Your baseball card collection obviously has sentimental value. If it is like most serious collections it probably has a substantial monetary value as well. Unfortunately, this value is sometimes lost to heirs and other family members who are left to deal with an estate. We have all heard the stories about cards being unceremoniously dumped in the trash or sold off at a yard sale for literally pennies. How does a collector prevent this from happening to his lifelong collection? The answer partially lies in sports card grading companies.

Will your family know which Frank Thomas is worth hundreds?

The esoteric collector may collect T206 overprints or rare backs or error cards. Maybe a collection is just straightforward vintage tobacco commons. What about modern collectors? Who in your family understands the Billy Ripken f**kface card or the 1990 Topps Frank Thomas no number on front variation and what your baseball cards are worth? Maybe you have no heirs to pass the collection to as a collection. Many families will end up disposing of a sports card collection in the aftermath of the collector’s death. How can graded cards help them when it comes time to sell baseball cards? Continue reading this post »