Top Ways to Add Value to Your Card Collection

Whether you’re new to the card collecting community or someone who’s accumulated boxes and boxes of cards over the years, finding ways to add value to your card collection is important. You may already have a highly valuable card collection without even knowing it. Luckily, by following these steps, you can have confidence in your card collection and the value it holds.

Get cards graded

Getting your cards graded is generally the best way to immediately add value to your current card collection. This will tell you the true value of the cards you have and help you have a better idea of your collection’s worth. But, depending on the size of your collection, getting your cards graded may become pricey and possibly time consuming. In that case, start by getting your best quality, high value, raw cards graded right away. In estimating and adding value to your collection, these are the best cards to have professionally graded.

Invest in your collection

This step may seem like an obvious step, but it is an important one. If you are serious about having a valuable collection, you will only want to add cards of value to your collection. This means that having shoe boxes full of no-name sports cards will not make a valuable collection. Instead, look for popular players or players that have meaning to you, and seek after those cards. Doing so will help you curate a collection that is not only valuable, but personal to you.

Invest in rookie cards

Along with investing in your collection, some of the best cards to invest in are rookie cards. All players are only a rookie once, and some of the most valuable cards out there are rookie cards such as Tom Brady and Mickey Mantle. All eras of sports memorabilia place a premium on any rookie materials. If you ever get the chance to invest in a rookie card, even if it is not a popular one at the time, you should take advantage of it. It can be a risk to buy a rookie card before knowing the player’s career, but this risk has the potential to add extreme value to your collection in the end.

Organize cards in an easy-to-find way

Having a valuable collection requires organization. How you choose to organize your collection, whether by team, year, sport, or popularity, is up to you, but some form or organization should be evident. This will help you in the future when needing to locate certain cards as well as making it easier to know where to put new cards in the future. Overall, having proper organization will make your collection more user friendly which adds to its value.

Store cards properly

Like mentioned in our Best Ways to Store Sports Card article, there are many ways to store your sports cards. The method and materials are up to you, but always keep in mind the frailty of sports cards. Damaged cards will always and immediately lose value.

If you’re looking for ways to add value to your card collection, we suggest starting with the tips we’ve outlined. Investing in a grading service can help ensure that your cards maintain their value over time. Buying rookie cards of current stars is another great way to secure the future value of your collection. Finally, make sure you store and organize your cards in an easy-to-find way so you can enjoy them every day! What are you waiting for? Start adding value to your collection today by checking out Woodhaven Trading Firm's selection of card boxes.