Football card packs from 1990: Good buy or not?

[Glenn9999]

I come across someone recently selling unopened packs from 1990 for both baseball and football at what I would say is a very good price (let's say they're at 1990 prices, too). I got some idea of what the 1990 baseball cards will potentially yield, but what about the football cards (Proset and Fleer) from that year? Are they worth more unopened?

Trying to decide if I should jump on this and resell them along with my other cards I want gone (which I'm sure will be a profit if I hit a good card) or not . . .

[whitney777]

I wouldn't bother unless you try to complete sets.

[Glenn9999]

I wouldn't bother unless you try to complete sets.

Thanks. I don't deal with football cards at all, so I wasn't sure about the football end of that deal. While I would say the same of the baseball cards, I typically never run into football card packs growing up, so I thought they might not have had as many printed as the baseball ones. So I thought it might be worth asking.

[hayn]

Unless you are going to get these cards for free, stay away from such purchases! If you're looking for a particular players from that era, just buy the singles via the secondary market.

[revghost]

Yeah, I agree with everyone else, unless someone is paying you to take them, stay away. Most people give away stuff from the 90's. You'll have to pay someone to take the base off your hands, and if you're looking to build sets, well, the collation was terrible for the most part so you'd be buying half cases or full cases..you get the point.

[revghost]

Ok, to clarify, stay away from stuff from 1990. 90-93 specifically. 94 starts in with Jeter rookies so some of those products aren't as hazardous, but 1990-1993 were the worst.

[hayn]

I also wanted to add in regards to revghost comments in which people normally give cards from the 90's away. I recently purchased a few singles via eBay, these singles consisted of Brett Favre Rookie Cards to complete my set. Please review my Brett Favre Complete Rookie Card Set thread on "Showcase". A few sellers included a few unopened packs from the 90's. It was a very nice gesture, but this should also raise a red flag. You just don't giveaway free unopened packs, it's a hit on your profit margin. It was given free due to it's monetary value. $0.00!

Now please note that not every single card produced during what collectors call junk card years are of no value. A great example is to look at Favre's '91 Stadium Club Rookie Card. A quick look at Beckett and you'll see that the entire complete set cost is based on his one rookie card. A Favre Star Pic Rookie Auto card books at $120.00. On eBay, this same card sells above book value. Most sell for $200.00 and it actually sells. This card is hard to find as well. This holds true to several other Favre rookie cards. If you ever look into purchasing Favre's Wild Card 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 Stripe singles, take into account that just the 1000 Stripe card books at $1,500.00. I have yet to see one available on eBay. These examples are exceptions to the rule, but it gives you an example on market value.

[ucffans]

The only other reason I would collect these (other than completing a set) would be to get them autographed through the mail. A lot of the commons, especially the lineman, sign these and return them autographed for free. Not a lot of value in those, but I enjoy opening the mailbox and getting them.