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Deans cards buys hundreds of private sports card collections on a yearly basis. What they really mean or ask as a followup question is, where can i sell my baseball cards. There are many exceptions to this rule, too many to list, but in general this is true. Below are the 30 most valuable baseball cards ever sold. That 1951 bowman willie mays is never going to be the same. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Boyd and harris do a great job of conveying what makes sports cards so much fun and innocent. Are you looking to sell your old baseball cards or an entire sports card collection for cash. A trading card or collectible card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick. View popular ebay auctions for junk wax era baseball cards.
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