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re: Hobby Box Trading Cards (need OT’s help)

Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:37 pm to
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:37 pm to
Seems like a good place to ask...

I have a bunch of old cards from the late 70s and early 80s

Mix of NBA, NFL, MLB, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Superman the Movie, Battlestar Galactica. Some Star Trek I think.

How the heck would I find out if they are worth anything?
This post was edited on 8/22/23 at 7:43 pm
Posted by MSUDawg98
Ravens Flock
Member since Jan 2018
10730 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:42 pm to
Look up a few on ebay. Anything post-1985 until the late 90s is considered "junk wax". If you have star players before those years they could be worth quite a bit if they aren't beat up. If those Star Wars cards are from the first set (and in good shape) you may be looking at some serious money if they grade high.
This post was edited on 8/22/23 at 10:27 pm
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
34992 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:58 pm to
I would be interested in the star wars. Previous post is correct and it is worth researching. If you don't want to do the research then factor that into your price
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19651 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 8:41 pm to
quote:

late 70s and early 80s


Look the cards up on eBay
Posted by MSUDawg98
Ravens Flock
Member since Jan 2018
10730 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 10:39 pm to
Just to clarify my previous post. Good shape for mid-late 70s cards would be at least 3 good corners, no creases, and factory surfaces (ex. no one taped either side and then ripped the tape off). I didn't know the hobby all that well while I first collected as a teen in the 80s. I have a bunch of cards from my favorite set design ('87 Topps) that were either held together in stacks by a rubber band or have staples from me putting them on my corkboard. They're worthless.

That's not even my biggest regret. It's 3 boxes that I've opened before the Covid bubble. Opened a box of '85 Topps in 2013 (now worth 4x what I paid then), '89 Upper Deck LOW (traded what I later found out to be fake autographed picture plaques for the box...worth quite a bit now), and one of my gifts for Xmas in 1986...'86 Topps FB which is compounded by the fact that I gave the nicest Rice from it to my cousin who grew up to be a prick.

I don't want my email hanging around this board so if you're still around let me know and I'll put it up briefly in case you need some specific advice.
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