Antique mall in Tucson had a box of old baseball cards marked '50 cents each'

I flipped through them expecting junk, but found a 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card in decent shape. Bought it for 50 cents and sold it to a local shop for $40 later that day. Anyone else find unexpected value in random boxes of cards or sports memorabilia?

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hernandez.morgan1mo ago

1989 Upper Deck... I remember when those first hit stores. The thing is, $40 for a Griffey rookie in decent shape might feel like a win, but those cards peaked in the early 2000s. I flipped a similar one a few years back for $80, but now you can grab a graded one online for less than that. The market is flooded with that set because everyone and their mom held onto them thinking it'd be retirement money. You did okay for a quick flip, but I wouldn't call it some hidden gem moment.

keith2641mo ago

That's kind of overthinking a $40 flip, isn't it? Dude made some cash and moved on. Not everything needs to be a market analysis.