1991 Upper Deck Baseball Cards Mint Condition Complete Set?

Question

For those of you who have a price guide, could you look up this set? It has 800 cards. Here are the first few guys:
2 Phil Plantier
3 D.J. Dozier
4 Dave Hansen
5 Maurice Vaughn
6 Leo Gomez

Thanks

Answer 1

I don't know what the price guides say, because for true value I go by what people are actually paying. The total price actually being paid on eBay ranges from $4 (per set for a case of 15 factory sets) to $12 (for a single set). The total price includes the winning bid plus the cost of shipping. The shipping is far more than the bid, because of the weight of these sets. For the single set where the total was $12, bids were from $1 to $4 for the set with shipping eating up the rest. The lower the seller charged for shipping, the more they got for the cards.



At a local card show, I'd expect a dealer to be asking $15 or more, at a flea market, less. The guy who bought the case on eBay for $56 total could sell them at a flea market for $8 each and make $60 profit.



It's the high cost of shipping these big sets that keeps real prices lower than what the price guides say, which isn't that high to begin with in spite of some decent rookies in '91. There are thousands and thousands of unopened factory sets in hundreds of unopened factory cases, sitting in dealer warehouses and collector garages, basements, attics and closets. They made way too much of the stuff in those years from 1987 - 1993.

Answer 2

The topps traded set is worth more than the real set. Not that many good rookies. I think Cecil Fielder is the big draw. That might be it. 85 or 87 are better. The 86 topps traded is a really good set though.

Answer 3

You could always look it up yourself. :D



Hope this helps!



http://www.baseball-almanac.com/baseball_cards/baseball_card_sets.php?m=Upper%20Deck