Buy/Sell/Trade Forum

I hope I'm in the right place.   Could anyone guide me as far as how bulk collections and even large lots are priced.   I'm assuming per card. I have around 45000 cards baseball, football, some basketball fro 1980 and up.  A few mid to late 70s.  They are in excellent condition.    Then I have close to 5,000 2018-2021 Bowman, topps, optic, gypsy queen etc.   I don't have enough time to input everything here although I wish I did.   I'd much rather collectors be able to get the cards to finish sets etc but it's taken a while just to input the few I have.   Are prices say 10¢ or lower for the older cards?   I have no clue where to start.   I checked ebay but big lots have been all over the place.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

Bulk lots are often bought and sold for well below individual card value. It all depends on what is in the lot, and what the buyer is looking to get. For example, if the seller shows a preview or listing of what is in the lot, the buyer may pay more or less depending on how much stuff is in the lot that they do not want.

I have personal bulk lot prices that I look for. If I am offering to buy a lot, I'm going to say 1 cent (0.01) per card 2008 and newer and less if it has junk era stuff in it, say 0.0025. Now that low price per item does not necessarily reflect on the actual value of the card itself. Just because I would have bought a lot at 1 cent per card, doesn't mean that a $5 or $10 card that happened to have been in there is worth 1 cent.

Also there is the consideration that card prices operate in two different worlds. The value of cards is higher online than in the wild or IRL.

Every large bulk lot I've bought, I've never paid more than 2.5¢ per card.  And I've never bought junk wax; it's always either vintage (pre-1980) or post-junk era.

I know the junk wax era (1987-1993) you cant give away but before and after it could be a broad range of value depending on set,year,player most time big names in rookie yrs equal big$. I advise finding a local card shop if you can.

Hi thanks for the replies everyone