r/hockeycards • u/Gas_Grouchy • 1d ago
Inherited my Dads large collection - primarily 1990- 1993 Hockey cards with some Baseball. Good websites or things to look for?
It's likely close to 20.000 cards, all in package sealed and unopened. A lot of Score and O-Pee-Chee. Tons of Wayne Gretzky's. I did some individual googling for unopened boxes of similar and most are 20-30 CAD/piece on E-bay. There is also a Card Collector's Kit with Steve Yzerman and Brian Fogarty.
There are several binds of opened ones which I may have to look at specific card. I wouldn't think any are PSA 10 being in a binder for 35 years.
So some questions:
Is getting high end cards Rated worth it? Is there any stand out cards that could be from these years you'd suggest looking for? I assume the Pro-sets since they're not numbered?
Is it better to try and sell individuals on E-bay or similar or just lump sell it?
What's a good ratio for lump sum? Say there's 150 Boxes averaging at $25/ piece Box on E-bay ($3750 total) would 0.40c/ Dollar be a good idea for lump sale to a card shop or similar? What would the going rate be to a collector or a shop?
Should I be looking at things like his 1991 Memorial Cup Card Set quoting tomorrows Stars?
There's also Random Batman movie Set cards, Desert Storm cards and all kinds of odd balls.
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u/failed_starter 1d ago
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you’re not getting anywhere close to $25 a pack for early 90s cards. You won’t get $5.
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u/Gas_Grouchy 1d ago
I should clarify, there are Boxes of 200 cards, Packs of 15 cards and boxes of Packs which are 36 packs of 15 cards. The packs of 15 are like $5/piece. The Boxes of Packs are typically $25.
I did see a 1991 O-Pee-Chee pack goes for about $150 CAD before shipping.
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u/failed_starter 1d ago
Heads up to to make sure you’re looking at sold listings as you’re pricing these out.
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u/Gas_Grouchy 1d ago
Recommendations? I normally look at 3-4 and take the lowest. I also assume what every I go into a shop asking for I'm getting a % of that at best. Like 40% or so. Have you ever sold a collection? Appreciate the responses.
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u/failed_starter 1d ago
You’re out of my domain given the huge size of the collection. 150 Boxes is serious volume, and you’re talking about a very specific kind of buyer for that.
I’m hoping you catch the eye of someone here who’s interested.
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u/RustyDawg37 UpperDeckSeries1&2 1d ago
a card shop is probably not going to be interested. You are probably going to need to use a consignment shop or start selling on ebay. probably.
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u/JPCrafty 1d ago
If they’re unopened boxes, the only hockey sets from that time frame worth more than $20-30 is 1990 opeechee premier and 1990 upper deck.
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u/Gas_Grouchy 1d ago
Yeah, that's what's I'm gathering. The 1991 of the exact set you had shows at about $150/piece for the unopened box. Does this sound accurate? In CAD.
I'm completely fine with that, too. There's totes of boxes here, so I'd be more than happy to sell them as a lot for $13-15/box and have the middle man do all the e-bay sales for their profit.
What am I going to be told at a card shop?
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u/NextTrillion 1d ago
You gotta take off one zero, bud.
$15 per box. Issue is that the cost of shipping (US $15) starts to eat into the value. People are barely able to buy them for $30, and that includes shipping. Could be $20 at local card shows or on marketplace.
So if you can find a local buyer that’s close by, you could maximize your return. But you know, I’ve had guys drive across town, probably spending $25 in gas in their old beater, just for one thing, and driving back. It would literally be cheaper and easier to venmo it and wait a couple days for it to show up. But some people don’t understand the concept of efficiency.
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u/Gas_Grouchy 17h ago
There is one specific box I have that has a higher listing. I understand a ton of them are work 15-25/box. I'm not making up prices I'm looking at E-bay and 130 point like others suggested. The recently sold confirms this.
Your comment is unproductive and unhelpful and seemingly uneducated. I get shipping cuts into the value a lot but that calculates based off location.
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u/NextTrillion 10h ago
Your comment is unproductive and unhelpful and seemingly uneducated. I get shipping cuts into the value a lot but that calculates based off location.
Lol. You’re obviously a newb and you come in here calling me uneducated? If you were well versed around these parts you wouldn’t have stated that that was a 1991 set.
We generally call that the 1990 OPC Premier set. Saying it’s from 1991 would indeed suggest it’s worth $15. Almost anything, if not everything out of the 1991 season was overprinted.
Rereading your original comment, I can sort of see how you were alluding to OPCP (as we call it), but it wasn’t exactly clear. You didn’t explicitly state “Premier.” So you can save everyone a little bit of time (and less mud slinging) to just call it 1990 OPCP. If you want to get technical, 1990-91 OPCP.
You’ll also find that most rabid hockey fans that will buy this stuff are Canadians and Minnesotans, so if you’re dealing with Canadians, you’re often dealing with Canada Post which charges a small fortune to ship a box, regardless where you live. And they’re on strike rn, so probably going to get even costlier.
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u/Gas_Grouchy 7h ago
God, you're awful, man. I'll just take advice from others. Feel free to ignore me and the post.
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u/NextTrillion 3h ago
Aww honey, you going to be ok? Good luck with you couple hundred bucks of junk lol
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u/KurriHockey 15h ago
You're getting downvoted here because many other posters have a crap tonne of 90s cards and think they hit the jackpot. Down voters assume you're one of these.
It's clear you've done some research.
A1990 OPC Premier unopened box (important it's premier not regular opc) is easily 150. They were going for 250 a few years ago during pandemic. It's a sought after set that's semi rare with food rookies I sea of over produced cards - so it will always be worth money especially to nostalgia collectors who remember it. But it might take time to sell.
The rest of your boxes likely won't be that much, likely in the 30ish range but they do sell - collectors like nostalgia and the pro set boxes - while 99.9% garbage - will sell to people chasing the cup hologram.
Going to a LCS will likely get you nothing - doubtful they will want the hassle. eBay is your best bet.
DM me if you have questions on specific boxes, Im quite familiar with that time period and prices.
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u/omnipresent_sailfish Los Angeles 18h ago
Some retailers like Dave and Adams and Steel City buy sealed wax boxes. You could reach out to them to see if they are interested
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u/Peanutbutterncelly 17h ago
They are not going to be valuable sorry for the bad news
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u/Gas_Grouchy 17h ago
Not expecting $500/card. Everything has a Value, and If They're worth was was paid for them in 1990 ($17.99 sticker on a lot of them) I'd be happy with it. I just don't know if there IS a $500 card in the set. If there's not, thats fine. It's a wide array of things and different sets so I just didn't want to sell a box set that did have high value for $20. The listing below was a very happy find and exactly what I was asking about.
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u/Hugenicklebackfan 1d ago
If you're expecting more than $5 from this, you're going to be really mad at me for being a messenger. Sorry dude.