Even Shaq's rookie card??Anything from like 87/88-00 is very likely worth pennies. It was a period of mass production and licensing so the value is next to nothing unless it's the rarest of rare.
Well shit
Even Shaq's rookie card??Anything from like 87/88-00 is very likely worth pennies. It was a period of mass production and licensing so the value is next to nothing unless it's the rarest of rare.
If this person is independently wealthy and can sustain a vanity business, it would likely be an enjoyable avenue. If the goal is to make money, it sounds unwise.
Most of the industry is either doing it for passion or they have nothing else to do let's be real for decades nowI wouldn't do it unless i i had another primary source of income. In this day an age it would be a passion project
Also I know the pandemic is going on but sports cards for instance are literally selling at all-time highs right now the market has never been hotter
OP you asked for opinions in this thread and you seem to be fighting against any of the reasonable advice you have been given. I get that its your friends dream but he doesn't seem to realise his dream is a money pit. I also get that you don't want to be the one to kill his dream so my advice would be to have him formulate a business plan that he thinks will work and have him approach investors. Those people won't have any trouble shutting down his dreams and if he insists on continuing with this folly then at least he'll be doing so with his eyes opened.
The Upper Deck Griffey rookie that was once thee rookie card is I think under $300 last I looked. It was like 150-200 in the 90s
There's some that still carry value but we ain't hitting the millions like we thought as kids
My sleeves of early-mid 90s Jordan cards that I could have made bank on way back when aren't worth the stock they're printed on these days. Some of them were almost literal gold at certain points.
I made such poor investment decisions when I was 8.
Fuck, when was this?
Unless you have a direct line to the shit people want. . .Also I know the pandemic is going on but sports cards for instance are literally selling at all-time highs right now the market has never been hotter
Uhh, during the middle of the Bulls' first run in the 90s when I lived in Chicago, even mundane shit like the '90-'91 Hoops, Fleer, Skybox (especially Skybox), etc were selling for like $50-$100 at points. There were special McDonald's releases of Team USA packs and in the Chicago area they had McDonald's-branded Fleer Bulls packs that went for big bucks depending on who you got, obviously Jordan was the big one. It may have been strictly regional at the time, but for a few years anything Jordan-related was $$$. Then you have shit like the Ken Griffey Jr. rookie cards, Shaq rookies, etc. that were selling for hundreds of dollars.
Oh oh, so back when I was like 9.
What should I do with this binder full of nba cards? Who would even want it?
Basically all of this. Either you need to go ultra-high end, which is incredibly expensive and risky to get into, or be a hybrid store that does way more than just comics. Running a store that sells the weekly floppies is not great unless you have something major to draw people in. Copper/Modern back issues don't do it, so you'll need higher end stuff to get dollars. Alternatively, he could become a submission site for CGC/CBCS, but even that would be making only a few dollars on every transaction. The important part is getting people in the door and seeing the goods.
looked into the local comic shop window in midtown atlanta yesterday. empty. covid killed it.