The Forgotten Grail Cards of the Junk Wax Era- The Data Shows the High Upside of Minor League Cards

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I recently posted a video about the supply and demand of sports cards, with the attempt of demonstrating how many cards from the junk wax era, will have a hard time becoming valuable. Others, however, have a lot of potential upside. The comments and feedback was substantial, but several subscribers pointed out the group of cards I forgot to mention: Minor League Cards. @jaymedorr4119 and others pointed out several minor league cards that are incredibly rare and have a massive upside. I started looking into it, and the more I read and the more I investigated, they were absolutely right.
I had a negative experience with a minor league card as a kid, and it kind of scarred me moving forward; essentially eliminating the possibility of adding them to my collection. In retrospect, that appears to have been a mistake. Many of these cards have extremely low supply and enormous demand, making several of them extremely valuable. In this video I take a closer look at several minor league rookie cards, their population reports, and recent sales data. They are definitely a group of cards to consider and I'll start monitoring them much more closely.
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@grownmanlookingatsportscar194 Год назад

Loved that Clemens PawSox card. Saw him play many times at McCoy.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Whenever he pitched at the Oakland Coliseum back in the day, I'd head in and watch him throw. He was my idol as a kid.

@D3Csportscards Год назад

Great video. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. 🎉🎉🎉

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Appreciate that. Glad you liked it. I never collected minor league cards growing up, but looking back, a bunch of them are very cool.

@BRIANCARRUTHERS Год назад

How about the Mark McGwire Chong Modesto misspelled name error card (McGuire)? That’s one of the most famous minor league cards out there 😮

@MidLifeCards Год назад

There are a lot of other minor league cards besides the ones I listed. I tried to list some of the most popular and most collected players from that era. But, you’re right…there are others as well.

@ClementeCollector Год назад

I’ve never heard of any of these cards but the prices don’t surprise me. I’m actually surprised with the low pop, they don’t sell for more. When a collector, focus on a certain player, I’m sure they fine these cards and want them. Thanks for another great video!

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Thanks, my friend. For me, I always just breezed past minor league cards. But, in retrospect, that may have been a mistake. The low pops of these cards make them pretty valuable.

@ACD1994 Год назад

Chris Sewell said that the Ripken Minor League card would be a ''holy grail'' for him. It's very expensive as there are, so few of them. They rarely show up on eBay.

@signsofthepastime Год назад

As a kid that grew up going to Pawtucket Red Sox games and watched Clemens pitch a rehab game there, that Pawsox card of his was the one every local kid wanted but was too expensive then. This brings me back to those days and how bad I wanted that card. I think it’s time to pick one up. Thanks for reminding me

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Awesome story/memory. I was a HUGE Clemens fan as a kid.

@signsofthepastime Год назад

@@MidLifeCards same here. When he pitched it was must see tv for me.

@jdssportscards Год назад

Im in RI too! Man, do I miss the Paw Sox. I did a video on these minor league cards a few weeks back myself! Great stuff!

@signsofthepastime Год назад

@@jdssportscards that’s awesome, I’ll go check out your video! I live in FL now but I miss RI a lot. I heard they’re getting rid of McCoy Stadium to build a high school on the property. The last thing they’re doing there is a July 4th celebration and I hope to be there to say goodbye

@jdssportscards Год назад

@@signsofthepastime you would be correct! There’s a new soccer stadium being built where the old apex was.

@ACD1994 Год назад

We probably think of minor league or pre-rookie cards, which they basically are, as an after thought, the niche is so small, but the supply is even smaller. Geesh. I didn't know the Ripken Charlotte card could go upwards 20,000 dollars...😲

@MidLifeCards Год назад

I know...truly incredible!!

@jamespinette9403 Год назад

Love the topic as usual. I have been collecting minor league cards for many years now. I have both Griffey minor league cards as well as many Jeter minor league cards, there are many different ones out there.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

It's interesting that I've collected cards for as long as I have, but I've never had any minor league cards. I think they're cool, but I always just breezed past them.

@Politano1955 Год назад

Since I don't collect any modern cards anymore, I would be super interested in minor league cards from the vintage and pre-war years.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

I'm not a modern card guy either, but I had a lot of fun reading about and learning about these minor league cards.

@rockcundiff1761 Год назад

out of the 46 watching....45 are curious what it sells for....1 is waiting to see if seller drops price to $10

@billysikes1374 Год назад

You think so? 7000 is ridiculously high, I'd love to have either Henderson and either Ripken, Really hard to find, I have 21 82 Ripken rookie cards, Worth nothing really

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Quite possibly. We won't know what it's really worth until it sells.

@billysikes1374 Год назад

@@MidLifeCards I've always wanted a Ripken minor league card, out of my price range, I also always wanted his 82 Topps Traded card, it was a Holy Grail card for me as a young collector, Just like the 84 Donruss Mattingly, 86 Donruss Canseco, 84 Fleer Update Clemens, Puckett, Gooden

@LetsStormTheTeaCupRide Год назад

Last two sales were $9700 for an 8 and $6013 for a 7. These are truly rare.

@williambrown3458 Год назад

I have some minor league team sets from the mid90s. As a former Expo fan, the only minor cards in my set I would guess are valuable are 2 different 1996 Vladimir Guerrero cards(Harrisburg Senators & West Palm Beach Expos) along with a 1987 Jacksonville Expos team set that includes Randy Johnson and Larry Walker.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Woah. Those have to have some value. Have you looked them up? They may be worth grading.

@andrewsells5 Год назад

Awesome video, really takes me back, could never afford these cards as a kid, trying to get them now gradually

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Awesome. Glad you liked it. To be honest...I really never collected Minor League cards, but now that I've researched them and looked into their scarcity, I wish that I had. There are some really rare and really cool ones out there. I just highlighted a few, there are so many more. It was other subscribers that pushed me into looking into them and researching them. That's one of the reasons I love having this channel, is that so many different people have a different perspective to share, and we can all learn from each other.

@andrewsells5 Год назад

@@MidLifeCards love the videos man, great stuff!

@vintagesportscards8265 Год назад

Nice seeing this stuff get some attention

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it. I had a really good time reading about them and studying them while putting the video together. There are a few in particular that I think are really cool looking cards.

@LetsStormTheTeaCupRide Год назад

Ripken has several Red Wings cards. There was a warehouse find of those Ogden Henderson's and the seller was selling them for 50 bucks each. I bought one

@MidLifeCards Год назад

What do those go for now?

@LetsStormTheTeaCupRide Год назад

People were buying them, getting them graded and 8's were selling for $125-150. That seller at $50 was selling a lot of them, raised to $60 and sold a bunch. He now has them on eBay for $250 (team sets) and looks like you can buy quantities if them.

@djbrennan3801 Год назад

i have a 92 little sun AUTO - and they only made 250 of them! They range 3500-40K depending on grade.

@djbrennan3801 Год назад

I have all of the minor league Derek jeter cards.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Wow. That's insane. You should get it graded if you haven't.

@jaymedorr4119 Год назад

My man!!! Great job with this one! Thank you for shedding some light on this. I think these have upside as there’s more awareness. Keep up the great work!

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Glad you liked it. Appreciate your input on it. :-)

@boomerbreaks2133 Год назад

I wouldn't consider the 1977-1980 cards junk wax. The 1977 Ricky (Rickey) is probably the shortest printed ML card out there. Not many ever surface. Always wanted to find that and the 1980 Orange Ripken. There's some insanely cool 1970s ML cards too as well as the infamous 1914 Ruth =)

@MidLifeCards Год назад

I agree that 77-80 isn’t really junk wax…but collectors from the junk wax era collected Rickey, so he seemed appropriate to include. But, fair point for sure.

@3D80sKid Год назад

Another great video! I recently learned this myself and thought you might like to know. When reading the pop report, the second row is for half grades and the third row is for grades with qualifiers. So if you are quoting total pop, you need to add up all three rows.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

For me, I wish they never did qualifiers, it just complicates things. I think PSA moving away from them was a good decision.

@3D80sKid Год назад

@@MidLifeCards Most of them are stupid. The only one I think I like is MK. There are some beautiful cards that have writing on them. It does feel crazy that some of these get an automatic 1.

@A.K.1978 Год назад

I have that promo card of Donnie baseball and also the one with him with the Nashville sound.Mine are both raw.He was my favorite Yankee growing up

@MidLifeCards Год назад

I only have the promo card. He was at the height of his awesomeness as the Junk Wax era was starting to take off. To me, those minor league cards (as I now realize) and his 84 Donruss, are his best cards from a potential upside perspective. Very cool that you've got the Nashville Sound card.

@billysikes1374 Год назад

Would love to have either of the Rickey Henderson minor league cards, I have his 80 Topps and 81 fleer and Donruss, Very underrated player, the best leadoff hitter in mlb history, if Dale Murphy isn't in the HOF, Mattingly doesn't deserve to be

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Rickey is no doubt the best leadoff player either. So many walks. So many hits. So dangerous on the base paths. He could absolutely change the dynamics of an inning/game. In my opinion, Mattingly and Dale Murphy should be in. But, I don't get to vote.

@bagwell78 Год назад

For the junk wax era, I really only focus on the minor league cards and skip the mainstream overprinted MLB rookies. I have most of the minor league 1sts of the HOFers who started their careers in the late 70s and up..... Jack Morris 77 TCMA, TCMA Memphis Chicks Tim Raines, the TCMA Baines, Sandberg, Lee Smith, Gwynn..... Procards Randy Johnson, Maddux, Glavine, etc. The two cards that I am missing are the O's Ripken, the Modesto Henderson, and the Puerto Rican League Mike Schmidt. People chase "rookies" but, I'd argue, that these are the true rookies, as they are the first appearance of the player in a professional uniform. Not to mention, the minor league cards tend to be much more scarce. They have been overlooked, as they've been under the radar for many, and for those aware, they were considered "oddball" cards. They have, however, been taking off, since making their appearance on eBay, and with sites like the trading card database, people are discovering the plethora of cards players may have that precede their "rookie".

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Wow. Sounds like you've got an amazing collection.

@bagwell78 Год назад

@@MidLifeCards I picked up a lot of them years ago when they were still relatively under the radar, not many folks were aware of them. That being said, a lot of the minor league cards of HOFers from the 80s and 90s are still pretty accessible price wise. Bagwell, Piazza, Pedro, Frank Thomas, Jeter, Larry Walker, Ivan Rodriguez, Cabrera Pujols, Randy Johnson, Smoltz, Glavine, Ortiz, etc., you can pick them up raw for $25 - $100. Maddux, Gwynn, some of the Ripken cards, the Larry Fritsch Kirby Puckett, are around $150-$200 raw....and then you have a handful that are pricey, just because of their scarcity, the 1980 TCMA Sandberg (the 1981 is pretty affordable), the Platinum San Bernardino Griffey, the WTF Ripken, the O's Ripken, the Gossage Puerto Rican, Schmidt Puerto Rican, the Jim Rice Puerto Rican, the 77 TCMA Jack Morris and the 78 Baines. But, for most part, minor league collecting of the junk wax era guys, is very accessible.

@ACollectorsDream Год назад

Great job of highlighting minor league cards. They are forgotten because many collectors want players in the majors uniform.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Agreed. I think that may be why some of the modern cards when players are in College Uniforms, don't sell for more. It's curious to see where demand goes/stays for those types of cards. But for some of these, the supply is so low...much demand at all results in quite a bit of value. I still don't have any minor league cards myself, but I do find them intriguing.

@danielbernier6095 Год назад

I never got much into minor league cards back in the day. I like you convinced myself they were worth the bother. Although they would be nice to have in my collection, I probably will focus on my vintage run. Being a big Griffey fan may find me adding his minor league card at some point. Good content, good discussions. I totally enjoy.

@danielbernier6095 Год назад

I meant to say they were "not " worth the bother

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Appreciate that. And I'm with you, but realize a lot of Junk Wax collectors that have come back to the hobby, may be interested in some of these. :-)

@vintagecollector5340 Год назад

Ripken also has Red Wings minor league cards that are undervalued. Whats even more undervalued and rare are his minor league and early year/rookie photographs.

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Fair point. It would've been impossible for me to go through all of the minor league cards out there that have value or interest...so I tried to touch on some of the more expensive ones and players that are highly collectible. I think photographs are really starting to catch on and PSA is doing a lot of grading of them. I also think Ticket Stubs have taken off over the past couple of years.

@86HoneyBeaver Год назад

I remember in the early 80s at the Ohio State fair giving Columbus clippers police Cards of free

@MidLifeCards Год назад

And that's probably why that one has very little value. The supply is through the roof.

@billysikes1374 Год назад

Sorry I haven't been able to watch your videos lately, I got in a bad wreck, Loved the 1986 comparison video, Can you imagine if we could gi back in time with just 5000? Koufax rookies, $80

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Wow. Are you ok? Sorry to hear about your wreck. Jackie Robinsons and Sandy Koufax wouldn't been two of my major purposes if I had a time machine.

@homermaner8820 Год назад

You are awesome loved the content , minor league " WOW " . God bless !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MidLifeCards Год назад

Appreciate that. Means a lot. :-)

@jbscardbreaks4389 Год назад

If you like oddball sets 1975 sspc brett rc yount rice Carter and hank aaron

@MidLifeCards Год назад

The only oddball stuff I'm personally into is non sport stuff.

@jbscardbreaks4389 Год назад

@@MidLifeCards I would consider that set in line with the tcma and minor league stuff you showed only it was officially major league at time then Topps stepped in with a lawsuit and production stopped so actually more rare than the 75 Topps with the same rookie class.