My recollection is that they need to be rookie cards, not just cards of

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Mar 4, 2016
10:37:29am

garyfan Starter

My recollection is that they need to be rookie cards, not just cards of

good players. And that the true definition of "mint" is much more restrictive than it is to the casual observer.

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garyfan

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Time

I think I struck gold

bigbossbyu

3/4/16 10:12am

I'm guessing the collection is worth dozens and dozens of dollars.

garyfan

3/4/16 10:14am

^Mistakenly collected basketball cards and not baseball cards in his youth

Carnac el Magnifico

3/4/16 10:19am

My recollection is that they need to be rookie cards, not just cards of

garyfan

3/4/16 10:37am

They don't necessarily need to be rookie cards to have good value. Early year cards

BYUMizzou

3/4/16 10:52am

Wow. Good to know.

garyfan

3/4/16 11:17am

^^ This! The rare cards are the ones that are worth something. Cards for HOF

CanuckUte

3/4/16 1:04pm

Find out if they have grand kids and then give the money from the cards to them

BYUFam1

3/4/16 10:15am

Call the police like on better call saul

3/4/16 10:15am

But check and see if there's a secret baseboard hidey-hole first.

Cylon Coug

3/4/16 10:33am

The good news is, you're going to need a few pies.

Dwight Schr-UTE

3/4/16 10:48am

I had cards from the 50's I had collected. When I left on my mission my Mom

Hinta

3/4/16 10:15am

Same happened to my dad. He had some Babe Ruth cards mickey mantle. Also a bunch

Spokcougar

3/4/16 10:30am

When I came home from my mission, I discovered that my brothers had ransacked

Flippy

3/4/16 10:32am

That makes my stomach hurt just hearing that.

RaggaeCoug

3/4/16 10:45am

I had several valuable cards before going on my mission

byusuvu

3/4/16 10:31am

look for a mickey mantle rookie card

Nat Gas Man

3/4/16 11:06am

Let me know if you have a '68 Topps #177 or a '71 Topps #513

BYUMizzou

3/4/16 10:32am

An free online price guide is here: (link)

BYUMizzou

3/4/16 10:33am

I'm sure there's lots of junk, like that Honus Wagner card. Just send it to me.

Cylon Coug

3/4/16 10:35am

The 80s-90s stuff likely isn't worth much. That said, my best card is a 1992

mncougar

3/4/16 11:04am

Sig gif - Safe at first?

Pollster

1/12/22 2:51pm

If you want to sell them individually, it'll take a lot of work, time, and

bluebloodedcoug

3/4/16 11:09am

they're like the stock market. sometimes they're real valuable, other times no.

macaroni

3/4/16 11:12am

Unfortunately, I think the value of these cards has dropped a ton.

Downtown

3/4/16 12:03pm

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