ShakyWalton Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 A couple of Detroit photographers stumbled across a hockey card collectors/hoarders dream recently. The Detroit duo known as Detroit EXP goes around the city shedding light on some of the currently abandoned buildings that were filled with life a couple of decades ago. The duo's photo collection really gives people an idea of busy the major city was at one point before the automotive industry left town and everything else basically followed after that. When they recently took the opportunity to explore the old Cadillac Stamping plant, they got some pretty cool footage as they stumbled across millions of hockey cards left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 This is old news. The cards are all early 90s cards too, so even if they haven't already been destroyed by the mold and conditions in that warehouse, they are probably worthless. Now if you could find a warehouse of cards from anytime pre-1984.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 I never heard of this story before until today...there is probably some rookie cards that might be worth something but 91 on is not valuable at all...I gave up my card collection a few years ago...it was just taking up space...had some early Gretzky cards and some rookies but nothing earth shattering.....I found the video interesting if not a tad long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 17 minutes ago, taxi said: This is old news. The cards are all early 90s cards too, so even if they haven't already been destroyed by the mold and conditions in that warehouse, they are probably worthless. Now if you could find a warehouse of cards from anytime pre-1984.... This, I had accumulated plenty of cases of unopened boxes when younger from auction houses, averaging a cost per box at a few bucks. Was fun to open many and find the rookies but having over 75 Jagr rookies to this point taken straight from pack and into soft sleeves and then rookie top loaders you still need to find a buyer lol. Having mint cards pulled from boxes can help you if you intend on grading the cards which is a more active market but in the end mid 80's and earlier or into the 2000's and onward is where you will find the value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaNuCkSLoUiE23 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Not gonna lie, I probably would've taken a box...or two.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV77 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 hour ago, taxi said: This is old news. The cards are all early 90s cards too, so even if they haven't already been destroyed by the mold and conditions in that warehouse, they are probably worthless. Now if you could find a warehouse of cards from anytime pre-1984.... I have a full binder collection of early 90's cards in mint condition. I went to those antique buyers that come for a few days in Langely few weeks ago, but they are looking for anything up to 89 at this point. Didn't take them. So probably another 5-10 years they will ne worth more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieBush Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 when I was 8,9,10 this place would have been like heaven to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 hour ago, JV77 said: I have a full binder collection of early 90's cards in mint condition. I went to those antique buyers that come for a few days in Langely few weeks ago, but they are looking for anything up to 89 at this point. Didn't take them. So probably another 5-10 years they will ne worth more. Naw...the reason why your cards are worthless is that they were mass produced and everybody out there is holding onto some old binders that they want to sell for profit. Pre-1989 was before the major hockey card fad. So there are fewer cards pre 1989 and there are fewer collections perfectly preserved, as many pre-1989 cards ended up in the hands of children. Cards start to get worth more again around 2000 as the manufacturers started short printing rookie cards instead of just mass producing them as part of the regular set. Even now "base cards", which are the regular set are worthless. Most collectors just throw them out while looking for the "hits". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Bunch of worthless junk cards that you can't give away. The video shows cards from 1991-92 which is one of the worst years ever in sports card collecting since that is when they started mass printing of tens of millions of cards. The only cards worth any money is from 1900 to 1989 and the period after 2000 when they started the insert card craze. Common cards since 2000 are practically worthless too as only inserts like jersey, autographed, and rookie cards have any value. The video show the brand "7th Inning", which is junior hockey cards. 7th Inning has long been defunct. No one remembers this company and no one cares. You could give these cards away and no one wants them. The guys says a box is worth $20 is stretching it. I say the value is zero per box. The only thing good is building a bonfire with the cards. The guy taking the video looks like he was born after the cards are printed. He probably think anything older than him is valuable, which is never the case. Old does not mean it is valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Initial report valued the cards at $1,000,000: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3198656/The-ultimate-swap-shop-Urban-explorers-1MILLION-worth-collectable-sports-cards-inside-abandoned-factory-Detroit.html Later report, valued the cards at $20,000 in recyclable paper scrap (didn't know that was a thing): http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/08/23/sports-cards-old-factory-probably-not-worth-millions/32246965/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, taxi said: Initial report valued the cards at $1,000,000: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3198656/The-ultimate-swap-shop-Urban-explorers-1MILLION-worth-collectable-sports-cards-inside-abandoned-factory-Detroit.html Later report, valued the cards at $20,000 in recyclable paper scrap (didn't know that was a thing): http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/08/23/sports-cards-old-factory-probably-not-worth-millions/32246965/ Well,. if you look at the "book" value of the cards, they could be worth a "million" dollar. But you can't find a buyer for them, so the "market" value of them is very low. For example according to my Beckett guide, these are the prices for 1991-92 Upper Deck hockey cards: set ranges from $20-$40 Common 5 cents, semi-star, 15 cents, unlisted stars 25 cents. Using these price guidelines, sure, they could be worth $1 Million guide value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 6 minutes ago, DonLever said: Well,. if you look at the "book" value of the cards, they could be worth a "million" dollar. But you can't find a buyer for them, so the "market" value of them is very low. For example according to my Beckett guide, these are the prices for 1991-92 Upper Deck hockey cards: set ranges from $20-$40 Common 5 cents, semi-star, 15 cents, unlisted stars 25 cents. Using these price guidelines, sure, they could be worth $1 Million guide value. Book value is a joke. Totally meaningless. The only value is what is it selling for right now. The cards in those pics are especially low valued. In other low end sets like Pro-Set, there is the occasional chase card, that you might find if you opened up 10,000 boxes. So the boxes have some minor value. The cards in those pics are all worthless though, and they're being kept in a damp factory with exposure to the elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCountry18 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I probably would have taken them all and built a hockey cards Stanley Cup. This one is my favourite hockey card: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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