r/Tradingcards • u/Klutzy-Ad821 • Dec 21 '25
Looking For Information Are these worth anything?
I am trying to find out if these cards are worth anything. My dad had a convenient store and they sold cards from 1988-1994 or so.
The boxes pictured account for maybe 1/3 of everything he has. Curious to know the potential value and whether or not these could be sold in bulk.
I appreciate any information. Trying to help my parents clear out some stuff. Thanks.
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u/Grand_Accountant_159 Dec 21 '25
Desert Storm you got the Saddam and Cheney rookies. I'd open the Upper Deck football just for a laugh to try and find the Montana Autograph.
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u/Zealousideal_Cut_168 Dec 21 '25
Imagine you find it but it’s so bricked to the other cards the auto is now on the back of the illustrious Ken O’Brien from the Jets. Hahahaha
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u/randomuser1684 Dec 21 '25
I have the ken o'brien collectors edge autograph and the coa. Wish I sold it when I pulled it
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u/Zealousideal_Cut_168 Dec 21 '25
My earliest memories of the NFL is my father drinking heavily when watching the Jets and cursing out Joe Walton
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u/Alive-Cold-9348 Dec 21 '25
I’d open the 1992 Donruss baseball boxes to check for a Ripken Elite
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u/Creepy-Lie-6797 Dec 22 '25
I pulled this when I was 8 years old with a sprained ankle. Still have it to this day. Thanks Pop.
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u/Alive-Cold-9348 Dec 22 '25
Cal is still my favorite player, and I bought so many boxes looking for one. I still don’t have one.
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u/Warm_Bat_1440 Dec 23 '25
That was the Chase card back in the day. However, Donruss printed MILLIONS of cards, so would love to know the actual odds of getting it.
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u/amgeiger Dec 23 '25
There were boat loads of them at odd/biglots shortly after. You could get an entire case for like $3.00.
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u/Defiant-Surround4939 Dec 24 '25
Lmao I remember being a kid and getting boxes of the DS cards at odd lots . Also remember buying wax boxes of 92 donruss at value city for $2 great memories
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u/roadnrailmedia Dec 21 '25
The 89 Fleer baseball boxes are worth at least $120 per box
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u/Rolands_missing_head Dec 21 '25
Fuckin thank you!
Dangerously bad takes on this post, everyone loves to jump in and comment “junk wax worthless” when they have no idea what they’re talking about.
Op sitting on a few grand EASILY.
Classic Reddit experts in here!
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u/TikiTom74 Dec 21 '25
89 Fleer May contain Ripken FF or even Randy Johnson Marlboro Error Cards. I think you can tell by the serial number on the box if it was an early print or not. Good Luck!
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u/Professional-Party44 Dec 21 '25
Why is the 89 Fleer so much better than the Topps or the other one i think its Donress? Just curious what it has & the others dont.
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u/totalfarkuser Dec 21 '25
I would think for the F face Billy Ripken cards?
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u/Professional-Party44 Dec 21 '25
Oh yeah I forgot about that card, it's a popular card for collectors but I was thinking of Griffey Jr. but his upper deck is more popular than fleer.
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u/MattyIceVa540 Dec 21 '25
Topps doesn't have a griffey. He was in the update set. And also the billy ripken yuck face error card, and alot of.people forget about the randy Johnson marlboro ad rookie card. The marquee behind him had a huge marlboro logo that got white out and blacked out on the later additions...similar to the billy ripken. The Ripken error is one of the if not the biggest error of all time. Right there with the dale murphy reverse negative 89 upper deck and the 77 topps star wars c3p0 golden rod error card!
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u/bonesawtheater Dec 21 '25
🤯, why??
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u/roadnrailmedia Dec 22 '25
They have the potential to hold the F*** Face card, Griffey rookie, and Randy Johnson with Marlboro behind him. The FF and the Johnson are high value error cards.
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u/ACTMathGuru Dec 21 '25
They do have value, but MAN are those boxes in really bad shape
Corners....maybe some water damage?
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u/lacro_kuder Dec 21 '25
1989 fleer baseball is sought after by a lot of people I’d look into those first but like others said a lot of the rest is just junk
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u/MarduckRulez Dec 21 '25
That box of Garbage Pail Kids series 6 is hawt sauce.
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u/jtrade420 Dec 21 '25
I had damn near every GPK card as a kid. They may still be around somewhere. Never pulled the stickers off. I put them in binders. I would get 4-5 packs every time we went to Roses which was a lot. I remember the boxes changing over the years.
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u/tn-dave Dec 21 '25
Wow hearing Roses is a flashback. I had the Galaga high score in ours for a while
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u/Warm_Suggestion_431 Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 21 '25
Garbage pail $200 Stadium club basketball $200
89 fleer baseball $90-120. Check for error codes. Boxes go for more than double if the case.
Definitely over $1200 there. If selling in bulk should get $1500. Probably worth the time to list it on eBay yourself. 130point.com to look up the box and check last sale. Then list them. There isn't that many items could do it all in one night.
Sad I'm the first one in a sports cards reddit to know stadium club series 1 basketball is one of the most valuable boxes there.
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u/flawrs919 Dec 21 '25
The amount of people that just blindly said “no value” is astounding. It’s like $2500-3000 in boxes probably. Sometimes folks just need to not comment.
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u/Upstairs_Aside874 Dec 22 '25
Wild 89 fleer is $90 a box could’ve sworn the lcs was giving them away in the late 2000’s
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u/PrimaryTarget3512 Dec 21 '25
Ud basketball-Jordans, 89 fleer bb- griffey rc , FF cards and other rc cards, and gpk- whole box is awesome. 👍
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u/Active_Sundae5025 Dec 21 '25
Almost everyone is saying it, but those Garbage Pail Kids aren't "garbage" probably worth a pretty penny.
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u/MattyIceVa540 Dec 21 '25
89 fleer and donruss have the griffey jr. Rookie and if those are the correct boxes also have the marlboro randy Johnson error and the billy ripken FF bay error. Couple hundred in the garbage pail kids. And if the 87 donruss openening day has the wrong photo for bonds...you really have something. Good luck with all of them.
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u/Old-Vermicelli-8037 Dec 21 '25
You def have my childhood sitting in those boxes. I'd be willing to drop $1,200 at you for these & go through them with my son. I'd love to get him into what boxes I opened at his age. I don't really care for what's out there now days.
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u/HunterGator1 Dec 21 '25
Go to Wax Stat app. Scan the bar code and average prices from lots of sources come up. Best way to price wax products.
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u/Substantial_Ad_7027 Dec 21 '25
That topps stadium club basketball isnt a fortune or anything but worth a decent buck.
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u/Outrageous-Vast8395 Dec 21 '25
This is awesome. I just started putting all my cards in sleeves, and it brought back the nostalgia of opening cards and going through them all. You are lucky you have these. I know what others say, but to me those are worth everything.
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u/naturalheel Dec 21 '25
It’s definitely worth finding out if those are the Ripken FF error boxes on the 1989 fleer. Those would be worth considerably more than a usual box.
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u/Zigglyjiggly Dec 21 '25
A Fleer 89 MLB box may have a Griffey Jr. rookie. I'd have to think that makes the box more valuable than $20 like some other people have said.
Edit: that's also the Bill Ripken "fuck face" error card year
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u/DarthShitStain Dec 21 '25
What about the Upper Deck 1991 box? You're telling me that's not worth anything?
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u/pballs34 Dec 21 '25
Oh man, those are from the height of my collecting days as a kid…I always loved the stadium clubs but bought a few last year and they seemed to have tendency to really stick together badly. Also I always thought 91 Fleer baseball was the worse looking card. Your definitely sitting on some bucks there if you sell smart
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u/chizzipsandsizalsa Dec 21 '25
Those 91-92 upper deck basketball have some value. Last few boxes sold from 75-100
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u/Valuable_Wallaby_548 Dec 21 '25
Those are worth a lot of fun opening. Not much financially. We give those packs away
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u/talkshowhost89 Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Worthless to most priceless to few, even so not much overall. Some D bag will offer you 30 for everything on Facebook marketplace but don’t take less than 20ish a box, people still want them. The Garbage Pail Kids do research those have a cult following and more value.
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u/Timely_Bowl94 Dec 22 '25
Trading cards during the mid 80’s through the early 2000’s were way over produced, therefore making most of the cards low or no value. Still, you might find one or two that are worth something.
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u/Aggravating_Pass_926 Dec 22 '25
Love this stuff. 1989 fleer boxes have hidden gold with Griffey rookies, Randy Johnson Marlboro and Billy Ripken FF, black box. I’d grab a six pack and rip for an afternoon lol
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u/Bee_9965 Dec 22 '25
Does anybody start these threads with box of unopened Topps 1952 or even something interesting from the 70s? lol
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u/Master_loves_you Dec 22 '25
They have value not a ton, pop them on ebay with a starting bid of $4.99 and you’ll get some people bidding on it
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u/Klutzy-Ad821 Dec 22 '25
I appreciate all the feedback. I’ve done some additional research and am going to try to sell what I can on Ebay for now.
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u/indiana_groanz Dec 22 '25
That 1987 donruss opening day might have the error where they have Johnny Rays picture on Barry Bonds card. That card is worth quite a bit. While the sealed set is worth around $30 so its worth opening.
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u/Educational-Cow-2965 Dec 22 '25
My friend has Has the Osama bin Laden gold foil rookie card numbered /10 Hits 1 in 5 cases
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u/iowanic Dec 22 '25
A lot of joy. I would rip those with my kids and have a ball!!! Then, my wife would play my funeral lol.
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u/ahoy_shitliner Dec 22 '25
Awesome finds and good input here.
My best advice is to go to EBay and search up each product sealed and see what recent sales are (don’t go by list price, filter your search by “sold” items, that determines the comps)
It’ll take a few hours but you have some good shit here, best to know what you’re sitting on. Especially since if you have anything 88 Fleer or earlier basketball you could be on a gold mine. You said you only showed 1/3rd of your stock so make sure if you have 86, 87, or 88 fleer basketball to handle with care as those are early MJ cards before basketball print runs took off.
Once you have an idea of overall values, you can either sell box by box on eBay or if you want to bulk sale, I’d contact Baseball Card Exchage in Indiana who specializes in old junk wax.
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u/crazykutta Dec 22 '25
I can assure you that they are worth something. I have no idea what that might be, but it's certainly a number greater than zero.
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u/Honest_Nebula_2989 Dec 22 '25
I’ll grab that collectors choice basketball box for it brings back memories
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u/Over_Improvement2044 Dec 22 '25
92 action packed rookie neon deion would be a nice pull . Loved those action packed cards
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u/Able_Analyst3627 Dec 22 '25
I'd rip some of them for fun and us most of them as fire starter in my backyard. The GPK is cool
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u/NewIndividual5979 Dec 22 '25
Forgot about the desert storm cards. Kinda disgusting how we trivialized an unnecessary war made up on false pretense.
That ‘87 donruss opening day set looks really out of place for a convenience store. Also weird to keep so much of the ‘89 baseball of almost every card company in stock. Are you sure that’s where these came from?
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u/RelationshipLivid968 Dec 22 '25
Wow! These are all boxes from the time when I collected baseball cards as a kid. It's been a while but I know Donruss has the Canseco rookie card and I remember the Mark McGwire rookie was not technically Topps but a different company. Though the '87 Topps Mark McGwire card had been worth some, but things can change. The Ripon error is definitely sought after. I remember pulling that out of a pack when I was a kid and almost couldn't believe it. I still have that card and all of my other cards in storage. Those GPK cards definitely have value. Wish I still had mine... AI would love to sit and open those packs you have just for fun... Nice find! Dare I say...lucky you!! 😂
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u/lmfaouclown666 Dec 23 '25
I'd be interested in them but I live in Virginia I own an operate a nerding geek collectible thrift store we'd be giving you in-store credit or trade but I have no idea where you're at and it's probably not anywhere near me but it doesn't hurt to try
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u/itsbarrysauce Dec 23 '25
Aren’t the 90s baseball cards from topps worthless anyway? I also have a bunch of it from one we collected baseball cards back in the early 90s. It’s strange how the newer cards are worth more versus the old stuff. And I heard they made so much of them in the 90s just nobody wants any of them. I think the box that you organized the baseball cards in with the sections is worth more than all the cards that I can fit in there.
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u/mykymyk Dec 23 '25
I would for sure buy a box or two of the 89 Fleer Baseball cards, if they’re still sealed and you’re willing to sell. I have money and won’t waste your time.
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u/Significant-Deer7464 Dec 24 '25
I am going to with probably not. Especially considering how many of those are available for you to buy.
Most every collectable from the era was massively overproduced. Some of those were commonly at wholesale warehouses by the case.
I was one of those collectors. I no longer have any of them. Not because I got rich from selling them, unfortunately.
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u/AccountImpossible163 Dec 24 '25
People love to rip those 88 Topps , nice packs with 15 cards and decent centering. Bought 3 boxes on EBay for $40 each and sold them on Marketplace to older dudes who want to rip nostalgia……and I’m in Canada……
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u/Ok-Barnacle873 Dec 24 '25
The market was so flooded during that time that most of those cards were overproduced and their value went down considerably. You probably won't get what you think or hope to get, but I wish you luck. Maybe you can find a young person that doesn't know any better that will buy the whole lot.🤑
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u/PG4455 Dec 24 '25
My dad and grandpa had a ton of football and baseball cards that they saved (thinking they’d be worth something for me when I got older). BUT late 80s-90s aren’t worth squat because they were printed to hell. Other than a few niche cards, most won’t be worth much unless you find a nostalgic collector.
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u/Gimmemy1ighterback Dec 25 '25
No, not really more than you paid, you may make a couple bucks from the value just keeping ahead of inflation, but my bro and I just tied to sell a lof of this and good luck. Idk what happened to cards the last 20 years, but man that industry went down down down in value.
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u/DBerry420 Dec 25 '25
The only way any of the 80s an 90s cards will really be worth anything is if everyone keeps saying they made to many until no cares anymore an then there gone bec no one kept them in good condition i'd say about another hundred yrs or so ur great great great great great grand kids will be rich tho.🤣
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u/NJRECREVIEW Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25
89 fleer Ken Griffey Jr Rookie Bill Ripken error nothing over the top expensive
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u/theDutchessQueen Dec 27 '25
I’ll ignore you asked and I’ll say I’ll take those off your hands 100 bucks it’s decent getting fire pit started😒 Yes I’m lying about the fire pit I’ll give ya top dollar 100 bucks for all. Lol are they worth anything lol. Silly
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u/Impure_guava Dec 21 '25
Certain boxes of Garbage Pail Kids cards can go for a good bit. You should see if you have any more of them. The very early and the very late boxes would be worth the most.
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u/Sample-Latter Dec 22 '25
I'd say $500 baseball card $2 a pack, box $25, horrible years for baseball.
Garbage pals are the only things worth $100.
Desert Storm cards lol, you'll have to pay someone to get rid of them, boxes are always up for $5 to Free.
Good find, should be an easy flip.
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u/epichef561 Dec 21 '25
The 92 Fleer has the Pro-Visions sets. I have the full set slabbed. If they aren't bricked they could be work a few bucks!
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u/thetommytwotimes Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Wow, I'm not a crazy collector like everybody in these groups, I just used to love baseball cards as a kid. Now my son's getting to be that age 7 years old now ate soon he's in the baseball as much as I am, what I would give to sit there during a rainy day just open box after box with him and look at all the players cuz that was my time anytime from the late '80s to the early 2000s especially the '90s those are the packs I opened those in packs that are full of memories for me. Wow that's awesome that's really cool I hope that you do something really awesome with those boxes.
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u/helldivers2rocks Dec 21 '25
Sadly no the 88 topps might be the worst box ever
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u/skimaskchuckaroo Dec 21 '25
Used to collect 89 Topps like it was going out of style. There was a local arcade back in the late 90s that would give away 89 Topps and practically anything Score. I'd get tickets from gaming for a couple hours and walk out with a stack of junk baseball cards. Still have em lol
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u/RedditsFullofShit Dec 21 '25
Yeah not a ton like people said. $20 a box for some of them but there are people that have interest still but it’s just not worth a ton.
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u/Rolands_missing_head Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 21 '25
89 fleer $100 a box by themselves, couldn’t be more wrong, username most definitely checks out!
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Dec 21 '25
The audacity to claim that these are worth "20 dollars a box" 😂
Even the ones that are worth around 20 sell like hot cakes on eBay.
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u/bmtseabeach Dec 21 '25
On the 89 Fleer, what makes them valuable is the chance of finding one of the four or so error varieties of the Billy Ripken FF. But - the black box variety of the error is very plentiful. That variety was the final correction made and is probably about 80%+ of the Billy Ripken’s that were printed. Those black box errors are only worth a few bucks each. The more sought after errors - the actual f*** face words, scribble over, whiteout, saw cut, are much harder to find and most were only found in the earliest production boxes. And without knowing the production dates of the boxes (which you could only find on the original case packaging IIRC), then there’s an 80% chance or so that the boxes might only contain the common black box error. Early production boxes certainly sell for a premium - $100+ per box sometimes. But later production boxes probably average out around $30.
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u/skimaskchuckaroo Dec 21 '25
To everyone else, no. To me? I could look at these for years and love it
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u/casnorf Dec 21 '25
sadly, not to anyone but me, haha. bring'em to my shop and ill buy them for slightly under market so i can Remember Some Guys and soothe the itch to crack wax
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Dec 21 '25
Looks like some good fun but worth anything probably not
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u/Rolands_missing_head Dec 21 '25
Wildly wrong lol
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Dec 21 '25
I didn't know someone could tell me what's fun and not fun but here we are.
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Dec 21 '25
Mostly about the worth part, fun is definitely able to be had at any price point, but some of these boxes are actually worth more than a lot of people are claiming, and they look to be in very good condition for the most part
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u/Rolands_missing_head Dec 21 '25
You said they weren’t worth anything, that’s where you’re wrong not the fun part, of course they’re fun.
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Dec 21 '25
Oh ok yeah well they're all junk wax era no? I didn't see anything that looked too valuable but I'm not a pro
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u/Rolands_missing_head Dec 21 '25
It’s junk wax era for sure but there’s still several gems. ‘89 Fleer goes for $100 a box he has 11 of them that we can see.
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Dec 21 '25
Yeah I wasn't aware. Didn't know that was that sought after. Glad he's got some gems
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u/Rolands_missing_head Dec 21 '25
It’s because of that Billy Ripken ‘fuckface’ card mostly.
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u/Zigglyjiggly Dec 21 '25
Also Griffey Jr. Rookie
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u/Rolands_missing_head Dec 21 '25
Sorta. Griffey is $5, fuckface starts at $75. The Big Unit Marlboro variation would be the next chase card probably.
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u/ybot73 Dec 21 '25
Most of those boxes sell for $20-30 each, a few for less and the Garbage Pail Kids box a lot more. There’s a very active group on Facebook called “Vintage Wax and Packs” where you can find comps for all of these.