Need your insight

[SteelerJay]

Whats up guys, I used to be big time collector when I was younger, but recently I've just been letting my cards sit and not pay them any mind.Im currently thinking about selling them, but I'm curious as to how much I should look for when selling them.On ebay I usually find about 3,000 card sets going for about 50-100 dollars maybe, but on other sites I've seen that many cards on sell for 1,000s.So im a little confused here.
But my collection looks a little something like this(give me your opinion please):

All cards in excellent, mint condition except for 1
Total of 3,000+ cards 90% football

Im going to start off with my coaches cards :

Don Shula
Bill Parcels(Giants)
Mike Ditka
Jimmy Johnson
Joe Gibbs
Art Shell
Dan Reeves(Broncos)
Bill Belichick(Browns)
Marty Schottenheimer(Chiefs)
John Robinson(90 pro bowl card)
Jim Mora
George Seifert
+Many More

Some stand out players I have :

Rod Woodson(Steelers)
Several Louis lipps
Gregg Lloyd
Kevin Greene
Yancy Thigpen
D. Dawson
Hardy Nickerson
Authentic w/proof autographed tommy maddox with ucla
+Many more steeler greats

Fleer Metal Brett Farve
Boomer Esiason
Rodney Peete
Bob Griese Hall of Fame Card
Dan Marino
Rich Gannon(Vikings)
Jim Kelly
Drew Bledsoe rookie
Jeff George
1986 Phill Simms
Joe Namath
Warren Moon
Phil Simms
Troy Aikman
Joe Montana
Steve Young
John Elway
Terry Bradshaw
Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders 90 pro bowl card
Howie Long
Even have a Babe Ruth in there
Marshal Fualk with Aztecs
Thurman Thomas
Metal Air Jordan cards

And thats just to name about 10% of the great players I have.Just wondering if someone can give me a rough estimate on how much i can look for when selling these.And what do you guys look for as buyers.

Thx for your time guys

[Segalsgraphs]

depends on what brands.

[SteelerJay]

Pro Set, Pacific, Upper Deck, Upper Deck Collectors Choice, Topps, Topps Aniversary, Pro Line, Pinnacle, Pro Set Power, Score, Fleer, Fleer Metals, Topps Stadium Club, Pacific Collection, Chris Martin Pro Magnets, many different brands I have.

[johnboy999]

Based on what you've listed there, I doubt that you'd sell them for much over the cost to cover shipping. Too many people have boxes of stuff like that lying around to get anything for it. If you really want to sell them, you'll have to go through them and see what RCs and Autographs you have and make sure you advertise those well.

Your best bet to make any money off of that is to figure out what the BV is on all of the cards and then to donate them to charity. Then deduct it from your income taxes.

[SteelerJay]

Are those Classic Draft cards considered rookie cards?

[SteelerJay]

so basically to have a good collection you need a lot of RC and auto cards?Other than that everyone else probably has?Or what classify's as a good collection worth a lot of money

Becuase a lot of these cards I payed 2-10 a piece for like 10 years ago

[SteelerJay]

I found a Pro Set card it says 1990 Draft, First Round at the top, Emmitt Smith.Would this be a RC?

[minew_m]

Is it card number 685? If it is it is a RC. It books for $5

[SteelerJay]

yep thats it, thx
I got a lot of decent rookie cards then and 1 auto

Just wondering, are 1986 Record Breaker Cards worth much, along with 90s Hall of Fame cards?

[minew_m]

Those aren't worth all that much at all. The record breaker and Hall of Fame cards were mass produced, that's why most of the cards in this era aren't worth that much.

By the way which auto do you have?