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The 2022 National is just around the corner, and is in our back yard here in New Jersey. As we gear up to both buy and sell at the biggest sports collectors convention in the Country, we found this old video we did from the National TEN years ago! See which cards we brought to sell back then and a bit of advice our owner, Leighton, provided. Did the advice hold a decade later?

Next month is the biggest show of the year - the National. Nearly any card, autograph, or piece of memorabilia you can dream of will be bought or sold at this show. There is also a huge list of autograph signings taking place. Just Collect will certainly be there; we are one of the biggest buyers of collections in the Country. As we began to prepare for the show, we stumbled upon this video from the 2012 National show in Baltimore. Wow - TEN years ago!

The hobby has changed so much over the last ten years. Imagine telling a collector in 2012 that a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle graded PSA 9 would sell for 5.2 million dollars in 2021. A PSA 9 sold for $282,587.50 in 2006 so surely that story wouldn't have been believable. A PSA 3 copy of the T206 Honus Wagner sold for 1.2 million dollars in 2012. In 2021 an SGC 3 copy sold for 6.6 million! Modern cards of Tom Brady and LeBron James are reaching seven-figure sales. A LOT can change in 10 years, believe us.

Which cards did Just Collect bring to the National a decade ago?  Does the advice we gave ten years ago still hold true today? Let's watch the video and find out:

A 1909-1911 T206 White Border PSA 8  Piedmont back was in our showcase. In 2012, that PSA 8 was the only copy known graded an 8, and there was only one graded PSA 9 with zero 10's. Today - still the same. That PSA population report has NOT changed. Happy to say that we brought the right card to the National in 2012.

1895 Mayo's Cut Plug (N300) John (Monte) Ward SGC 35 (a 2.5). Funny how Leighton recalls this half grade being "new." This is still a pretty rare card today. The PSA population report has just two graded, both receiving a grade of 1. SGC has a few more cards on their population report with a total of 21. The highest-graded copy on the SGC site is a 4. Still a nice choice to bring to the National 10 years ago.

1911 Sporting Life (M116). Three high-grade copies came including a Smokey Joe Wood. Between SGC and PSA combined, only 33 Wood cards have been graded still ten years later.

The advice back in 2012? "Buy the best that you can afford." That still holds true today. Buying quality and better material, though less or fewer, you'll be better off in the long run. 

We will be buying and selling at the National next month; please stop on by our booth! We can't wait to record this year's show and look bac in 2032.

WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING

Just Collect is always buying vintage sports and non-sports cards from 1879 to 1979 as well as select modern cards. If you have a collection that you are considering selling, contact us today to discuss or get our industry-leading purchase offer. If you have a collection that you want appraised, please contact us and we would be happy to discuss your collection and help you understand the real cash value of your collection in the current marketplace. Check out the Just Collect Buy List.

We always offer a FREE APPRAISAL for your collection here at the Just Collect site. Just click here:

We offer may ways to evaluate your cards other than or using our website, too.

• Come to convention

We keep a LIST of card shows we'll be attending.  Come stop by the Just Collect table and chat.

• Meet in-person

If you have a valuable collection and want us to come to you, we'll hop on the next plane out.

• Meet in New York City

We have another location in New York you can meet us at; read all the information here.

• SHIP your collection 

If you choose to mail your cards for an appraisal, we will evaluate your cards for FREE still. If you choose not to sell the cards, we'll ship them back shipping fees paid by us!  We can offer our FedEx account with 2-day shipping, fully insured, all covered by us. Simply contact the office to set up this option.

OUR BUYING PHILOSOPHY

We've run into a wide range of people and collections over the last 25 years. Although Just Collect is known for buying vintage sports cards and especially vintage baseball cards, we are also extremely interested in buying non-sports cards, too!  

Every collection and every collector is different and we treat EVERY collection with the respect and attention that we show for our own collections. We understand that many have put their heart and souls into building their collections. So when you're ready to sell, we understand the feelings that you're going through and will work with you to help you reach a decision that is a WIN/WIN, because if you're not happy, we're not happy.

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