Friday, August 29, 2014

Morning everyone, I know it's early am here in TN. Some things to report before I go jump back into the cards. Firstly, I listed the three packs of hockey cards on Sports Card Forum and someone snatched em up before the day was over so I'm glad they went to a good home. In my neck of the woods, I've processed 513 cards since unloading the lists onto Sports Card Forum and using the pricing tables I set up from the last update, the collection currently stands at a worth of $1,588.22 after 513 cards. This is happy news from a collectors standpoint but at the same time I realize I'm using a price table that I created based on what I feel aspects that make up a card are worth and it'll change ten cents per year. I was going to post a long rant about values in general and the market but thought better of it as it doesn't belong here. I continue to stress that the collection is 100% non-profit and that all cards in the collection have either been donated or purchased from sites like listia where there's no monetary value, so if you have any cards sitting around and either don't collect anymore or don't know what to do with em, donate em to the collection. You can't write em off on your taxes or anything since we're not 503C3 certified, but you'll feel the satisfaction that there's someone out there willing to start and complete a complete record of baseball cards from the 1800s to the present and will never sell the collection for any reason. If anyone has any questions or comments, I'm open to anything. Stay Frosty, Matt

Friday, August 8, 2014

Update

Made it to TN in one piece and we're safe and sound. Now to tackle the oodles of cards I have sitting next to me. Still not sure wither to have them on the Sports Card Forum or toss em back into a spreadsheet. I can control variables easier with a spreadsheet but having them on SCF gives the cards exposure. Also came up with a simple price guide of sorts. It takes in all aspects of a card rather then the popularity of a player. If anyone finds this guide usefull let me know and I'll keep it updated.

Price Guide - Last Updated 8/10/2014
Condition

89¢ for poor
+10¢ for Fair/Excelent
+20¢ for Near Mint
+30¢ for Mint

Rarity
+$5 for Super Rare
+$3 for Rare
+$1 for Uncommon
+0 for Common
-20¢ for Very Common
-30¢ for Super Common

Age
+10¢ per year(except the current year) - Current year minus target year=age value

MISC
+0.10 for extra set(ie: Stadium Club) & Checklist
+0.30 for MFGR out of business, Leaders/League Leaders, Draft Picks, & Managers
+0.40 for rookies
+0 for Topps, Upper Deck, etc..


This is the guide I will be using when evaluating cards to be listed on SCF as either personal collection or trade for other cards to complete collections. I know this doesn't fit every type of card out there but it's better then guessing or using ebay or paying Beckett for prices.

That's it for now.
Stay Frosty, Matt