One of the most popular questions asked among collectors is "what's the value of my trading cards" or "how much are my trading cards worth". There are several ways to find out what your trading cards are worth from online price guides to monthly magazines to auction sites. We'll talk about the most popular ways to find the value of your trading cards.
Online Price Guides (OPG)
Online price guides offer a quick, easy, and sometimes free method of finding the value of your trading cards.
The most popular one you'll hear about is the Beckett OPG. There is a small charge to use this OPG, but it's most definitely the most used among all the others.
Another OPG is the Tuff Stuff price guide. At the time of this writing you can get values of your trading cards free from this price guide. Not only does this price guide offer values on your trading cards, but they also offer values on some collectibles.
Monthly Magazines
Magazines are another method for finding the value of your trading cards. Again, the most popular one you'll encounter is the Beckett Monthly Magazine followed closely behind by the Tuff Stuff Magazine.
Auction Sites
One of the most accurate methods for finding the values of your trading cards is by looking at what they're selling for "right now".
Obviously, the most popular auction site for looking up trading card prices is eBay. As a registered member, you can even search ended auctions so you can view the closing prices.
Ask Around
Another accurate way of finding out how much your trading cards are worth is by asking other collectors. A card is only worth the amount someone will pay for it, so do some research and see what other collectors are paying, or would pay, for your particular card.
A quick way to find other collectors to help you find the value of your trading cards is to ask them in our price requests forum. Other members of this site will help you find the value of almost any of your trading cards.
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