Card Collector Universe

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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Just busted a hobby box of 2007 SP Rookie Baseball and I was pretty happy to find this card in the third pack I opened:

Finding an autographed Ryan Braun rookie card in a hobby box pack will bring a smile to most collector’s faces.

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I’m not a huge proponent of buying prospect cards to sell at a later date. Some call this prospecting, some might call it short-term trading. In any case, it’s very hit or miss. You can spend a ton of time researching prospects, invest a bunch of money in their cards, and they still might not pan out.

There was a very interesting post on SportsCardForum recently though, that caught my eye. It dealt with when to sell prospect’s cards. I don’t want to take from the post itself, but the guys were basically talking about doing your research and making the decision for yourself on when and what cards to sell.

To that end, I was thinking about what resources were out there to do some research on prospects. These are just a few of the places I thought would be helpful.

MiLB Stats

Baseball America

ScoutingBook.com

MLB.com This site is cool because if you click on the link for each prospect, you’ll find a cool little video snippet.

Cardboard Investor

Hot Prospects

If you have any other sites you use for finding baseball prospects, feel free to share with the rest of the readers here. Thanks.

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