Frequently Asked Questions

We will pay you anyway you like. Bank Wire, Bank Check, Zelle and in some cases CASH. We say in some cases because if it’s a $200K collection, we can’t pay in cash. When we come you buy your collection, you get paid, in full, before the cards leave your hand. There are no consignments, no 1/2 up front 1/2 when we sell. You get 100% of the mutually agreed upon price.

After an initial call, Mike can drive/fly to your location, usually within a couple days. We’ve purchased $100K+ collections with a turnaround time of less than a week. If you’re local to one of our locations, you can get paid the same day.

This is a frequent question from clients who’ve inherited a collection from their Dad. We’ll spend time explaining how we arrive at prices and show you how you can lookup and price cards using Ebay. Many clients who haven’t been in the hobby, look on Ebay and see a high asking price for a card graded PSA 10. They have the same card, ungraded, in worse condition and believe the pricing is similar. You can look at our, or PSA’s grading guide, to get an idea of your card’s condition.

Many people who inherit collections ask this question. The best way to determine the value of your card is to look it up on Ebay. Here’s where people are misled.

1 – They look at asking prices instead of “Sold” prices. People can ask anything they want, often, it’s 2x or 3x or even 10x the last sale price of the card.

2 – They look at graded card prices. Graded cards are cards that collectors pay to have graded. Usually by PSA. If you’re card is not in a holder that says PSA, SGC or Beckett, it’s most likely not graded. Many novices think that their ungraded card will grade a PSA 10. If that was the case, people would be an ungraded card for $20, send it into PSA, get a 10, and then have a card worth thousands. Obviously, this doesn’t work. When looking up values, find a card that sold that most closely resembles your card

For higher value cards, Beckett has prices that can accurately indicate their value as long as you adjust for the condition. If your card has corner wear, it’s not Nm/Mt. For lower value cards, Beckett doesn’t reflect the market. For example, we get collectors who enter 5,ooo cards into Beckett’s system and it tells them the value is $10,000 or an average of $2 per card. A $2 card has little to no value. It’s not worth the effort for a dealer to sell it. We do not know any dealer who buys $2 cards.

Let’s say you buy 2 lottery tickets for $1. You scratch off the numbers on one and you’re a winner. It’s worth $500. Is the unscratched lottery ticket worth $500? It might be but no one is going to pay you more than a $1 for it until they know if it’s a winner. Getting a PSA 10 on many cards is like hitting the lottery. That’s way 2 cards that are the same except for that fact that one is graded and the other one isn’t can sell for vastly different prices.