Some are worth thousands of dollars....crazy. I think I do have some buried with my baseball cards but I doubt they are in good condition.
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Garbage Pail Kids cards...have any laying around? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter eoMMan
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Looks like the majority of them are worth nothing. The one with my name can be had for $1.20. 
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
I am sure I had a few of those expensive ones, but would be shocked if any are even remotely decent condition
comfortably numb
Footballguy
It is crazy but getting these in gem mint condition is like hitting the lottery.
Worth a look for people though and probably can sell whatever is laying around for more money than you had in your pocket yesterday
Worth a look for people though and probably can sell whatever is laying around for more money than you had in your pocket yesterday
3 hour lunch
Footballguy
I got Nasty Nick and Evil Eddie when I was like 10 for Christmas. I think they are in good shape but they are in a tote somewhere in my basement. Where would I send to get graded?
Apple Juice
Footballguy
Loved collecting these as a kid. I recognize all those cards and certainly owned them but no clue where I have them stored. Time to start digging around.
Lehigh98
Footballguy
I had a cigar box with a bunch when I bought series 1 to about 3 or 4?. Unfortunately they were at my old house and the place went up in flames and was a total loss a few years ago. Guess I should have listed these on the insurance claim!
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comfortably numb
Footballguy
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
I wouldn't knock myself out looking for these. The odds you are going to have a PSA 10 lying around in a box is lottery winning type odds (especially considering the Nick card). There are multiple PSA 9s on Ebay at under $1,800 without any bids on them.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
3 cards show selling with a best offer price of 14,999 i would have to search and see what the actuall sale price was.
A nasty nick did sell for 7856 in May with 22 bids
ILUVBEER99
Footballguy
true, and back then people, especially kids, didn't think near as much about condition. With Garbage Pail Kids only being collected by kids a PSA 10 Garbage Pail Kid is a lottery type thing indeed.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I bet a lot of people have unopened packs. I used to buy packs of all kinds of cards and not open them as an "investment".
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
That is a pretty rare for things back then, I don't think the collector mentality was as strong. I do have some 1988ish unopened case of basketball cards somewhere, though I have not seen it in 25 years.
Otis
Footballguy
Lehigh98
Footballguy
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Dr_Zaius
Footballguy
Wife dug up her old cards last night after I saw this thread. No series 1, but a decent amount of series 2 and a lot of series 3. They seem in good shape to me (other than the Reagan one that has a pushpin hole in the top). Not sure what to do with them. Seems like the only way you get decent money for them is to get them PSA graded, but that seems pretty expensive and you won't know until you get it done if you actually have cards in good enough shape for it to be worth it. 
Lehigh98
Footballguy
Check out which ones have been most popular / highest priced on ebay. Then see if you have any of those and if any in good enough condition to be graded. If not, just sell as one big lot or multiple smaller lots with good pictures.Wife dug up her old cards last night after I saw this thread. No series 1, but a decent amount of series 2 and a lot of series 3. They seem in good shape to me (other than the Reagan one that has a pushpin hole in the top). Not sure what to do with them. Seems like the only way you get decent money for them is to get them PSA graded, but that seems pretty expensive and you won't know until you get it done if you actually have cards in good enough shape for it to be worth it.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
It is really tough getting a good grade on an older product that may not have been taken care of properly. I have seen brand new football cards from the current year pulled from a wax pack and even though it looks perfect (sharp corners. good centering, awesome coloring)--after grading--it comes back an 8.5. I just don't mess with grading. I guess this is why I am a collector and not a seller, which is much to my wife's displeasure.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
My rule would be....Wife dug up her old cards last night after I saw this thread. No series 1, but a decent amount of series 2 and a lot of series 3. They seem in good shape to me (other than the Reagan one that has a pushpin hole in the top). Not sure what to do with them. Seems like the only way you get decent money for them is to get them PSA graded, but that seems pretty expensive and you won't know until you get it done if you actually have cards in good enough shape for it to be worth it.
If a 9 could sell for at least 100 bucks then it is worth taking a chance to get it graded.
Now to see if it's in good enough condition to get at least a 9?
Look it over and if you suspect any...ANY slight defect....don't bother.
If after you have looked all over and can't find any issue in any way...go for it. Will probably cost 30-40 bucks and take 2-4 months.
Most likely you get an 8 and break even after you sell it or lose a couple bucks.
Get a 9 and you can have fun and make a few bucks
Get a 10, you have a nice amount of pocket change for weekend getaway or a down payment on a new car.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I dug through my collection and found a whole bunch of unopened packs of various stuff. Baseball, hockey, football, movie stuff, garbage pail kids, etc. Then I went on ebay. It seems a lot of people started saving them in the mid-80's when the hobby started taking off. Stuff isn't worth that much.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
Exactly!! I have a big closet downstairs that has probably over 100 unopened wax boxes from the 80s-90s from all sports and some non-sports. You just hope that some card all of a sudden becomes desirable and people start collecting that product. An example would be the 90-91 Hoops Mark Jackson card.
Johnny Rock
Footballguy
How about Wacky Packages?
