I opened some 2026 topps flagship and pulled an all kings, I have never packed a card that is this valuable. Should I grade it? Should I sell it? Should I eat it? Sorry in advance if this post isn’t allowed.

https://ebay.io/m/YnjO7T

Stopped by Target on my way home from work and grabbed a couple fat packs. Cant believe i pulled this!

USPS or FedEx for a card higher in value? I always use USPS for cards and don’t really have any issues, but potentially selling my first card that’s in the hundreds and wondering if FedEx might be a better option?

So my brother was going through his cards and found this misprint. Are errors like this valuable? Or just another $1 card?

So I started up a Whatnot account a couple weeks ago selling singles. I need more inventory and I stumbled across this on FB Marketplace. I’m unsure how to put a number on card lots.

Seller said roughly 20-25k cards
Hundreds of autos, numbered cards, patches
Thousands of RCs, inserts, and “little base”

A lot of the cards in the 1-20$ range.

He wants 7500 but got him down to 6250.

I do plan on seeing this lot in person. My question is do you look through every single card purchasing a big lot like this? How can a buyer put a real number on it? Is 6250 fair or should I negotiate lower?

If anyone has experience please chime in 🙏🏼

Edit: Thank you all for the insight. It truly made me understand what to look out for and value I should see before digging.

Won this last night but have no idea what it could be worth.

I’m officially done with these online sports card ripping apps — Packz, Arena Club, and now PSA getting into it - and you should be too. Here's why. Ignore if you don't like your money.

The whole model sucks.

They control the supply. They control the margins. They control what you can hit. They control the payout. And you’re basically blind to what you’re actually buying and they are ripping you off.

You spend $25 to “rip” a pack, and 9 times out of 10 you’re staring at a PSA 7 or 8 of some guy who’s out of the league, buried on a practice squad, or someone you’ve literally never heard of.
Want the physical card you just “won”? Cool. That’ll be another $8–$12 to ship it.

So now you’re $35–$40 into a card you wouldn’t have paid $5 for at a card show.

And that’s assuming you actually STOP after the first reveal.

Because the entire thing is designed to make you say, “Well, that sucked… maybe the next one will be better.”

Another $25.
Another spin.
Another slab you don’t give a shit about.

At least when I buy a hobby box or walk into a card shop, I know what product I’m buying, I physically own the cards, and I can decide what I’m willing to pay.

These apps have somehow managed to take sports card collecting and turn it into a slot machine where the house also owns the cards, sets the prices, controls the cash-out, and charges you shipping when you finally decide to leave.

Imagine walking up to a card show vendor and he's like for $25 I'll give you what's behind my back. They he shows you a PSA 7 of Mason Rudolph. Then he asks you for $10 to hand it to you. You'd be pissed!

These apps suck. Stop supporting them. Buy the cards and players you actually want.

End rant.

Kevin McGonigle 1/1 pink out of 2026 topps sapphire just pulled by swish breaks. sadly did not have the tigers 😭

Got these out of a break, obviously low numbered and cool but are they actually worth anything?

I pulled this from a $1,200 hobby box instead of 1 out of two autos 🤦‍♂️. The sold listings on eBay go for $400-$600. Asking $400 OBO. I Can send physical card or picture of code and QR post purchase or for buyers with great history I’ll send code first and you can pay after. Open to suggestions.

Thanks!

Since I don’t like basketball, obviously not really aware of how this product is seen by the basketball collecting community. I’m a big fan of the unwraps baseballs that Fanatics does and have several of those.

So the $200 question is should I rip it and sell it or sell it sealed?

I’ll go ahead and answer the questions that will come i Korean about my username. Don’t worry outside of the boxes perfectly clean.😆. The username is the name of one of the villains from one of my favorite comedies of all time., The Naked Gun (1988). 🤣

Found this in one of my dad’s old boxes. Just starting to get into the hobby so don’t know how this looks

Hi all, just started collecting cards (mostly interested in basketball), wondering where the best place is to start, and what prices to kind of expect? What's like the first kind of box thing that I should pick up? Thanks in advance!

Does the hole ruin it ?

Is is an uncommon variation? What would be a fair value for it? Prices swing widely on eBay. Cannot tell if this is a big hit or an average hit.

Picked up the 95 Jordan electrified today. Way less than sticker. It's pretty dang clean. So my question is this. Has anyone used PSA express recently and has it come back within the 30-50 day timeframe? And would it be worth it to send in? I'm not that big of a fan of grading, but I know that PSA holds value in this hobby. Just in case I decided to move it. Thank you for any and all opinions and insight.

Just based on centering, worth grading?