Baseball Card Collecting

Things to consider with condition of cards (check all that apply):

• centering

• player

• corners

• creases

You have to have a lot of money to start a collection

• True

• False

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The best place to get cards for less money:

• eBay

• Online sites that sell cards

• Card shows

• In packs at Target and Walmart

If you have a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card with a PSA rating of 9.5...

• You have a card worth millions of dollars.

• You should trade it with a friend.

• You should trade for many other cards at a card show.

• You should show everyone you know.

Baseball card sets:

• Take time to collect.

• Are worth more than individual cards from the same year.

• Take up a lot of space.

• Should include doubles/duplicates

• Should be sorted in number order.

Which is not a protective feature for a card?

• Penny sleeve

• Plastic case

• Album pages

• rubber band

• stack of cards together

Generally speaking, which is true?

• Newer cards are worth more because the players are playing right now.

• Cards from 1988-1993 are valuable

• Older cards are worth more because less of them were made.

• Cards from the 1970s were mass-produced.

Which company has the "best" plastic pages for albums?

• Amazon brand

• Rotman Plastics

• Ultra Pro

• Pinnacle

Places to look for the value of cards:

• Trust your friends' opinions

• eBay, "sold" listings

• Beckett Online, Sports Card Investor and other card sites

• Card shows

• Youtube

If you have doubles of COMMON cards, you should:

• Throw them out

• Give them away

• Trade with friends, at a card show, or try to sell them

• Send them to needy people

• Keep them for many years