Some still bristle at the thought but to anyone who has followed the market for popular high quality vintage sports cards, it’s impossible to ignore. Most are worth a lot more than they used to be. One of the auction companies that sells a lot of them has long touted their investment potential. Now, they’re taking the next step: PWCC Marketplace has launched … [Read more...]
Large Gains and Volatility are Found in High-Dollar Sports Card Market
These days, baseball cards are looked at as more and more of an investment than in the past. Cards obviously are still collected by many people that do not necessarily care about their value just as there were investors in cards back in the 1970s and 1980s. But as cards have become more and more valuable, collectors are taking them a bit more seriously from a financial … [Read more...]
Step-by-Step Guide for Investing in Vintage Baseball Cards
Yeah, we know. Buy stocks and mutual funds. Don’t invest in baseball cards. Believe me, our retirement savings are not locked up in cardboard and we're not suggesting yours should be either. But… there’s no denying that high quality vintage cards have been very solid performers over time. If only we’d bought a few ’52 Mantles when nice ones could be had for under … [Read more...]
Who’s Next? Vintage Cards With Potential to Climb
Last week a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle graded PSA 8 sold for a record high $525,800 in Heritage Auctions, completing a yearlong price surge that included two other sales at over $400,000. For most collectors the '52 Topps Mantle is now out of reach, but there are several well-known cards that have the potential to rise as interest shifts and more collectors enter the hobby in … [Read more...]
Rookie Card Values of the ‘Greatest Living Players’
For years, Joe DiMaggio was introduced as the ‘greatest living ballplayer’. He insisted on it, many whispered. It’s a great title but the down side is that you are absolutely going to lose it someday. Tuesday night, Major League Baseball introduced a quartet of living legends—and then some. The Franchise Four campaign allowed fans to vote for the top players in the … [Read more...]
Investment Targets in Baseball’s ‘Golden Age’
They were some of the most pinned, pasted, flipped, traded and spoked cards ever. As World War II came and went, kids had fallen back in love with baseball cards and the iconic players who made their mark in the 1940s and 50s became the favorite parts of many a youngster's childhood. Today, they're still in demand and those that have survived without the pinning, pasting, … [Read more...]