Where can you get a Baseball card appraisal?

Answer 1

An actual "appraisal" would NOT be worth getting on a random Baseball card. For the simple fact that a PROFESSIONAL APPRAISER would (probably) charge you (at least) $25 just to give their "professional opinion" on the card(s).

The best way to get an idea of FMV or "Fair Market Value" on your card(s) is to check out completed auctions on eBay. As a semi-dealer/collector, I can tell you personally that this is the way dealers/collectors set the pricing standard on cards today. HOWEVER,...there is a monthly publication which was long held as "The Bible" for sportscards for many years, and is still a well regarded/respected publication; Beckett. Beckett has price guide(s) for all sportscards, as well as a semi-annualy (I believe semi-annually) sports collectibles publication which they release.

At any rate, these are the two BEST options for you to price/value your cards. Ebay and Beckett. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

If you just want to check for prices you could do it yourself buying a price guide. If you plan on selling them, and the cards are expensive, an auction house will help you with a value. If you are having the cards appraised for insurance reasons be careful. If not done correctly, or if the policy is not written correctly you could loose a lot of the full value of the cards. I've been through it. I had about $50,000. worth of cards stolen. The insurance company originally wanted to pay me for the value of the cardboard. Long story short, I only received about $17,000. for the stolen cards.each card was cataloged, photographed, and video taped. I still had problems. If your collection is valuable, seek the help of a professional appraiser. You should be able to find one on line, but I can't see it being done online. You might want to seek the advise of a major auction house for advise.But still be careful.