How to Price Baseball Cards
The most obvious answer is to get your cards graded by a professional grading service so you know the exact condition the cards are in. This way, you have a very accurate idea of the cards worth. But for some people, they don’t have the time to wait on a grading service or they just can’t afford it.
Or, you can judge what condition your cards are in by yourself. Be honest and as accurate as possible and you just might be able sell more cards to the same person. If a card has soft corners or is faded, you can’t price your card as if it were in mint condition. Word does get around in the baseball card collector’s community about good and bad sellers.
After you have checked your cards over real closely, then you’ll want to get a price guide. This guide tells you approximate values of cards in certain condition. A great majority of baseball card collectors own these guides, so when pricing your cards, be ready to get a variety of offers for cards you want to sell.
You’ll want to do some research when pricing your cards. Find out what the same card has been selling for in a number of different places. Then you can adjust your price by whether your card is in better or worse shape. Price cards according to the market.
You may make more money on cards of players who just reached certain milestones in their career, such as their 300th win or 500th homerun. Prices of cards in really good shape definitely go up when milestones are reached.
