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6. Besides a baseball card having sharp corners and free of creasing, it must be perfectly centered to receive top dollar. Perfect centering is both up and down and left to right on the card. Off-centering greatly detracts from the visual greatness of the card. 7. As I stated above, having mint corners and a perfectly centered card are crucial. However, creasing is one of the easiest ways to get less money for your card. Creasing is usually more evident in the lower condition cards. However, I have seen creasing in some better condition cards. Sometimes the creasing might not be evident to the naked eye. Furthermore, creasing might only exist on the back (rear) side of the card. It is important to look at BOTH sides of the card. 8. Supply and Demand are driving forces in any market. The Sports Collectibles market is no exception. For example, you just found 2,000 1952 Topps High numbered common cards. These cards are worth more than the lower numbered cards. Furthermore, there has not been a find of this magnitude in ten years. As you can imagine, there will be some serious demand for your 2,000 cards. Therefore, you will get a nice premium for your collection. However, let’s say that the exact opposite occurred. The supply of 1952 High numbered cards greatly outstrips demand because there have been several recent finds. Card dealers and collectors do not need any more cards from this set and it seems like this set is not that hard to find anymore because the 1952 Topps cards seem to be popping up on a monthly basis. The extreme supply filled everybody’s wants lists and there is not any more demand for this issue. The above example demonstrates the supply/demand forces at work. Remember, your collection is only worth what somebody else wants to pay you for it. It is not determined by how much you think it is worth. The seller always has a bias because it is their own collection. 9. The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles since the inception of baseball. This is by far the most titles by any baseball team. Being that New York is a large state, they also have a huge fan base. Many baseball players who played on the Yankees became included into the Baseball Hall of Fame. If you grew up in the Bronx you probably only collected New York Yankees collectibles. However, if you grew up in Michigan, you only had the Detroit Tigers to root for. They have only won 4 World Series Championships compared to the Yankees 26. Michigan is also much smaller in size and population. Only a few Tigers’ players’ were inducted into the Hall of Fame. You probably haven’t even heard of most of them. Depending on where you grew up, you collected baseball cards of the region or state. However, Yankees sports memorabilia is worth considerably more than the Detroit Tigers memorabilia. The region where you grew up in determined what you collected, and several decades later, affects the value as well. 10. Not everything vintage is worth something. Baseball Cards, Game used bats, signed baseballs, championship rings, unopened baseball packs, and World Series press pins (in no particular order) are just some items that are worth money. Old newspapers and ticket stubs are generally not worth anything. If you’re favorite hobby was to collect tickets stubs as a kid, your collection is virtually worthless compared to your buddy who collected baseball cards. Copyright by
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