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[pel1300]

It looks like some of them are selling for very high prices.

For example, I have this Carnage Masterpiece 1993 edition, in good condition.

I see people selling it online for $150 - 200

1993 Marvel Masterpieces CARNAGE #19 PSA 10 GEM MINT SKYBOX | eBay

1993 Marvel Masterpieces CARNAGE #19 PSA 10

www.ebay.com

I'm curious if anyone has done this before. Is it worth the hassle? Just a simple google search on how to go about selling old cards, sounds like a huge pain in the ass. Sound like the easiest route is to just go to a local comic shop- but they prob won't offer a price anywhere near what you could sell on ebay for.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Those cards are awesome. I wish I would have kept mine. I recently bought the whole numbered set of 94 X-Men. It wasn't expensive. I'm missing all the rares and the stuff that was hard to get. People are selling them all over eBay now. I got it for nostalgia reasons and they've got cool art. It's not something I'll ever make a profit on.

I'd say you would need to get the nice cards graded otherwise you're not looking for much. Even then you're fighting everyone else trying to sell them online, so you would need to haggle for a decent sale. IMO you should enjoy them. Selling cards is a pain.

I don't get how some modern sports cards are worth so much and yet the cards from 20-30 years ago aren't worth anything.

 

[Protocol7]

Pretty awesome find !
You should go here : https://www.pricecharting.com/ and add your collection, you'll see charts for each cards, it updates the prices, etc.

 

[Yerd]

I have an unopened box of those. Last time I looked at it's worth, I was extremely disappointed. I also have several other sets from that era. Along with a really rare Jim Lee signed card, from the X-men set, that was worth $250 maybe.

 

[Yerd]

I just took a quick look and saw if you have some of the rare cards, you might have something. I'm not talking like my signed card that was purposely a rare find in any pack. But just a normal card that for some reason had a low print count.

That price chart link I couldn't find the comic card sets. I'll look again once I'm home.

The Most Valuable Marvel Trading Cards of All Time: A Complete Guide for Collectors

Discover the world of Marvel trading cards and their value as investments, including rare cards such as the 1990 hologram card that sold for over $13,000 and popular sets like Marvel Masterpieces and Marvel Annual Trading Cards 2020

moneymade.io

I swear I have some of those, but I'm sure when I go look in my collection I'll have none.

 

[Londo]

You can start here: https://www.blowoutforums.com/
and there's a load of reddit groups like https://old.reddit.com/r/Tradingcards/ or https://old.reddit.com/r/marveltradingcards/

 

[AJUMP23]

You can send them into a grading service. And probably watch a Youtube video about how to do that. Then you list them graded. I think grading adds or sets value.

 

[Lambogenie]

Those were nice back in the day.

Dunno why they going in on Lorcana and not properly Marvel outside of big collab projects.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I think grading adds or sets value.

Only if they are actually substantially worth something, because grading isn't free and the more it's worth the more it will cost to grade it.

 

[AJUMP23]

Only if they are actually substantially worth something, because grading isn't free and the more it's worth the more it will cost to grade it.

Ya I just had a buddy who did sports cards and he had his cards graded. But he had some worth 30k.

 

[Ecotic]

I have about eight binders full of early 90's Marvel cards that my brothers and I collected when we were kids. Yeah, I've looked at their value, and unfortunately they're not supremely valuable like Wizards of the Coast-era Pokemon cards are. Now, some are, or at least can be if you can get them graded 9 or 10. But you have to put a lot of money up and it's a long hassle to sell them all individually.

Maybe if you list them all as a lot on Facebook Marketplace for a fairly high price, then eventually the one right buyer may surface after a long while. Someone who just wants a huge collection for themselves but isn't a stickler who wants only gem mint 10 plastic slabs. With a little luck it can be a low hassle, one and done type deal.

 

[Trogdor1123]

I just took a quick look and saw if you have some of the rare cards, you might have something. I'm not talking like my signed card that was purposely a rare find in any pack. But just a normal card that for some reason had a low print count.

That price chart link I couldn't find the comic card sets. I'll look again once I'm home.

The Most Valuable Marvel Trading Cards of All Time: A Complete Guide for Collectors

Discover the world of Marvel trading cards and their value as investments, including rare cards such as the 1990 hologram card that sold for over $13,000 and popular sets like Marvel Masterpieces and Marvel Annual Trading Cards 2020

moneymade.io

I swear I have some of those, but I'm sure when I go look in my collection I'll have none.

Holy crap, I have nearly all of those… maybe it's time to unload them. They are literally sitting in a box in my basement

 

[BlackTron]

I sold a Pokemon card from back then on ebay last year and used their built-in service to ship it. Basically you mail it to ebay, then they verify it's authentic, then ship to the buyer. If the card isn't good, the buyer doesn't have a hassle. As a seller, you're good as long as the card tracks to ebay. After that you have no responsibility. That's why I used it. Note, I had the card graded first.

 

[Yerd]

Holy crap, I have nearly all of those… maybe it's time to unload them. They are literally sitting in a box in my basement

Maybe demand has skyrocketed but I don't believe the numbers. Will have to do more research.