The Most Valuable Baseball Cards From 1995-1999

[@gabriels1163]

Video idea - Magazine cards. Lots of cool stuff to explore there. Some super high value rookies. Some cards from mostly unknown magazines that go for a surprising amount (such as Sports Card Investor magazine Lebron and Pujols). Sports illustrated and SI for Kids have put out a ton of cards.

[@briankingsley4898]

Good morning Chris😃 have a great day and keep up the amazing videos. Ty for sharing your knowledge

[@bretstone6985]

Gotta love the late 90s parallels! ⚾️⚾️🦏🦏🦏

[@RaymondFishSC2]

My interest in the hobby was waning at this time in my teenage years, but still, I haven't seen nearly all these cards before. Such strange sets. Enjoy the series!

[@GiantsJets718]

Yeah me too, my interesting was diminishing I think I got my last card set in 2000

[@toddw14]

Those were the kind of cards you already read about in Beckett but never saw. There was always a story in Beckett about someone who casually bought 1 pack off the top & pulled some rare 1/1 insert.

[@ACD1994]

It's been almost exactly 4 years since you post this video. It would be interesting, to see, where some of these card prices are now. Post Covid, though, I do think the 1990's are kind of having a moment, too, even if it's not as often talked about as much on KZbin compared to vintage or 'ultra modern.'

[@pyneryder]

Awesome series, love the Flair Showcase the best.

[@leroybilly9533]

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[@mauriciobrett9253]

@Leroy Billy Instablaster :)

[@jackiechapman8189]

Another awesome countdown video... Makes me want to go digging through boxes and boxes of cards...lol...😂 Went to an outdoor flea market this weekend and scored on loads of cards&parallel&relics... I'm super excited about this haul... Stay safe...👍💕🔥⚾😷

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Very cool! Nothing better than sitting down with a recent haul purchase. Good luck finding some gems in there!

[@brentwalker5726]

I never saw this video when you made it. It would be interesting to see where some of these cards peaked in 2020-21.

[@DeadGuyCardboard]

The reason that 1998 Longevity Jeter went for so much is because it was 01/50. The first serial numbered card in the set is actually a 1/1 called Longevity Holographic.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Very good catch... I totally overlooked that.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I make plenty of mistakes so I am used to admitting them :)

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

Hey Ben, I was wondering why a 98 Longevity sold for so much. Good info

[@DeadGuyCardboard]

@@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559 Longevities are serial numbered to 50. But the first card serial numbered is actually a 1/1 and it has a different finish than the other 49.

[@dudleydawson4617]

That 1995 Jeter Topps Finest card is incredible!

[@danielbracco9787]

Love this video. Alex Morgan card is awesome!! One of my daughter's friends played with her at Cal!! Keep them coming!! Thanks!

[@mdupray]

I've been binge watching your videos and I'm quite impressed. Any chance you can do a segment on 1990 Topps Partial Blackless cards. I found a bunch recently and information on value is very sparse as most people have no idea what they are. Keep up the good work.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Appreciate you watching! I actually know very little about those. I'll look into it and see if there is any useful info about them...

[@mdupray]

Baseball Card Collector Investor Dealer That would be cool. For reference, these are the cards that surrounded the 1990 Topps Frank Thomas NNOF and are far more rare. I think the most common cards in that group have 6 or 7 known specimens.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Thats insane... you're right there is very little info on them. I reached out to a few dealer friends to see if anyone knows their back story...

[@wayneadler3451]

The competition of all the card companies bring out the best in those years. The hobby really needs competition now.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I totally agree. The monopolies on card companies today hurts the hobby as a whole.

[@markthompson7503]

Wow....amazing cards and I have some of the cards...not the high dollar players but the lower end cards lol

[@thomaswhite2700]

The good ol' days...

[@jerrywalz9056]

The 1995 Finest Refractor set is considered to be a short printed set with a print run estimated at 550. Because this was the year after the 1994 season with no World Series, Topps did not want to invest a lot into printing a premium set which may not sell because of the backlash. So they limited production on Finest.

[@gabriels1163]

Even the bad players go for a lot as a 10 refractor from that year. Its pretty amazing, but I am guessing there are a couple people trying to complete sets.

[@mike18164]

12:05 Essential Credentials Griffey seems like a bargain for 4k! If that was MJ it might be worth 100k+

[@collectorinvestordealer]

This is so true. A lot of these sales would pale in comparison to the Jordan equivalent

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

I remember seeing the MJ in either a BGS 9 or BGS 8.5 sell for $50,000 a few years back. Obviously, it would go for much more if auctioned today.

[@jesusisdead]

Yeah but it's pretty cardboard

[@geddoe316]

of course with my luck the biggest years i actually collected cards were during the crappiest years in terms of value... like from 1990 to 1993 lol

[@patrickmel8728]

Like the Ortiz card a lot for some reason

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Same here... Bowman had such a stranglehold on Rookies these years, thats its cool to see someone like Ortiz have a RC from another brand

[@groundzero270]

Really great video brother!

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

I'm a new subscriber and this is right up my alley. A lot of these are cards I'm currently searching for/buying in PSA 10 of my PC guys. I learned a thing or two from this video, so I appreciate you passing on the knowledge on these sets. I had a few unanswered questions you finally answered for me. Great info, please keep up the good work.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

That is awesome to hear! I really first got heavy into cards in the 1990s, so these years have a lot of personal attachment for me. I think the 90s was a very creative time for the hobby in terms of design and card concepts, a lot of cool stuff.

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

@@collectorinvestordealer I completely agree. I just had this conversation with someone the other day. We were both missing some of the creative inserts from those years. Some of those were just brilliant. The crazy thing is, it was just one or two people coming up with the designs sometimes. There's another YT Chan that has had the husband and wife team that designed the PMG's and a lot of the iconic inserts from the 90's. I figured it was a bunch of people around a big table with well thought out plans. Come to find out it was more of a "throw it and see what sticks" mentality.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Oh wow thats fascinating, I had no idea and had never really even thought about it... I would have assumed they had a large team of designers...

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

@@collectorinvestordealer Same here. It was a husband and wife team who pieced together randomly all these iconic inserts. I would never promote another KZbinr on your channel, but look it into it, it's worth it. They've had her on two times for a total of about 3 hours talking about all the insider information and how everything was done back then, it's fascinating.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Ah that is cool, I will definitely check it out. Really appreciate the info.

[@rage508cardsngrails]

Perfect timing as im opening a box of 94 leaf baseball with the gold seal

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Nice! You can pull some cool inserts out of there

[@norah2324]

I have tons of old 1997 cards and I’m sorting them by team 😸

[@rascal3013]

Another great video! I'm always curious where you source the older sales of cards?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I use a couple of sites, mostly on these videos I used vintagecardprices.com. They are great but require a subscription (around $120 per year)

[@anthonycaruso2336]

Bro where can I sell these cards I have almost every single card you showed

[@zeroe297]

I have a 1997 ken griffey Jr game jersey. Pulled it when I was a kid. Any idea where I could sell it? Any info would be helpful. Thanks

[@dustinwilson1981]

The More I watch.... The more I am upset with myself. I collected from about 86-about 98 all sports and mainly collected Jordan. I was dumb last year and traded my 97-98 game worn jersey Jordan (ungraded, but from pack to hard plastic... Seriously how I was) for a 1969 C10..... That card ungraded was going for about 5k....man did I kick my own ass. SMH, I've got proof I pulled it from a pack...... Shit the bed

[@craigr4477]

Great piece on ‘90’s cards. I have completed sets fro ‘70- present. I’m not a seller but would you pop open these sets and pull the cards worth something? Same with my sealed traded and updates. Thanks, Chris

[@collectorinvestordealer]

If they are still factory sealed, I personally would probably leave them sealed.

[@jesusisdead]

You need more cards

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

I have a lot of parallels from this era of Jeter, Griffey. Any other factor other than pop count to determine if I should grade?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Parallels of Griffey and Jeter from the 1990s are generally going to be worth getting graded, assuming they would grade 9 or 10. There might be a few exceptions. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want me to advise on a specific card. [e-mail]

[@davearchbell9921]

I have 2 Gretzky opc rookies. Not knowing any better I got them graded by KSA about 5 years. (I'm Canadian sorry eh 😂) They graded 7 and 7.5. In your opinion Should I get them re graded by PSA or BECKETT or just leave them? I'm 65 and this seems like a good time to move them. Thanks.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Congrats on those! I would say if they look way over-graded, it might make sense to leave as is in the KSA holder. If they look graded about, I would cross them over to PSA.

[@davearchbell9921]

@@collectorinvestordealer Thanks!!

[@rage508cardsngrails]

I have the griffey select

[@BraveFencer]

The super hard to get gimmicks is what turned me off the hobby in the early 90’s as a kid I just find it complicated and gave up lol

[@17noneya]

What about the 1997 pinnacle certified "black mirror"? I was just reading about them, but can't find prices anywhere.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I have never seen one, and I believe theres only been a handful ever confirmed to exist. There wouldnt be prices on them because there is no sales data.

[@17noneya]

@@collectorinvestordealer Thank you for the reply. I'm a new subscriber and I love your top most valuable series. I have access to a massive 80s & 90s collection and have been buying sets at great prices.

[@ronaldsmith8402]

Hello it's me I have just acquired a super duper Mint Collection of baseball cards is it okay if I send you pictures I really enjoyed your show

[@collectorinvestordealer]

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[@ericperry2032]

Silvers were rarer than gold to deter alterations. Scammers could change the silver color into gold with relative ease. However, changing the gold to silver proved much more difficult.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Ah thats super interesting, I had no idea. Makes sense.

[@marygraham6735]

Holycow

[@UKSportsFan]

Iagree

[@mycollectinganthology]

Great cards...but way out of my budget 💵

[@mikerice1001]

Pwcc overpriced as hell !!!

[@gabriels1163]

Jeter is overrated and way overvalued.

[@johnnylacey4344]

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[@BearIslandComics]

Man, it’s easy to forget just how ugly card designs were back then. People are paying in the thousands of dollars for some hideous-looking pieces of cardboard! 😆