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1975 Topps Mini Charlie Conlon Collection

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I have long been a collector of the 1975 Topps mini baseball set. I have often scour the Internet for lots and boxes of this series. I have to ask though, are the Charlie Conlon collection 1975 Topps mini baseball cello boxes find worth $3995.00 a box? I think these cards however scare they may be, are equally over-priced. Granted the further into the future we go with baseball cards, and sports cards altogether, the more scare these will become. But I have to question any collector looking to plunk down this money for a cello box from this collection. The more years pass, the harder these cards will come by to find in mint or nrmt condition. But $3995.00 for a cello box is just plain ridiculous. Some unknown private collector has purchased two of the original 9 that are up for sale.

It appears to be quite the gamble to find a PSA 10 or BGS 10 in these boxes. Quite frankly for the true collector, owning a complete set of PSA 8 registered is far more valuable in my eyes and it would not cost you the amount of two of these cello boxes for sale on eBay. One of the great purchases that I made from the Topps 1975 baseball mini series was two boxes of 990 cards already sleeved and placed into plastic sleeves in which all are mint or nrmt. I made this purchase back in 2006. The total cost was $580.00, when I made this purchase there were still wax boxes of 1975 Topps mini (36 packs) available for $1300.00 plus. Now you cannot purchase these for under $2000.00.

While these cards are more and more quickly becoming favorites, they are full of factory defects, and the very colorful borders make them very difficult to not notice and extremely difficult to get in a high grade. This is why more and more, I am leaning towards getting a PSA registry set from one of the few vendors that have these cards already graded.

1973 Topps Candy Lids Thurman Munson!

1973 Topps Candy Lids

1973 Topps Candy Lids Thurman Munson!

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Welcome to the baseball card price blog, in this blog I write mostly from my own experience as a sports/baseball card collector.  For the most comprehensive baseball card price list out there the best option for me has always been Beckett, although there are many options available to collectors everywhere to include eBay, but I prefer the Beckett family of collectible magazines as my number one resource.

The 1973 Topps Candy lids trading card prices vary in price mainly from player to player depending on the player and of course the grade. Pictured here is the NY Yankees Thurman Munson candy lid. Graded by PSA and issued a 6 as the overall grade, price for this card can vary from $60.00 to about $300.00 depending on the seller. To give you an idea, I purchased a PSA 5 last month for $54.00, so the prices are out there. The best way on eBay to try and analyze the Topps baseball cards price on these cards and any others cards that you are interested in collecting, is to check the eBay auction list.  The buy it now option will not give you a good gauge for the pricing, because someone may want to be fishing for someone to purchase a special card just because they want it, and that collector may be willing to go above the actual listing price just because they need the card asap, based on impulse.

The sellers that sell baseball cards for a living, or as another way to make money, usually will not place the cards like this Topps Candy lids in a buy it now option unless they believe that their price will beat the competitions price.  The key to collecting and being smart with your money is most certainly patience, there is always someone that will come along and sell the card you want at the right price.  I will check back and write about my next 1973 Topps Candy lids card, which will be the Nolan Ryan.  I am trying to complete the set of Topps Candy lids which is a 55 cards set.  The 1973 Nolan Ryan Topps Candy lids graded by PSA as a 5 or 6 will fetch in the $200.00 range, depending on the need for the card at the time of sale.  This card is most certainly the most sought after card.  I will report my sale back on these pages so, wish me luck!