Checking Trading Card Values On COMC.com

Perhaps you have some sports cards you want to find prices for and you have tried eBay completed auctions and maybe even a Beckett price guide. Another place to get an idea what your sports cards are worth is Check Out My Cards (COMC).

You might know that you can browse COMC to see what cards sellers have offered up, but you can also see the highest price a card sold for.

Steps to finding prices on COMC:

1) Sign into or register on COMC. You can browse cards for sale, but you must sign in to be able to see price history. Registration on COMC is 100% free.

2) Search for a card. In this example we will search for prices of Kobe Bryant RC cards. I simply searched "Kobe Bryant RC" into the COMC search box.



3) Click on the price on the right hand side to bring up the sales data window. In the example, we can see that for sale on the site, prices range for a 1996-97 Collector's Choice Kobe Bryant RC from $2.09-$5.74. The highest price one of those cards have sold for on COMC is $8.99.



COMC can give you an idea what some of your cards might be worth. They have several million cards for sale, so you can see if any sellers have your cards listed for sale. If you can't find some of your sports card prices by searching eBay or Price Guide App, give COMC a try.

Check out a great video on YouTube with some cards COMC had for sale at the 2013 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.

Browse over 50,000 Sports Card Prices on Price Guide App.

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Top Selling 2013 Topps Chrome Football Card Sales

Hello! This years version of Topps Chrome doesn't quite live up to the hype of 2012 Chrome Football.  For one, this years rookie class doesn't feature such stars as Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson. This could be a good time to scoop up some cards of your favorite team or player from 2013 because the prices have come down. Here are the top 5 sales so far from 2013 Topps Chrome Football. Check the links to see what 2013 Topps Chrome cards of that player are listed for sale. Browse over 50,000 Sports Card Prices Cordarrelle Patterson Superfractor 1/1 Sold For: - $1,350 - Tyrann Mathieu Superfractor 1/1 Sold For: - $1,275 - Tyler Eifert Superfractor 1/1 Sold For: - $550 - Ezekiel Ansah Superfractor 1/1 Sold For: - $504 - Tavon Austin Gold Refractor Auto 1/10 Sold For: - $420 -

Top 5 Selling United States Coins In 2013

Here are the top 5 selling US coins during the 2013 calendar year. To view the complete list of 15 - visit our website.

#1 1858 1c Flying Eagle "Small Letters" NGC PF66
$47,950.00
Date Sold: June 13, 2013
Even with the popularity of gold/silver coins, this one cent coin made of copper & nickel takes the #1 spot. The "Small Letters" refers to the smaller text in "United States of America" on the obverse of the coin ... additionally the A & M in America are separated on this version. Finding one of these coins for sale is not all that difficult - most sell for less than $100 dollars. However finding one in near perfect condition makes it the most expensive US Coin sold during the year.

#2 1913-S $20 Double Eagle PCGS MS65

$41,385.00

Date Sold: April 17, 2013

The United States Mint states that only 34,000 of these coins were struck and finding one in un-circulated condition is a rare find.

#3 1921 $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS67

$37,570.00

Date Sold: November 16, 2013

With a shade over 1 million of these coins struck in 1921, they aren't as rare as most coins that achieve this price. However, finding one in this type of condition is a rare find considering these coins were re-designed because the high relief design was not practical for normal circulation among the public. While this coin is very rare and valuable, finding one from the following year with the high relief design in this condition would have easily been the highest selling coin of the year.

#4 1907 $20 Double Eagle "High Relief/Wire Edge" PCGS MS64

$27,932.56
 

Date Sold: January 7, 2013

Considered one of the most beautiful coins ever made. In the same year you have Plain Edge, Lettered Edge (both have ultra high relief designs) and Flat Edge versions as well. All 1907 Double Eagle coins feature the date in Roman numerals MCMVII.

#5 1795 $1 Flowing Hair "2 Leaves" Silver Dollar NGC AU55

$25,995.00
 

Date Sold: October 7, 2013

Coinage this old is not only a coin, it's an historical artifact. In 1795 minting coins was not perfected, so the coins of this era were weight adjusted by shaving off excess silver, or in some cases inserting a silver plug to adjust the weight of silver in the coin. The term "2 Leaves" in this variation refers to the 2 leaves underneath the Eagles wing on the obverse of the coin - as opposed to 3 on a different variation.

Key Silver American Eagle Dates & Mintages

What Are The Key Dates For Silver Eagles?

There is a local Gold/Silver dealer in my hometown that sells Silver Eagles for $4 over the spot price of silver ... no matter what year it's from. Needless to say, the key dates fly out the door very quickly. Not that the other coins sit around long either .... the owner recently told me he was getting 10,000 Silver Eagles and over 80% was sold already.

That's why whenever I'm in the area of a coin store I always stop by and look for certain Silver Eagle dates because on eBay & other collectible coin stores, these same coins sell for more.

1996 Silver Eagle

Mintage: 3,603,386

Depending on the condition (and the price of silver at the time) these can sell for about twice as much as other years. The mintage of just over 3.6 million coins is the lowest of the non-proof years to date. Today, these coins sell between $40 - $50 online.

1994 Silver Eagle

Mintage: 4,227,319

The second lowest non-proof mintage since the birth of these coins. If you have a 1994 Silver Eagle in beautiful condition, it can sell for a slight premium over the average Silver Eagle coin. 

Silver Eagle Mintages:

(Sorted By Mintage)

1996 -- 3,603,386

1994 -- 4,227,319

1997 -- 4,295,004

1995 -- 4,672,051

1998 -- 4,847,549

1988 -- 5,004,646

1989 -- 5,203,327

1986 -- 5,393,005

1992 -- 5,540,068

1990 -- 5,840,110

1993 -- 6,763,762

1991 -- 7,191,066

1999 -- 7,408,640

2003 -- 8,495,008

2004 -- 8,882,754

2005 -- 8,891,025

2001 -- 9,001,711

2007 -- 9,028,036

2000 -- 9,239,132

2002 -- 10,539,026

2006 -- 10,676,522

1987 -- 11,442,335

2008 -- 20,583,000

2009 -- 30,459,000

2012 -- 33,742,500

2010 -- 34,764,500

2011 -- 40,020,000

I always am willing to buy Silver Eagles from 1994 - 1998 for a slight premium ($5 - $10 dollars) over the spot silver price. Over time, I think collectors will pay a higher premium for the low mintage versions.

1995-W Silver Eagle Proof

These proofs were originally released to the public if you bought a 10th Anniversary Gold Eagle Proof set in 1995, and only 31,125 were minted making them the most sought after Silver Eagle minted to date.
Depending on the condition, and the price of silver at the time - these coins can sell between $3,000 - $4,500 or more. Notice I underlined 'depending on the conditon' above ... the coin you see pictured here graded PR70 DCAM sold for $61,170 on August 22, 2013!!

Check Your Pennies For 1998 - 2000 Wide AM Versions

Check Your Pennies!

These were first discovered in 2001 starting with the 2000 1-Cent penny. Soon after, coins collectors found versions in 1998 and 1999.

The 2000 Wide AM variety is the most common of the three years.

The 1998 Wide AM is currently considered more rare.

The varieties found on some 1998, 1999, and 2000 Lincoln Cents feature a different design than that of normal circulation coinage. In 1993, the United States standardized the circulating Lincoln Cents reverse design in which the AM in AMERICA was close, almost touching. The designer initials “FG” were also quite close. For reasons unknown, the mint made a different design standard for the reverse of the Lincoln Cent coinage in which the AM of AMERICA was further apart. With two separate reverse designs being used at the mint for Lincoln Cents, it was only a matter of time until there was a mistake. This occurred not once but over a three-year period 1998, 1999, and 2000 - in which the mint made dies from the wrong design for business strike coinage. As a result, two different designs were placed into circulation for Lincoln Cents of those years.

If you find these pennies, they are worth several dollars on eBay ... which makes them far more valuable than just a regular 1 cent penny.

Here are some photos of one I found:




Hope you find a few in your penny jars at home!!!

HAPPY COLLECTING!

Electric Cars Still Not Cheap Enough For Young Buyers

Just a heads up, we've doubled the number of used car prices we have been tracking - and have now posted them to the site. There was a period of time where American's were struggling & not buying many new cars. Now, people are beginning to trade in - or sell - cars they've held onto through the recession and are now buying new cars. Increased sales at American car companies Ford & GM have helped create a nice supply of used cars on the market these days.

Most of the cars selling well these days are still sub-compact sedan cars like the Honda Civic, Ford Focus and other similar models. Emerging in a few years will be more electric/hybrid used cars for sale - as the only ones really in plentiful supply are usually Toyota Prius's ... but even they sometimes can be tough to find a large selection in the used car market.

Eventually there will be a larger supply of electric/hybrid cars floating around in the used car market (at prices people can afford) ... that should create even more downward price pressure on traditional gasoline engines. Younger people would love to drive electric cars to save on gas, they just can't afford many models on the market today. That will change one day.

We'll keep tracking the used car market and provide some insight here. Until then, checkout our used car price guide and let us know what you think.

Thanks

Price Guide App Team