Sports Card collecting question

[joneo]

I have the opportunity to buy 2 unopened factory sets of 92-93 Stadium Club Members Only basketball  with the included Beam Team sets. What's a fair price? A widow is selling off her husband's cards.

[edjr]

5 minutes ago, joneo said:

I have the opportunity to buy 2 unopened factory sets of 92-93 Stadium Club Members Only basketball  with the included Beam Team sets. What's a fair price? A widow is selling off her husband's cards.

did you throw him a puddle of aids?

[BiffTannen]

Is this the set?

[joneo]

59 minutes ago, BiffTannen said:

Is this the set?

Not exactly. The ones I can get come with the Beam Team inserts.

[Meglamaniac]

4 minutes ago, joneo said:

Not exactly. The ones I can get come with the Beam Team inserts.

Reaching out to a Jags poster who owns a Sports Memorabilia and Sports card store, let you know what he has to say 

[HellToupee]

16 minutes ago, joneo said:

Not exactly. The ones I can get come with the Beam Team inserts.

Wtf is the beam team and where do you insert them

[joneo]

41 minutes ago, HellToupee said:

Wtf is the beam team and where do you insert them

I can get you a link to click if you're interested. 

[joneo]

54 minutes ago, Meglamaniac said:

Reaching out to a Jags poster who owns a Sports Memorabilia and Sports card store, let you know what he has to say 

Thanks

[Kopy]

I'm in the Biff category. Check ebay first. Then Google everything you can about it for a quick cliff notes background.

Also. Check out a couple sites like Beckett, and COMC (check out my cards). An hour or so of research should let you know everything you need.

[Meglamaniac]

1 hour ago, joneo said:

Thanks

Reply from Store owner

 

most have sold for around $1500 per box. So that's a fair price to pay. Just have him make sure the boxes are legit
with original cello and Topps stickers on them in case he wants to keep one and resell the other. (what i would do). Unopened
is what is driving the price up obviously , also, make sure the boxes have both Series 1&2 in them along with the Beam Team set.
The Shaq rookie is in series 2 and in the Beam Team set. That and the Michael Jordan cards (not rookies) are the only real desirable
cards in the boxes that i can see but again , 25 year old unopened basketball boxes are rare. If he went around to card shops in the area,
they would just look on eBay at completed/sold auctions and give him a price so that's what he needs to do before he puts down that
much bread. Good luck with it !

[Kopy]

God I miss these/those days. Has to be my favorite memory of my youth.

Walking to the general store with my grandfather. He'd get the morning paper, and play his lotto numbers. He'd buy me a couple packs of cards. 

How the world has changed.

[easilyscan]

22 minutes ago, Kopy said:

God I miss these/those days. Has to be my favorite memory of my youth.

Walking to the general store with my grandfather. He'd get the morning paper, and play his lotto numbers. He'd buy me a couple packs of cards. 

How the world has changed.

I miss it too. I used to pick up packs of fb cards at the gas station.

Now I'm shopping for a unopened box of 2000 fb cards (Brady rookie year)

[Mookz]

Can size of widow? 

If you show some interest in her, she might just give them to you. 

[Drizzay]

Ah the Shaq Beam Team card.  I have it somewhere...

[easilyscan]

6 minutes ago, Drizzay said:

Ah the Shaq Beam Team card.  I have it somewhere...

This one ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224119400332?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-166974-028196-7&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=224119400332&targetid=2274564709393&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9019864&poi=&campaignid=23507543425&mkgroupid=193842084204&rlsatarget=pla-2274564709393&abcId=10595054&merchantid=114714303&geoid=9019864&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23507543425&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh9IDG69snPoAQoReS6ad2LuX&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-p6k0OHekwMVXZ_CCB1N0gIYEAQYASABEgJVJvD_BwE

[Alias Detective]

Use AI

2 hours ago, Kopy said:

I'm in the Biff category. Check ebay first. Then Google everything you can about it for a quick cliff notes background.

Also. Check out a couple sites like Beckett, and COMC (check out my cards). An hour or so of research should let you know everything you need.

 

[joneo]

2 hours ago, Meglamaniac said:

Reply from Store owner

 

most have sold for around $1500 per box. So that's a fair price to pay. Just have him make sure the boxes are legit
with original cello and Topps stickers on them in case he wants to keep one and resell the other. (what i would do). Unopened
is what is driving the price up obviously , also, make sure the boxes have both Series 1&2 in them along with the Beam Team set.
The Shaq rookie is in series 2 and in the Beam Team set. That and the Michael Jordan cards (not rookies) are the only real desirable
cards in the boxes that i can see but again , 25 year old unopened basketball boxes are rare. If he went around to card shops in the area,
they would just look on eBay at completed/sold auctions and give him a price so that's what he needs to do before he puts down that
much bread. Good luck with it !

Thank you!!  

[Gepetto]

https://130point.com/search shows 1992 Stadium Club Members Only Beam Team set Sealed

Got to that 130point link and enter the bolded in the search bar.

an ebay sale with best offer on March 22, 2026 sold for $2,350 https://www.ebay.com/itm/127759848909?nordt=true

and a sale at Goldin for $1,978 on March 5, 2026.

And on ebay sold March 15, 2026 for $2,701 link

[joneo]

Just now, Gepetto said:

https://130point.com/search shows 1992 Stadium Club Members Only Beam Team set Sealed

Got to that 130point link and enter the bolded in the search bar.

an ebay sale with best offer on March 22, 2026 sold for $2,350 https://www.ebay.com/itm/127759848909?nordt=true

and a sale at Goldin for $1,978 on March 5, 2026.

And on ebay sold March 15, 2026 for $2,701 link

Thank you!!   

[Gepetto]

Realize, one sealed box of the set is Series 1 and 2 and the beam team set. 

So when they say they have 2, not sure if they mean 2 complete sealed 1 and 2 series and beam teams. Or if they are saying 2 and meaning series 1 and 2 which all come in only one sealed box.

[WhiteWonder]

taking the legwork others already did... if you were looking to keep one set for yourself and flip the other, lowball her for like $1,000 for them both. 

[SUXBNME]

Magic the Gathering 

 

A Black Lotus is the most valuable Magic: The Gathering card, with prices ranging from roughly $10,000 for heavily played Unlimited copies to over $3 million for a pristine CGC 10 Alpha edition. Top-tier Alpha copies frequently sell for hundreds of thousands to millions, driven by rarity, condition, and authentication. 

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• Beta Edition: Only slightly less valuable than Alpha, usually selling for hundreds of thousands, depending on grading.
• Unlimited Edition: More common (but still rare), generally priced between $10,000 and $20,000+.
• Collectors Edition/International: Generally valued in the low thousands, often considered "gold-bordered" or non-tournament legal versions. 
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• Alpha Edition:
   High-grade examples are the most coveted. A CGC 10 "Pristine" Alpha Black Lotus sold for a record $3 million in early 2024.

Prices are highly volatile and depend on the condition, authentication (BGS/PSA/CGC), and whether it is signed by the artist (Christopher Rush). For the most current, market-verified listings, check specialized sites like TCGplayer or high-end auction houses. 

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[joneo]

5 hours ago, Drizzay said:

Ah the Shaq Beam Team card.  I have it somewhere...

Nice!  

[joneo]

3 hours ago, Gepetto said:

Realize, one sealed box of the set is Series 1 and 2 and the beam team set. 

So when they say they have 2, not sure if they mean 2 complete sealed 1 and 2 series and beam teams. Or if they are saying 2 and meaning series 1 and 2 which all come in only one sealed box.

2 boxes. both factory sealed. both have series 1&2. both have Beam Team sets.

[Gepetto]

1 minute ago, joneo said:

2 boxes. both factory sealed. both have series 1&2. both have Beam Team sets.

Nice find. Good luck agreeing to a good price.

[kilroy69]

46 minutes ago, SUXBNME said:

Magic the Gathering 

 

A Black Lotus is the most valuable Magic: The Gathering card, with prices ranging from roughly $10,000 for heavily played Unlimited copies to over $3 million for a pristine CGC 10 Alpha edition. Top-tier Alpha copies frequently sell for hundreds of thousands to millions, driven by rarity, condition, and authentication. 

Reddit +4

• Beta Edition: Only slightly less valuable than Alpha, usually selling for hundreds of thousands, depending on grading.
• Unlimited Edition: More common (but still rare), generally priced between $10,000 and $20,000+.
• Collectors Edition/International: Generally valued in the low thousands, often considered "gold-bordered" or non-tournament legal versions. 
  Reddit +4

• Alpha Edition:
   High-grade examples are the most coveted. A CGC 10 "Pristine" Alpha Black Lotus sold for a record $3 million in early 2024.

Prices are highly volatile and depend on the condition, authentication (BGS/PSA/CGC), and whether it is signed by the artist (Christopher Rush). For the most current, market-verified listings, check specialized sites like TCGplayer or high-end auction houses. 

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I had multiple black lotus cards from the alpha edition. I traded for one and pulled one after spending an absurd amount of money on packs over the course of a year. We went to the card store every single week. At one time my mom was concerned I was using the money to buy drugs. I ended up selling my entire magic collection when I graduated high school but the cards were not in good shape as we used them to play with, not as an investment. I tell my boy all the time that I played with and against what is now probably millions in future value of cards never once thinking they would be worth shitt. I spent tons of hours playing this in the library with a group of outcasts.