valuable cards sold on eBay list once again. 

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In my previous post in the series, I talked about what NOT to do when looking to sell baseball cards. What you SHOULD do, if you want to sell high end cards, is consider selling these cards through a sports card auction house.

Auction houses work in much the same way that eBay or SportsBuy auctions work. However, the sports card (or sports collectible) auction houses carry a reputation for providing high end material and for providing seamless transactions for their clients.

If you do have a high end baseball card to sell (let’s use a book value of $500 or more for this purpose), there are a handful of auction houses, which specialize in sports collectibles and sports cards, which you’ll want to consider. In no particular order, here are some of the top sports card auction houses around.

Robert Edward Auctions

Mastro Auctions

Memory Lane

Leland’s

Goodwin and Co.

There are several additional auction houses. Those listed here are just some of the most prominent ones.

When you sell a baseball card through an auction house, you first need to (more…)

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Have you ever wanted to organize your cards online, with all of their details, and the associated price of each card? Well, now you can. CardScape.net is a new online sports card management system that can help you track, manage and organize your cards. All online.

You can track where you purchased your cards, what you paid for them and what condition they are in, to name just a few of the ways you can track them. The best part of this system, if you ask me, is that you find out what the current value of your cards are. Have a Don Mattingly 1984 Fleer rookie card and thinking about selling it? Just go to your online collection at CardScape.net and find out what its current value is.

Another cool thing about this management system is that there is no software to install on your computer. It’s all done online, so you don’t have to worry about downloading anything, or scanning anything, or increasing the utilization of your hard drive, which is probably already maxed out with music and pics anyway!

According to CardScape.net, they support collections of all sizes. So, if you have thousands of cards, guess what? Just enter the info and you’re good to go.

And if you want to sell your cards, or purchase cards from other subscribers, there is a feature to label each card for sale, and to sell the card right there through the management system. Pretty cool.

If you haven’t already done so, check it out at CardScape.net.

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