About William Radvansky Expertise Can answer all questions regarding the field of Baseball card collecting and trading with a specialization in those produced by the Topps Company.
Experience I have been a Baseball card collector for over 40 years and have a current collection of over 120,000 cards. I organize local gatherings of card enthusiasts and hand out sports cards in area schools.
Organizations I belong to Trading Bases, which is an international organization of Sports card enthusiasts who trade cards and swap information as well.
Education/Credentials High School graduate, Graduate of Pennsylvania State Police Academy, Student at Western Pennsylvania Theological Institute. I am currently a Middle School History teacher at Harvest Baptist Christian Academy.(Harvestbaptist.info)
Question i know nothing about baseball cards but came across a box of them in some old junk. how do you know if a card is worth anything? i also have some basketball one's.
Answer Hi Jennifer, Thank you for allowing me to assist you. let me first say that there have been cases where people have found cards among junk, that have turned out to be worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. There are many factors that determine how much a particular card is worth. The year that it was issued, the player shown on the card, the condition of the card, the scarcity,the company issuing the card and others. The year of the card would be the first clue as to what level of value that you may be looking at. There are 2 simple ways to determine the year of a card. First of all, there is usually fine print on the back of a card on the bottom that will have a year included. At my age, I have to use a magnifying glass to see it. The second way to tell is to look at the players statistics written on the back of the card. If they are given yearly, just add one year to the most recent year that the stats are given for. In other words if you have a Bill Radvansky card that shows his career statistics up to 1977, then you know that it is a 1978 card.
If your cards are prior to 1980 they would be considered vintage cards and the older that they are, the better. That doesn't mean that cards that are from 1980 or more recent aren't valuable. It all depends on other factors as well.
Why don't you pick out 8 or 10 of the baseball cards and write down the aforementioned information from each one and e-mail me back with that information. I will look them up and let you know where you stand. You can send a few basketball as well. Hope to hear from you! Bill
