Identifying Marvel Universe ROOKIE CARDS - Everything You Need to Know + PSA Sub
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Unlike with sports, the super hero cards are quite tricky to identify the rookie cards.
In this video, we breakdown the current definition of a rookie card in relation to the super hero cards, and we share the best methods for making sure you identify it correctly.
The 1990 Marvel Universe set has the most rookies, but there are still PLENTY of opportunities to discover some in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 sets as well.
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I don’t agree & I said this on swagglehaus , a rookie card is a character’s first featuring on a card , Spider-Man’s , hulks , Thor’s , daredevils & caps rookies are from the 1966 set , it’s the first set that features them , whether it’s comics book panels does not matter , you can’t just wipe history of when a characters first features , with the 1966 donruss said its literally stated to be the 1st marvel trading card set that was in packs and traded by kids , people are spending thousands on classic comic book covers on cards , so having comic book art doesn’t mean anything. Collectors especially comic collectors want the first ever introduction on said collectible. And the 90s universe is not a lot there 1st introductions on trading cards , it’s as simple as that. ....but great cards 👍🏽
I agree with you in principle for sure. Traditionally, a Rookie Card is technically the very first appearance of a character (player, athlete, or whatever) on a card. For that reason alone, I agree with your stance and I fully support your view on this (and anyone else that agrees).
I didn't specifically state it in the video, but I actually made this video because of the strong debate taking place right now around this topic, and how I was also taken aback that it was even a debate. My aim was to shed light on how/why the cards from the 90s have gained so much value and popularity, and it has a lot to do with this Rookie card nuance.
For a lot of collectors out there (especially card-specific collectors), having the character featured on the card along with their title and stats is what they're aiming for. I can see why a comic collector would prefer the very first appearance of a character on a card, as in the comic world, the first appearance means everything for value of the comics. For cards however, the overall presentation and intent behind the card matters quite a lot as well.
The best example I can give off the top of my head for cards, is vintage Pokemon. When the trading card game came out in the USA in 1999, Topps was also producing Pokemon cards that featured the characters/pokemon. Some of the very first card appearances of famous Pokemon actually occurred via those Topps trading cards. But in the collector space, the "rookie cards" are viewed mostly as the ones from the tcg, even if they technically came out later than the Topps version of that pokemon. It's extremely similar to the Marvel card situation, and ultimately the market determines the value and accepted status of the items.
In a way, these super hero cards are EXTREMELY unique in the card space. Depending on how you look at it, most, if not all of them, essentially have 2 rookie cards to go after. The very first release (like you mentioned the 1966 cards) and the first cards where the characters were prominently featured on their own card with stats and bio (the 1990s cards). Some collectors will only strive for one or the other, and that's entirely based on preference.
Overall this situation is fascinating to say the least. It's also subject to change as the market for these cards continues to evolve.
That was a lengthy reply lol, but it's such a fun topic. I truly thank you for watching the video and for your insight on the cards! It's extremely appreciated.
@@collectorsimpact blessings man ⭐️ we will just have to how things unfold haha
@@collectorsimpact stats I don’t think mean it’s a rookie cards many non sports cards don’t have stats like Star Wars etc for e.g the like skywalker card , his rookie doesn’t have stats , just the first time you see him on a card , sports cards don’t have the same principles as non sports , and with comic book cards , it’s most likely going to abide by comic books principles , that’s my take 👍🏽🙌🏽
@@collectorsimpact If you are going by solo apperance on card with stats on the back you should take a look at the 1987 Comic Images Marvel Universe set. They meet all those requirements.
Based on my research, a card does not need to have perfect centering to be a PSA 10. I took the following directly from PSA's website when they explained their grading standards. PSA 10 - "The image must be centered on the card within a tolerance not to exceed approximately 55/45 to 60/40 percent on the front, and 75/25 percent on the reverse." Thus, PSA gives some leeway on centering. But the four corners have to be perfectly sharp and the surface must be virtually perfect.
Thank you! I'm actually putting together a video right now on this very subject. It will likely be live tomorrow. Thanks again for watching.
Thank you. I bought a legends centering tool and been trying to figure out how to use it, but i ended up here, so...win!!
Very informative video about rookie cards, cards qualifying for grading or not, whether mint or not...congrats!
Awesome video my friend . im a 43 year old man . and i collected these as did my close friends i remember us going to local sports card shops . the 7-11's and the comic shops around and out of town finding the first two waves of the Marvel Universe cards this was a big deal to us We lived for comics .but some of us just wanted the Holgrams but for myself i wanted it all . so it was pretty easy to trade a few holgrams for a few cards i didnt have ( my mom would buy me a box full of the packs a few times) so would end up with like 4-5 of the same cards and like 2-3 holgrams of all of them . but it was a great feeling to have a whole set . but now an older man its about the marvel legends for me that take me back to that time . so long ago.
I definitely feel ya there. Collecting/trading cards with friends are some of my favorite memories from childhood. I'm so glad they've held up after all these years and we can still enjoy them today. Hope you still have some of your original cards from back in the day.
@@collectorsimpact yup i still have my first wave 2nd i have about half . id like to try to complete that series
That Doom 2099 looks great!
I swear, it's definitely one of my favorites from the 2099 series.
Forget Impel, forget Donruss. Comic Images' Marvel Universe Series I set is the OG set... buuuuut the market has spoken, so who am I to say?
To add, I don't think stats should be the determining factor on deciding whether it's a first appearance card or not. Good example would be Deadpool. For some reason, his X-Force promo card is being sold as a first appearance, but I'd say #60 from the 1991 X-Force *set* is the true first appearance, even though the back of the card features no stats.
Have you ever tried to buy a 1987 OG set? I think the only one on ebay right now is 60% complete and currently bidding at $160 with 2 days to go.
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Definitely a hard set to find, but that makes it even better, imo.
I have a few of the 1990 Marvel cards and looking for whatever it is you have your cards in for protection. There's so many different ones on Amazon I don't know which I need. Can you, or anyone, post the links to the items? I have less than 50 marvel cards, 4-5 packs that came in the yellow wrappers (which I also saved and don't know if I should keep them or throw them away)
No problem at all. The plastic cases I store them in (and send them in for grading with) are called "Card Saver 1" by the company "Cardboard Gold". I can't post a link but you can find them redidily available on ebay from many seller by using those terms. They're also sleeved in "BCW Card Sleeves 2 mil standard size" also known as penny sleeves. Hope that info helps.
Hey! I'm new to the channel but i found you while doing research for the 1991 set that you featured in this video. Hopefully if you happen to see this comment I would love to know what your opinion would be on the value of a complete 1991 set as i recently came across one with almost every card in near mint condition. Im more of a pokemon collector so I'd love any knowledge about this sphere of trading cards. Thank you for the insightful video!
Thanks for watching Frinderman! Interestingly enough, when it comes to these cards (especially the 1991 ones), there is a lot more value in having specific single cards graded as PSA 10 vs having the complete set of the cards ungraded. There were a very large number of the cards produced, but the majority ended up in boxes and binders, and most were not handled with the best of care. So a complete set could go for around $100 or less depending on the market conditions, but PSA 10 versions of some of the most popular cards could go for even more than the whole ungraded set just for the single card.
The kicker is of course that it's a lot harder to actually acquire a PSA 10 (especially if submitting a raw card to PSA for grading). It's a very expensive process to source mint cards, and to send them for grading. That's why it offers such a massive premium over the raw cards/set.
You should have shown expensive cards and there worth
How are you doing that? 😂
Ur like a human scanner...do psa cater international clients? Like im from ph. And i really want my cards to be graded..😊
Como puedo contactarme contigo, tengo muchas tarjetas que quiero vender ?
Defining Rookie using stats is a flawed concept. Nowadays you barely have Marvel cards with stats which means we can have dozens of new characters with cards released. Are they not rookies until Marvel decide to bring back stats?
Also how many stats do we need to be considered a rookie card? Deadpool’s sports ball inserts from 2018 deck has much more stats than the comic book release version from 1991
I'm not a fan of the idea of rookie cards for superheroes, as a lot of these heroes have already been around for a long time. To call them rookie cards seems like a gimmick and makes the other cards feel less valuable.
Hey I have a bunch of marvel cards like you have are they worth anything and if so where do u get rid of them, I am a female so there's that! And so I don't want to be conned you know so if u know about these cards please help me
Hey, it's kind of a tough one when it comes to the cards because there are so many factors that play into the value. To be honest, in raw form, the cards are not worth a lot of money as a general rule. Its only recently that they've entered the spotlight. Before 2021 they were all very inexpensive. The market could turn in any direction, so their value has been fluctuating daily.
The graded card market for the cards is an entirely different thing, and now that PSA has suspended all grading until July, it's going to throw a wrench into everything.
I'm no adviser so I can only say what I'd likely do here. If I just wanted to sell all of the cards, I'd take as many detailed pics as possible and list them on Ebay at auction. Let the market decide what those particular cards are worth. I'd avoid things like craigslist or Facebook market as those do have a lot of scammers. Ebay is probably the most reputable place where a person can truly get near market value for these types of items. You can also sell the better cards you may have individually on there for better returns.
If you have any local card or comic shops in your area, perhaps they can have a look and let you know if any of the cards are good ones. If they want to make you an offer, don't feel pressured to accept on the spot. Take your time and research them if you're looking to get the most possible out of them.
That's pretty much all I can think of. As a general rule in the current market, a collection of raw cards would likely go from anywhere between $50 to $300 if it's an average sized collection (300 to 1000 cards). The Marvel cards are so speculative and so much harder to accurately price than say Pokemon or Magic cards. Those cards have a ton of data and price guides because they are used in a game. The Marvel ones are more comparable to sport cards because they dont have an actual use aside from looking nice and having some being rarer than others.
Long winded reply lol. It's a pretty overwhelming thing so hopefully some of this info was helpful. Thank you for watching the video!
@@collectorsimpact Wow, I Really Appreciate the message to be quite Honest, Thank You so much, and yes besides the marvel cards I have a bunch of sports cards which to me is Just too confusing and boring to go through each and every single one now most are in Binder sleeves but there are card boxes full of football and hockey baseball and I'm like NO WAY, I just don't have the patience! I think there is a comic book shop not too far from me so I have to see if they are open but that is probably the Best place for me to start because meeting strangers is too iffy and eBay is good but I worry I won't send it properly or what if something happens to them on the way I mean there's too many what ifs so I Thank You and will look into the local comic shop, You're Extremely Helpful, I would not have even known the estimated price for anything and knowing is half the battle because some people just rip people off because they can and I would of been her lol ty ty XOXO 💕
@@scoobydoowhereru1480 No problem at all, definitely happy to have helped. Just throwing this out there too that the sports cards might be worth even more than the Marvel cards. But again it's highly dependent on what you have. If the sports cards are from the 90s, then chances are they're not worth much (way too overproduced at that time period). But if they're older cards from the mid 80s or earlier, they might have some hidden gems.
But yeah I totally get how sifting through each one can be boring for sure if you're not into them. But the excitement of finding some gems might make it worth the effort.
My quick 2 cents on the sports cards. I'd find out what year(s) most of them are from, and then look up who the star rookies were for those years. Then just thumb through the cards looking for those specific players and ignore the rest. If you have any good ones it could be well worth the effort.
But yep taking them to someone local is probably the best bet as a starting place. I wish you the best of luck with your card journey!
@@collectorsimpact You're Very Intelligent with collecting, any chance You live in New Jersey? You see My Husband was a collector of EVERYTHING and so I have a little bit of Everything but Sadly he got diagnosed in 2019 with Glioblastoma brain cancer and this past January he became Ill with covid and it was just too much for Him and his battle ended. So I am left with memories and too much collectables. Most of his comics I donated and it's just too many memories I guess. I may be wording that incorrectly but I just don't need all this stuff and Our Son is just not into sports and so the sports cards and superhero stuff just isn't anyone's thing here so if I can unload it to someone else and they can enjoy it then that's really all that matters. Well Again I Truly Thank You for All the pointers and I wish I could just wave a magic wand and the cards could show up at your door because You seem to Really be into this stuff. Well again I Thank You and maybe I can send You some one day🤷🤔🤔🤔🌹
@@scoobydoowhereru1480 Oh my goodness I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. That is so sad and I truly feel for you. Sadly I'm not in NJ or I would help you out. I managed a card store for many years in the past so I definitely have a passion for the cards. If you'd like to chat more you can email me at collectorsimpact at gmail and perhaps we could explore conversations about the collection further. Thanks again for your feedback and for watching the channel. -DK
None of these are even Rookie cards... 1987 comic images set is the true Rookie set
Beat me too it. Worse yet is that set along with a lot of detailed pictures are on the same site he mentioned. This might be a case of "This is the set I have and I am selling thus THIS is the rookie set". Haha.
From $10 to $20 …. Damn…. They are at $50 now…. Way too expensive
if you want to educate yourself about marvel cards, the first lesson is realizing that they arent called rookie cards.
$20 to grade each card is ridiculous
It's even worse now; PSA wants $50 a card. Highway robbery, so I refuse to send in anymore until the prices come down on the service. Know I'm not alone there.
@@collectorsimpact that’s nuts
Psa is lame