Baseball Card Collecting Basics * A Basic Guide to Collecting Baseball Cards *
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2019
- This video is designed to show the basics of sports cards like: what is a base card, a parallel, a true rookie, on card auto, sticker auto, relic, and more. Please comment below and let us know what you think and what would you like more information on?
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It's hard to believe that the McCovey rookie card from 1960 is worth 50K.
If you have a demolition crew,you can get one by knocking down an apartment complex in East Newark,NJ where I threw it away in 1965.
Enjoyed the show. Old timers get lost in all these different variations. Things were sure a lot more simpler in the 60s and 70s.
I love the idea of this series guys! I am back in the hobby after 20+ years and boy have things changed! Thanks for sharing this valuable info!! I look forward to future vids in this series.
That's great, thanks for the feedback! We will try to get another video out like this next week! Thanks for watching!
Been in the hobby for years but this is a great refresher and something to get people into the baseball cards. Excellent!
Thank you for the kind words about this video. If you have any suggestions of videos like this that you think would help new collectors please let us know. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this my guys #salute I just got back in this year full force stop collecting in 96 and collected for 20+ years 💪👍👍
Thanks for doing this. I collected in the 80’s and early 90’s. Getting back into it and pretty lost!
You are welcome! I completely understand, I was the same way when I got back into the hobby in 2013. I'm going to try to make a series out of this, one video per week for a few weeks. Thanks for watching!
Thanks, info was very helpful understanding different variations on cards and what to look for...as beginner to collecting you did great job
Thanks so much for making this video! I’ve been looking for a good video on this topic for a while. You should make a series out of this!
You are welcome, we will try to make more like this!
My dad used to collect baseball basketball cards when he was little it was his favorite thing to do so I had a pack that wasn’t open from 1994 so I opened it it was pretty cool so I thought I should look up what the type of cards that are good so thank you for the tutorial!
My son and I are new to collecting and your video helped this old man out. Sorry I’m late
I think having parallels of the same player would make it easier to see and comprehend. Rainbows always lead to a pot of gold 😎. Great vid and keep it coming
Yes, I agree, I will try to make a video to better explain parallels. Lol, true rainbows do lead to a pot of gold! Thanks for watching!
Love the video.
I'm looking to start collecting cards again.
This is very useful.
Havent collected since the 80s and am now getting back to it with my daughter. Learning alot. Thanks for the tips
You're welcome! The video is a little old, we may have to make an updated version. Thanks for watching!
Awesome. Just subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing!
Great video looking forward to the rest of the series
I've inherited my nephew's collection from the 70s-80s and know nothing about storing, etc. Lots of Nolan Ryan and an autographed ball. I'll be looking at your videos a lot. Thanks.
I enjoyed the video. Just got back into collecting with my kids after taking a 25+ year hiatus from collecting as a kid 🤪. This video provided insight and answered questions as I returned to collecting and attempt to navigate the many nuances and changes since collecting in the late 80s and 90s. Thanks again 👍
I have a feeling this is going to be a great video thumbs up
Thank you and thanks for watching!
I enjoyed this, thanks! I'd like to see a video on how you store your cards. Boxes? Albums? Separate storage for special cards? Thanks!
The only question I have is what are the points in the top loaders?
Glad I learned all these! But it’s always good to learn and refresh your mind!
Well done and very educational. Thank you for putting this together. I'm just back into the hobby for about a year now. This video helped to re-affirm what I've learned. Thanks again! I'd like to see a video on how to sell on ebay.
Thanks for this video I went to my first card shop and bought a hobby box and pulled a Tatis Jr auto in my first pack
Thank you this helped me to understand the basics!🙂
Thanks! Outstanding info even for a vet like me.
You are welcome! I feel like there is a lot more to cover but it's a start. Thanks for watching!
i started in 5th grade it all started when I got to choose an item from the prize box and the card that started it all was a toops 1987 Jim gatner card ever since Ive been collecting from all eras from the1970 -1986(vintage era), cards from my favorite team the mets, relics,autos , rookies ,, numbered cards and players from the Dominican republic I am 22 and still collecting. My tip is to to this responsible meaning don't buy cards into the point where you are broke but collect what you like it took me till recently to review and liquidate my entire collection and built smaller collections like Hits like relics,sigs ,vintage cards (1970-1986), numbered cards and rookie cards and some base I'm holding onto for the moment till I plan to sell them in the future like trout , ohtani and etc
Awesome video thank you. Yup, the 80's and earlier on was way easier. You used to have the common team card, all star and maybe a league leader, once in a blue moon you might have a photo variation but that was rare.
So true, but it is more fun now with more to chase but simpler back then. Thanks for watching!
@@UpNorthCollectors Also, easier to get trapped in a gambling mentality and blowing a budget on the what if! You might as well have a strategy and target individual cards that may or may not be worth it in the future. In the end, it's a hobby and should not rule your life!
This time last year is when I started back collecting, and this video could have taught me alot, it took me months to figure all that out.
I understand, I got back into the hobby and was very confused as to all the different parallels and inserts, etc. I know this video is just a start and doesn't cover all the bases but hope it can help a few new collectors. Thanks for watching!
Great video. Thanks for the good info. I just opened a Jumbo hobby of Series 2 while I wait for my Boxes of Update to come in and I got a Sketch Card of Bryce Harper. Did not even know these were a thing. All original 1 of 1 sketches on card. can't remember odds but over thousand. No clue the value but a great treasure to find.
Wow that's an awesome card! I've seen one or two on twitter or instgram but don't know much about them. I would have to look at the pack odds or a checklist. Congrats on that hit!
Great video! Im just starting to get into baseball
Have been well versed in basketball and pretty well in football, but baseball is a whole different...ball game? 😆
The most confusing parts which are different from other sports or Panini products is the true rookie (hard to know if you should go for Topps, or Topps Update, or Chrome...plus the Bowman 1st...)
As well as the coded numbering for variations
Thank you... Great info
Great information 👌
g'day guys..thanks for the interesting video..i'm only new here in Oz...so very handy tips
I'm working on something pretty similar that has been taking me hours and hours to edit.....nice job on this one! #260
I'm sure yours will be a lot better than this one. I have some ideas for the second one and hope that people make some suggestions. I'm looking forward to your video!
Thanks asweel bowman can wait to watch aswell
Could you do a best boxes or packs to buy for value?
Great idea, I like it! We could try to do that, I'll have to think about that more. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
Did they ever do it
That's easy to answer. None of them.
My opinion do not buy individual packs ,alot of sellers weigh Thier packs . It is sad what the Hobby has become .
Topps 1st is the real rookie & always will be !!!
I really enjoyed the video. Like many I haven’t collected in 20+ years and it’s unbelievable how many different rookie cards come in the same series not just brands or sets. I would be interested in how to or where to send cards to be graded.
Thanks for watching! The two most popular grading companies are PSA and Beckett. We prefer PSA but Beckett is good as well. The PSA slabs or holders are easier to store and in our opinion look a little better.
Hi
I just watched your YT video, Baseball Card Collecting Basics * A Basic Guide to Collecting Baseball Cards, and thought it was excellent.
I had collected for years, until my mid 20's, stopping after becoming increasingly frustrated with all the different sets, and makers, etc. I just started looking into this again and had no idea it was even more complicated now.
I pulled out my old baseball cards with my son, who is becoming interested, and started going through them, and realized there are a lot of great cards in here I pulled from packs primarily. I did buy a few vintage cards as well. I have literally tens of thousands of cards that I am going through from my youth, finding a dozen Jeter rookies, Sosa, McGwire, Bonds, etc.
My question is, I want to start collecting again, but do it in the manner I did 30 years ago, only sticking with rookies, no sets or packs this time.
My thought was to select the best 10-12 rookies from 2022 and buy ten of their cards, and sit on them for 30 years like I did when I was a kid. I plan on doing this every year moving forward.
The trouble is, now I don't know which ones to get. I assumed, from your video I should be getting the Topps series cards with e RC designation. These seem to be the true rookie cards, which is what I am after. I'm not really interested in all the shine and sparkle of the different variations unless you have a differing opinion based on what I am trying to accomplish. To accomplish this same goal with these would be unaffordable.
I'd appreciate any comment or advice you have, thanks again for the video, I did enjoy it, and am looking forward to watching more.
Dave
Hey Dave,
I’d say the thing you want to keep in mind is that the first two weeks of your print is not going to be as long of a stretch as you think. If you’re going to be doing a lot more than that then you should probably just keep it in mind.
Hope this helped!
I'm a kid just getting in to it and I love your videos
Awesome, thanks for watching our channel! Do you collect baseball cards?
cool video. i liked it
New subscriber, I really enjoy your video’s. Just opened my first packs since 1991 on Saturday, my 17 year old son, who has never opened a pack of baseball cards really enjoyed the experience. Keep up the great videos! Are you father and son?
That's awesome, I'm glad to hear you opened up some 2019 cards after being out of the hobby for several years. Yes, we are a father and son team and have a blast collecting together. I hope you and your son continue to enjoy the hobby together. Thanks for watching!
I like your idea of this video. Great info. Helped me out. Appreciate it #CaliCardCollector
Great, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Very helpful vidéo 👌
Great video - do you think the Topps Chrome and Topps "base" card will hold relatively the same value? Ex: Eloy's #670 vs (chrome)#202?
Can you please make a video on the different sizes/methods to store & protect sport cards? (What is a One-Touch, Where can I find sleeves, etc.) Thank you!
Yes, we will try to make a video on that soon, thanks for the suggestion!
Something like this for basketball would be great!
Okay good suggestion, we are not as strong on basketball cards but could try. Thank you!
This video helped a ton, it still very confusing.
Love the video! Want to know what would be your guys' opinion of the top 3 or 5 most collectable/sought after MLB cards are and why if possible! Thanks for sharing! Def enjoyed this one!
Thanks, good suggestion on the 3 to 5 most collectible. That's a tough one, do you want to know 3 to 5 most collectible baseball cards of all time or modern day players (1990-2019)?
@@UpNorthCollectors Modern from 1990 to 2019 would be what I'd like to see. Putting Trout aside or making it a top 4 or 6 because he's one I think most are aware of (not that he should necessarily be taken from the list).
I have to take my hat off to you! You really broke it down to the basics in this video. And you also listened to questions I had! As an old collector from the 90’s recently getting back into the hobby in 2019 things have really changed! Like you said there use to only be base cards and some inserts! Now there’s every color and what not. All that being said what makes the batting bellinger card his true rookie and not the other 3 in the same set? They all came out the same time and in the same set. I know it’s more valuable because of its rarity compared to the others but is that the only reason why?
Also is it true that the “true rookie card” of a player is the card that’s released the year that player is starting out the season on the major league teams roster? Or is that false?
When I’m beginning to collect, what should I keep? Should I bother with base cards? Are the parallels worth keeping?
Good tutorial. I've been a Collector for years now. I Still have the biggest problem of Identifying SP's. What, in your opinion, is the best way to Identify them? Read the code on the back? Good job. Thanks.
I'm just starting out and wondered if you could tell me how you video your segments? Camera on phone? HD video camera on a trip-pod? etc. Thanks for sharing.
13:54 I have one of those Hank Aaron MVP relic cards, but it's numbered to 99
Im new to the game....thanks
Great vid
Thanks and thanks for watching!
Great info video. Would be great to know where and how to sell the more valuable cards in a set if you do not have a great local card store. Also do you think there is long term value in these cards or should you sell quickly to capitalize on the commodity value.
Great questions! It is really hard to say on value every player is different. The Hall of Fame players and super stars usually slowly go up in value and stay pretty steady. The young guys are more risky and those might be the cards you want to sell quickly while they are hot. They can turn into the next Mike Trout or Derek Jeter but the chances of that are about 1%. Thanks for watching and I hope that helps a little bit?
Great video!!! Could you explain the main difference between retail products and hobby products, thank you in advance
Thank you for your suggestion! Yes, we will try to do a video soon on hobby vs. retail products. Thank you for watching!
What if I just want to collect just the Dodgers cards? I want to take them to spring training next year. Do they make triple A cards too?
I don't really understand sets. When it comes to old cards from the 80s and 90s, is every card made in a certain year in the box set, or are there cards you find in individual packs that would not be in the set? Lots of old cards at a local antique shop and just wondering what to buy.
It would really help to know what to buy. I mostly want to collect for my own personal interest not really so I can resell. However everyone wants good cards and rare cards. As someone who literally just got into this, theres so many different sets to buy I just dont know what to get. Where the best places to get them are. Should I buy online. I recently just got a Topps 2020 full collection box.
Thank you
I used to collect back in the 80s and 90s and just got back into in the last few months. I had a bunch of free time and went through my old collection. There are so many different sets nowadays. Back in the day it’s was just Topps, Donruss, Fleer, Bowman (kinda). Now is see a bunch of different topps. Looks like donruss lost their licensing. I’m just trying to get an idea how it all works now.
What top loaders are you using? I’m new to the hobby .
This a great video learning 101. Love the video and educational.
Great, I hope it helps, let us know what else you would like us to talk about regarding sports cards. Thanks!
@@UpNorthCollectors Since collecting from the 90's but then stopped. We see new brands out there like Topps, Penini, and others. They are not all the same and can be confusing to distinguish. Some cards don't even say RC on the cards. But I still look at the back of the card to see the stats and see if it is a RC or not.
very true, it is confusing and sometimes the stats are not on the back of the cards like they were in the 80s and 90s.
I still think The Montreal Expos are the shoe in to win the 2019 World Series over The Seattle Pilots.
So I am getting back into collecting aft being out of it for some years. The question, what is the best database system to use? Seems like there are some many out there, some free and others like Beckett have a fee. I want to see what the market value is as well as have a good way to keep track of all the cards I own.
Ebay keeps sales of a particular card for six months.
I live in the UK and have been slowly collecting Topps Baseball cards ever since the Yankees & Red Sox came to London. It's very difficult to buy cards here :(
How about a "flow chart" that shows what a ball player can have. That is rookie base then three other R/C possible, a rookie first game, All Star card, then? You could explain all the possible parallels. This was a good help but you had to change player. The flow chart would show all the card possibilities and not show a particular player.
New subscriber here… love your content… just started collecting few days ago… do you have a type of binder to keep the cards and if you do so do you mind sharing a link to buy it? Thank you so much
I've used school binders, like heavy duty 3 ring binders and then others as well. Here is a link to one: ultrapro.com/search?type=product&options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=binder
Thanks for watching our channel!
@@UpNorthCollectors thank you so much
This might sound stupid, but I have no idea where to buy baseball cards and which ones to buy. I see different kinds of cards on Amazon, but I don’t know if it’s a good line of cards to buy 🤷🏻♂️
Target and Walmart are considered retail. Local card shops sell hobby. You can buy both at card shows and online.
What type of cards should i buy to start out? Topps? Bowman? And what kind of packs should i buy?
Is anyone else more confused than when you started watching this ?
Please explain so we can help you understand. Thanks for watching!
Card you do a video on pre rookie vs rookie I have not seen anything on this subject
How much would a true rookie card unsigned go for?
I was going through my stuff that I used in the past and I found my baseball card collections. And I found a Mookie Betts rookie card with a blue border. And I found this Kole Calhoun 2016 topps future card with a normal border color. But the back of the card feels different from the other cards and it says 99/99on the back. Also the topps sign on the front has a weird looking t which is long. What type of card is this???
nvm just found it out in the vid 😂
Next time could you explain, blaster box, hobby box, etc. Thanks.
We could try to do that as well, that's a good question, thank you for your suggestion and thanks for watching!
Good
thanks!
Excellent video! I wish we came across something like this in April when we got back into collecting. By the way Congratulations you guys won 1st place in our giveaway. Please shoot us an email when you get a minute. Our email is in the about section in our page.
Thanks for the feedback on the video. We hope to do more like this soon. Thanks for the giveaway that is awesome!
What are the best packs to buy for beginners?
Topps Series 1 and Series 2. Lots of veterans and rookies. Also can get parallels and autographs.
I just started collecting and I was curious if you need to know about the pLayers to understand the value. Cause like Pokémon they have specific levels
I thought 1st Bowman’s were the true rookie. As they are normally out a year prior.
Topps is just the only company that has the copyright to the RC logo.
More of a question than a statement. I could easily be wrong. Lol
Nope bowman first is the 1st appearance of that player period and a true rc is the player wearing the mlb teams jersey they were drafted to
Well Vlady Jrs 1st Bowman is in his mlb jersey. So I’m confused.
@@canadianmade3701 I got ya bud yeah usually the first is the first appearance before the season starts and rc us when the season starts if that makes sense lol
Also sorry just tryna help didn't mean for the confusion
RageOonzCardBreaks Games&Tunez ahhh that makes sense
Thanks. Appreciate the help.
Waaay too many options these days for my old a$$ lol
Remember when you just tried to get a good rookie card
I've been collecting cards since 1960 and a dealer since 1978. I also wrote a book on rookie cards. Where in the hell did the term "true rookie card" come from. A rookie card is the first card of a particular player. It doesn't matter the manufacturer. Calling the Topps card the true rookie card is absurd. Starting in 1981 several companies issued traded or updated sets. These cards are rookie cards but so are the cards issued the next year from the different companies. An example is the 1986 Topps Traded Barry Bonds and the 1987 Topps Barry Bonds. They are both rookie cards.
do base cards ever end up being worth anything?
I have a 2016 rookie tatis boman
First
Congrats! thanks for watching!
Ah yes, I too like to enjoy a nice piece of bologna every once in a while.
what products are the best
Usually in baseball products like: Topps Series 1 & 2, Chorme, Allen & Ginter, Topps Heritage, Topps Update and Bowman. I hope that helps a little bit?
I just keep a ton of cards
Topps goes overboard with the RC Logo. Rookie debut or all star are not Rookie cards. 2018 chrome update went back and gave the key rookies another RC.
I think it is very confusing to new collectors that they put the RC logo Series 1 & 2 and then would put the same player in Update and put the RC logo on that card. I like the RC logo but if it gets over used it can cause confusion. Thanks for watching!
@@UpNorthCollectors It is so confusing. Vlad alone has 3 Topps RC that really aren't his true rookie.
Can I have everybodys sports cards from the Comment Section
honestly no one cares about rookie card they care about rookie year only
the apologizing about the autofocus was more annoying than the autofocus
Jeeze that autofocus was annoying