[kmart161]

just wondering what value you make a common? ive always thought of it just as the lowest values cards for a set. but as im organizing my cards into boxes and plastic holders etc., im trying to figure out if its more than just that. for example, 1990 fleer baseball the commons are the .05 cards. which would mean the .10 and .25 cards would be the minor stars. but then i bought a box of 2011 opening day and the commons for that are .40. im trying to figure out if i should put the .10 and .15 etc., from early sets into the common boxes, as well as figure out if the .40 commons from this year should be commons. hope this doesnt sound like a stupid question. thanks for any advice you can give. mike.

[dbacks08]

The value of the cards is not the same from year to year. 1990s cards were hyper-overproduced, and so most everything back then is fairly "common." Thus, most cards from then have low values. In 2011, the most useful definition for common is that any card that's not short-printed (many are serial numbered as such) is a common card. Base set cards aside from key rookies are pretty much all common cards. My local card shop sells pretty much everything that's not a superstar cards, a short-printed card, or a card with an autograph/memorabilia piece as a 10-cent common card. You can figure out what works for you. That's just my two cents.

(05-18-2011 07:00 AM)kmart161 Wrote:  just wondering what value you make a common? ive always thought of it just as the lowest values cards for a set. but as im organizing my cards into boxes and plastic holders etc., im trying to figure out if its more than just that. for example, 1990 fleer baseball the commons are the .05 cards. which would mean the .10 and .25 cards would be the minor stars. but then i bought a box of 2011 opening day and the commons for that are .40. im trying to figure out if i should put the .10 and .15 etc., from early sets into the common boxes, as well as figure out if the .40 commons from this year should be commons. hope this doesnt sound like a stupid question. thanks for any advice you can give. mike.

[pukinpr]

(05-18-2011 07:09 AM)dbacks08 Wrote:  The value of the cards is not the same from year to year. 1990s cards were hyper-overproduced, and so most everything back then is fairly "common." Thus, most cards from then have low values. In 2011, the most useful definition for common is that any card that's not short-printed (many are serial numbered as such) is a common card. Base set cards aside from key rookies are pretty much all common cards. My local card shop sells pretty much everything that's not a superstar cards, a short-printed card, or a card with an autograph/memorabilia piece as a 10-cent common card. You can figure out what works for you. That's just my two cents.


+1 All too true about the cards from the 90's

[kmart161]

ok, that does make sense. thanks.