Andrew Ford, Author at CardMavin

Free Price Guide for Football Card Values

Use MAVIN to look up what your football cards are worth. Type in a description and MAVIN tells you what your card would sell for online.

You’ll need a few details:

Enter the year. Look at the back for the copyright date, or the last year of stats.
Enter the brand. For example: Topps, Upper Deck, Bowman, Donruss etc.
Enter the player’s name.
Enter the card number. Found on the back of the card.

Looking up a Football Card’s Value

Use the Checkboxes

If you get a lot of results that don’t match your football card, try adding more details to your search. You can also use the checkboxes to get an average price. Pick a few comparable items (“comps”). This gives you a much more accurate estimate of what your football card is worth.

Graded Cards

To look up graded football cards, enter the grading company and grade, for example PSA 9 or BGS 9.

What to do Next

Once you’ve gone through and searched for the value of your football cards using our price guide, you have several different options:

If they’re valuable: You can either hold onto the cards, perhaps get them graded if not already, and see if they appreciate in value over time. Alternatively, you sell it to a local card shop, but keep in mind dealers pay wholesale prices… they have to make a profit after all, and selling a large collection takes a considerable amount of time and resources… so don’t expect to get eBay prices for your football cards when you sell to a dealer. If you have the time and patience, you can sell it yourself on eBay and get a competitive price. Read our guide to selling on eBay.

If not: Football cards don’t have to be worth money to be considered valuable. Card collecting has been a beloved hobby that has been passed through generations. Each card has sentimental value to someone: where they found it, how they traded for it, who gave it to them. If your cards aren’t worth money, they could be worth some memories to a relative or a stranger. Put them on Craigslist, take them to a card shop, donate them, or hold onto them to give to the next generation.

Free Price Guide for Basketball Card Values

Use MAVIN to look up your basketball card values. Enter a description of your card into the search box and see the average price it sells for online.

You’ll need a few details:

Enter the year. Look at the back for the copyright date, or the last year of stats.
Enter the brand. For example: Topps, Upper Deck, Fleer, Hoops, etc.
Enter the player’s name.
Enter the card number. Found on the back of the card.

Looking up a Basketball Card’s Value

The search results will show basketball card prices, based on recently sold cards… hopefully just like yours. The “worth” that initially shows is the average price (including shipping) of the results showing on the page.

Use the Checkboxes

If you get a lot of results that don’t match your basketball card, try adding more details to your search. You can also use the checkboxes to get an average price. Pick a few comparable items (“comps”). This gives you a much more accurate estimate of what your basketball card is worth.

Graded Cards

To look up graded basketball cards, enter the grading company and grade, for example PSA 9 or BGS 9.

What to do Next

Once you’ve gone through and searched for the value of your basketball cards using our price guide, you have several different options:

If they’re valuable: You can either hold onto the cards, perhaps get them graded if not already, and see if they appreciate in value over time. Alternatively, you sell it to a local card shop, but keep in mind dealers pay wholesale prices… they have to make a profit after all, and selling a large collection takes a considerable amount of time and resources… so don’t expect to get eBay prices for your basketball cards when you sell to a dealer. If you have the time and patience, you can sell it yourself on eBay and get a competitive price. Read our guide to selling on eBay.

If not: Basketball cards don’t have to be worth money to be considered valuable. Card collecting has been a beloved hobby that has been passed through generations. Each card has sentimental value to someone: where they found it, how they traded for it, who gave it to them. If your cards aren’t worth money, they could be worth some memories to a relative or a stranger. Put them on Craigslist, take them to a card shop, donate them, or hold onto them to give to the next generation.

Free Price Guide for Hockey Card Values

You'll need a few details:

Enter the year. Look at the back for the copyright date, or the last year of stats.
Enter the brand. For example: Topps, Upper Deck, O-Pee-Chee, etc.
Enter the player's name.
Enter the card number. Found on the back of the card.

Looking up a Hockey Card's Value

The search results will show hockey cards prices, based on recently sold cards... hopefully just like yours. The "worth" that initially shows is the average price (including shipping) of the results showing on the page.

Use the Checkboxes

If you get a lot of results that don't match your hockey card, try adding more details to your search. You can also use the checkboxes to get an average price. Pick a few comparable items ("comps"). This gives you a much more accurate estimate of what your hockey card is worth.

Graded Cards

To look up graded hockey cards, enter the grading company and grade, for example PSA 9 or BGS 9.

What to do next:

Once you’ve gone through and searched for the value of your hockey cards using our price guide, you have several different options:

If they’re valuable: You can either hold onto the cards, perhaps get them graded if not already, and see if they appreciate in value over time. Alternatively, you sell it to a local card shop, but keep in mind dealers pay wholesale prices... they have to make a profit after all, and selling a large collection takes a considerable amount of time and resources... so don't expect to get eBay prices for your hockey cards when you sell to a dealer. If you have the time and patience, you can sell it yourself on eBay and get a competitive price. Read our guide to selling on eBay.

If not: Hockey cards don't have to be worth money to be considered valuable. Card collecting has been a beloved hobby that has been passed through generations. Each card has sentimental value to someone: where they found it, how they traded for it, who gave it to them. If your cards aren’t worth money, they could be worth some memories to a relative or a stranger. Put them on Craigslist, take them to a card shop, donate them, or hold onto them to give to the next generation.

Baseball Card Values – Free Price Guide

I’ll show you how to look up your baseball card values using Mavin. Get real market prices… see what your cards ACTUALLY sell for.

We’re going to be using Mavin.io to look up baseball card values. It shows you what the card sold for. It can also show you what it’s currently selling for… but the true value is what someone paid for it. Grab your card and enter these details:

Enter the year. Look at the back for the copyright date, or the last year of stats.
Enter the brand. For example: Topps, Upper Deck, Bowman, etc.
Enter the player’s name.
Enter the card number. Found on the back of the card.

Looking up a Baseball Card’s Value

The search results will show cards that have recently sold (hopefully just like yours). The “worth” is the average of the results on the page, including shipping. I like using the “sold” results to get a true estimate of the baseball card’s value… but you can also check out the “selling” link to see what people are listing the card for.

If you didn’t get an accurate price estimate, try refining your search by entering more card details, or pick a few comparable items by using the checkboxes to pick your “comps”. This gives you a much more accurate estimate of what your baseball card’s value.

What to do Next

Once you’ve gone through and searched for the value of your baseball cards using our price guide, you have several different options:

If they’re valuable: You can either hold onto the cards, perhaps get them graded if not already, and see if they appreciate in value over time. Alternatively, you sell it to a local card shop without getting ripped off since you know it’s worth. Lastly, you can sell it yourself on eBay to get a competitive price. Read our guide to selling on eBay.

If not: A card doesn’t have to be worth money to be considered valuable. Card collecting has been a beloved hobby that has been passed through generations. Each card has sentimental value to someone: where they found it, how they traded for it, who gave it to them. If your cards aren’t worth money, they could be worth some memories to a relative or a stranger. Put them on Craigslist, take them to a card shop, donate them, or hold onto them to give to the next generation.

Sports Card Price Guides

You can spend lots of money buying price guides, or waste lots of time searching online… or use this simple tool. We’ll show you how to quickly get an accurate estimate of what your cards are worth.

Collectors who are active in #thehobby have a general idea of what their cards are worth, and if they need to do a price check they usually have a go-to source for pricing information; either a Beckett magazine, a book, or website. If you’re new to collecting, or just getting back into the hobby, you’ll need to find your source for pricing information. This article the most popular ways collectors look up the value of their cards. Continue reading “Sports Card Price Guides”

How to Grade Your Sports Cards

The condition of a card has a huge impact on what it’s worth. A card that has been professionally graded at a 10 is worth many times more than a graded card at 3.5. Some imperfections in the card may be obvious, a rounded corner or a crease in the card. Other issues take a years of experience and a trained eye to pick up on. This article covers the basics… centering, corners, surface, and edges. Continue reading “How to Grade Your Sports Cards”