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The vintage card market continues to be red hot with a new price record falling for a rookie card of the legendary Hank Aaron. The Hammer's rookie card from 1954 Topps baseball had a sale for $720,000!

There is not enough room on this blog to list out each of the accolades that Hank Aaron accomplished; "Hammerin' Hank" simply did it all. One of the most incredible facts about Aaron's career is that if you take away every single one of his 755 home runs, he would still be a member of the 3,000 hit club; Aaron tallied 3,771 hits. The value on Hank Aaron's rookie card reflects his incomparable feats, and this week a new price record was set for his 1954 Topps baseball card #128.

1954 TOPPS HANK ARON ROOKIE CARD - $720,000

Example of a 1954 Topps Hank Aaron rookie card

PWCC reports a sale of a PSA 9 1954 Topps Hank Aaron rookie card for $720,000, beating the old record for an Aaron rookie price of $6450,000. The reason why this particular copy of Hammer's rookie card is so expensive is that PSA, a company that professionally grades your cards, graded the card a 9 out of 10. It is rare to find a card from 68 years ago in such fine condition. Aside from the almost seven decades of handling, kids often put their baseball cards in bike spokes to make their ride sound cool back then. A few Hank Aaron cards from your collection may have been used for a game of FLIP. So how rare is a PSA 9?

• PSA has graded 6,247 Aaron rookie cards.
• Only 2 cards graded PSA 10
• Only 25 cards graded PSA 9.

An iconic card and a low number of mint copies makes fur big-time sales like this $720,000 record. 

The current price record for any sports card is 7.25 million dollars for a T206 Honus Wagner but that record is sure to be challenged by an SGC 9.5 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card that is estimated to sell for 10 million dollars or more.

WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING

If you have a Hank Aaron rookie card that you are interested in selling, we are buying! Just Collect has purchased multiple Aaron rookie cards such as the one in The Boston Inventor's Collection.

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 to be 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.

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

• Come to the convention

We keep a LIST of the 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. We recently took a trip to California to purchase a collection that included three Jackie Robinson 1948 Leaf rookie cards that you can read about here.

• 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 with 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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