The Million Dollar Babe Ruth Rookie Card ?

The Honus Wagner T206 card recently sold for over a million dollars in an auction a few months ago.  Is it possible that there is a Babe Ruth Baseball Card that can eclipse that amount.  Babe Ruth has a 1914 Minor League Rookie card which was produced by the Baltimore News.  There are only 9 known to exist and the popularity and rarity of this card are just starting to come to life.  Many collector’s and card dealers did not  know this card existed. This rare Babe Ruth Rookie card may surpass the T206 Honus Wagner. Below is a list of some of Babe Ruth’s best cards and were you can find them.

1915 Babe Ruth Sporting News Rookie

This one of Babe Ruth’s rarest cards and buying this graded baseball card will cost you more than a month’s salary.  This card is a great investment.

1915 SPORTING NEWS BABE RUTH ROOKIE RC REPRINT YANKEES

1915 SPORTING NEWS BABE RUTH ROOKIE RC REPRINT YANKEES

Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox Pitcher Photo-1915-REDUCED!

1915 World Series Program Cover - Babe Ruth!!

1915 SPORTING NEWS BABE RUTH ROOKIE RC REPRINT YANKEES

Why You Should Invest in Alex Rodriguez Rookie Cards

Alex Rodriguez Rookie Cards are about to get a nice boost in value with him approaching Barry Bond’s Home Run record.  With Arod signing a long term deal with the Yankees he will eclipse the mark wearing the Yankees uniform.  With the Yankees on the East Coast and being showed on Prime Time most of the year Alex Rodriguez Rookie Cards may scyrocket.  He was one of the only players close to the record in the past few years which was not implicated of doing steroids and past every drug test which he was given.  Here are a few cards of his that you might want to consider for investment.

 1994 SP Alex Rodriguez Rookie

This is one of his best cards and at one time peaked the $10,000 mark in Gem MT 10 condition.  Like the Derek Jeter 1993 Sp rookie, this card was made with a Foil paper and is very condition sensitive.

1994 Upper Deck SP Alex Rodriguez Rookie Graded 8 NM-MT

ALEX RODRIGUEZ RC Arod BV$$ INSERT ROOKIE CARD RARE SP!

ALEX RODRIGUEZ BGS GRADED MINT 9 1994 SP ROOKIE

Alex Rodriguez 1994 Upper Deck SP Rookie Card Mint

1994 SP Alex Rodriguez Die-Cut Foil Rookie NR-MT

 1994 SP Die-Cut Holoview Alex Rodriguez Rookie 

This card is one of Arod’s rares cards and only 450 were supposedly produced.  This card might end up being Alex’s best rookie card in the years to come.

1994 SP HOLOVIEW DIE CUT ALEX RODRIGUEZ BGS 9 10 CENTER

ALEX RODRIGUEZ 1994 94 SP RED HOLOVIEW DIECUT F/X FX $$

Top 4 Derek Jeter Rookie Baseball Cards

There are many different Derek Jeter Rookie cards that have been produced but here are the top 5 cards that we believe are the best.  We believe these are the best based on scarcity or current value that the cards are currently selling for.

1993 SP Derek Jeter Rookie

This is one of his rarest cards and hardest to find in good condition due to the card being produced by Upper Deck with a FOIL paper which cracks very easy.  Due to the condition sensitivity the card sells for over $3,000 in Gem MT condition. This is one of the best Derek Jeter cards to get professionally graded by GMA Grading

1993 SP UPPERDECK DEREK JETER GRADED BGS MINT 9 ROOKIE

1993 DEREK JETER UPPER DECK SP ROOKIE RC YANKEES NICE!

DEREK JETER 1993 UD SP PREMER PROSPECTS ROOKIE MINT

Lot of (4) 1993 SP Derek Jeter RC #279 NEAR MINT - MINT

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1993 Upper Deck Derek Jeter Rookie Cards

This card is very affordable and is a great investment for any Derek Jeter or New York Yankees collector.

1995 upper deck DEREK JETER yankees STAR ROOKIE CARD

1993 DEREK JETER UPPER DECK ROOKIE #449

1993 DEREK JETER UPPER DECK ROOKIE #449

Derek Jeter 1993 Upper Deck #449 Rookie + Bonus Card

NEW YORK YANKEES DEREK JETER 94' UPPER DECK ROOKIE CARD

1993 Pinnacle Derek Jeter Rookie

This card was not mass produced like some of the other Derek Jeter Rookie cards and has a black border which makes it a very condition sensitive card.  If you decide to buy these cards ungraded be very prepared to get the cards in less the NM-MT condition.

1993 Pinnacle complete set 1-620 Derek Jeter rookie

BGS 9.5 1993 93 Pinnacle Derek Jeter Rookie Yankees PSA

1996 Pinnacle Derek Jeter Rookie

DEREK JETER 1993 PINNACLE ROOKIE #457 GEM MINT 10 LOOK

Pinnacle Jeter Rookie

1993 Topps Derek Jeter Rookie Card

This is one of the most produced Derek Jeter cards made but is very affordable and easy to find.  This card is sometimes off center so make sure you look at this before making a purchase.

Gem MT 10 2006 Topps Derek Jeter #98 Rookie of Week

Gem MT 10 2006 Topps Derek Jeter #98 Rookie of Week

Gem MT 10 2006 Topps Derek Jeter #98 Rookie of Week

LOT OF 40 GRADED ROOKIES 1993 TOPPS DEREK JETER GEM 10

DEREK JETER 1993 93 TOPPS #98 RC ROOKIE YANKEES PSA 10

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Pricing Baseball Cards Without a Price Guide

When Pricing Baseball Cards or other sports cards in your collection there are many things that must be determined before you can make an accurate assessment.  This article will help you break down the elements that you need to consider to come up with accurate figures when determining the value of your collection.

Value of Autographed Cards and Jersey Cards

Pricing Baseball Cards that are autographed or cards that have game used memorabilia is very different than pricing cards that have not been autographed.  If you have a baseball card that has been autographed or are individually numbered they are sometimes worth a lot more than cards that are not.  If you have these cards professionally graded by GMA Grading you will be able to sell these cards at a premium.  Autographed Baseball Cards that have been graded by a sports card authentication company give the person that might purchase the card the guarantee that the autograph is real.  Game Used Cards can be more valuable than the standard card because most are individually numbered which based on the total amount created can create a very valuable card.  Many of these cards can be found on auctions sites like ebay.

Old Cards and Their Value or Worth

Pricing old baseball cards without having them professionally graded can be a hard thing to do.  When you open a price guide or go to an ebay auction you can see the card selling for a certain price.  The prices can range on old card from $5 - $500 depending on the condition of the card.  Older Baseball cards in good condition are extremely rare and bring a premium while older cards that have a lot of wear and or damage don’t bring nearly as much. Once an old card has been graded it is very easy to compare and get an accurate value based on the grade the card received.  A 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle Graded  8 is much more valuable than the same card that has been graded a 5.   You must compare likeness in grade as much as likeness in the card itself.  Old cards are great collectibles and will remain great collectibles due to the wear and tear over the years and the fact that they were not mass produced as many are today.

Why Price Guides My Not Be the Right Way to Go

Price Guides have been around for a long time and have been very helpful to many collectors.  Most people used a Beckett price guide or Tuff Stuff Magazine to help them determine the value or worth of their baseball card collection.  In the past 5 years ebay has developed which has helped people find very accurate and up to date information on the value of their sports cards.   Ebay has a few advantages over price guides when it comes to the value of baseball cards.  Ebay is updated daily and you can see the results of auctions that have just ended while price guides take 30-40 days to get printed and hit the shelves.  The other major advantage of ebay over a price guide is the cost.  A price guide can cost $5, per guide, per sport, and still might have all the cards that you are looking to find the value of. On ebay you can find the value of almost every card graded and ungraded as well.  This can be a very helpful tool and it is free.  Also many people don’t know that Beckett estimates the value of the cards in there price guides from ended ebay auctions as well as some dealers that have signed on to help.  If they think it’s good why shouldn’t you use the same tools that they use to determine the value or worth of you baseball cards?

Grading Card Companies and the Value of your Sports Cards

Pricing baseball cards can be a very daunting task if you do not know what you are doing but grading baseball cards is much harder.  Most grading card companies have a set criterion to help them determine the grade or condition of an individual card. If a card is graded properly the grading card company will assign a number value to the graded card as well as a guarantee that the card is real and not a counterfeit.  This is a major obstacle that a person must determine before actually being able to price their cards properly.  This is also why baseball card grading has become such a popular element to the sports memorabilia industry.  Once a card has been professionally graded it becomes very easy to determine the value of the individual card because the condition has been determined by the third party company.  This is also very helpful welling selling baseball cards because the person that is deciding whether to purchase the card or not has a third parties opinion of the condition of the card without the bias of the seller who is selling the card.

Buying Baseball Cards at Wholesale Prices

Many people selling cards on ebay do not have the knowledge or the know how of what a card is worth or to access the condition of the card that they are selling.  This is where the consumer or dealer that knows how to determine the condition of the card can make a lot of money.  A dealer will sit on his computer looking for ungraded cards that he believes he can get graded himself and flip the card for a presumed profit.  He can buy an ungraded card and re-list the same card after it has been graded and sometimes turn a large profit of more than 50%-100% of what he initially paid.    I do not believe that there are many banks that are willing to pay that type of percentage on any investment.  This is why the knowledge of getting your cards graded can help you in pricing baseball cards correctly and help you in selling them at a later date.

Selling Baseball Cards at Retail Prices

Once you have some experience under your belt and have learned the techniques needed in pricing baseball cards properly you can set your sites on selling them.  Selling on ebay can be a very fun thing to do especially when it makes you a lot of money.  The process is very easy and all you really need is a computer and some baseball cards to sell.  When selling your cards make sure you have used all the tools that have been discussed to price them properly.  Over priced cards normally do not sell and can cost you a lot of money in unwanted ebay fees.  List the cards at prices that a customer is willing to pay and little more than you can replace the card that you are selling.

This post should give you all the information you need when pricing baseball cards or pricing sports cards. These tools and techniques can help you in all poarts of the process and save you a lot of money and time in the process.