The 20 Most Valuable Basketball Rookie Cards of the 1990s
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Counting down the 20 most valuable Basketball RCs of the 1990s. All the big names you would expect, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Shaquille O'Neal, etc, but some surprises as well. Brands include Topps Chrome, Finest, SP, and more.
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Collecting and watching basketball in the 90s was one of the most fun times in my collecting past, nice sets in the 2nd half of the decade.
Same here. Love the 90s and the memories of it
It was great times too bad the cards aren't very valuable lol. It sucks because some of these sets are beautiful.
I literally got every last one of these cards. Mom told me to come get all my boxes of basketball cards from when I was a kid and decided to look up 90s cards. Nice video
Appreciate that
I've got a folder filled of them. I have Basketball, hockey and baseball.
Chris Webber is a hall of famer
thank you.
I really enjoy and appreciate your approach of not including any of the chase cards and only focusing in on the base cards, often by player, without repeats. It's entertaining and educational, as well as really useful for most who has cards to see realistic cards they may have in their boxes that could reveal treasure in what might have otherwise been seen as trash.
Loved using Shawn Kemp In NBA Jams. So fun to watch play too...he was a Highlight reel.
Haha thats funny, I always picked Shawn Kemp in NBA Jams also :)
Loved listening to Kevin Calabro calling him Reign Man!
Great pictures of classic 90's cards. Makes me want to pump up my shoes.
Ha!
Awesome list. 90's has some great cards!!
Awesome video. Very educational!
STILL got my ol Jordan rookie
90' rc nice looking
Steve Nash rookie cards went up significantly, when he was named the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets...it could go up again, with a championship ring
Nets will not wina championship
I had the Kevin Garrett finest rookie refractor man i wish i had that still. Young and dumb traded it for some packs back in the day.
That's a fantastic list Chris... Thank you for sharing this... These guys certainly deserve some credit for all the great accomplishments... Well done.. Stay safe homie...👍💕🔥⚾😷
Gotta give the 90s some love!
@@collectorinvestordealer Absolutely much love to the good ole ninety's... 😂👍💕✌
Love your list of 90s greatest rookies like everybody else I went crazy in the 90s buying cards basketball only of course the best pack ever opened cost me $100 it was well worth getting the Michael Jordan rookie I quit collecting basketball cards in 1997 it appears I'm back into it again 30 years later it has taken me to Summers to go through all my cards and pull out rookies have approximately 25 different Kobe Bryant all rookies have the 138 card of Kobe but it's not Chrome I'll be saving all my cards for my grandkids they can have when they're old enough to realize what they're worth thanks for your comments my friend😅😢
LOVE these types of videos! Looking forward to your List for early 2000s Baseball Rookies, as that was the era I grew up collecting in! Thanks for all your knowledge and effort in making these videos!
Appreciate that! The early 2000s baseball list is actually in the queue, although maybe a while out.
I think a big part of Vince's popularity, aside from that amazing dunk competition performance, is because he played for Canada's only (surviving) NBA franchise. On top of that, he brought the Raptors a lot of legitimacy as a competitive team from the late90s-early00s, while the Grizzlies died a slow death with 28 or 29wins being that franchise's best season.
It went south for Vince in T.O. over a one to two year period, and Vince was hated for a decade or more, after many fans felt he had phoned in his last season before his trade demands were met. For the past 3 or 4 years though, Toronto fans, and I'd say most Canadian basketball fans have warmed back up to him, probably helping to keep a pretty healthy demand on his cards up here.
I like your take on it, I basically agree all around
I'm from Toronto. I was a huge vince Carter fan. Like most people from Toronto.
I collected his cards back in the the day. But now that I am older and have some disposable income. I am buying up all the VC card I could afford as a kid.
It bring me back to late 90s to early 2000s great time to live it Toronto.
Yeah it's too bad that Vince was actually treated quite poorly during those times hence why fans have taken him back in their hearts.
Good stuff! Grew up watching all the ones on the list. Got me looking at Garnett Topps Finest RC card. Have a good one.
Appreciate that. Love the Garnett Finest RC!
some good pick ups .,,still have a few of those old ones..love this video ..really cool..tracy and penny were the talk back then ..before kobe ..thanks again
Oh man I remember the hype on Penny. He was the hottest player in the game for a bit
@@collectorinvestordealer his shoes were the ish
Grant Hill. Man his cards bring back memories and everybody wanted his rookie cards. Good career but could have been better, but i believe he had leg/ankle issues through all his years in the league
Yeah I remember his cards being insanely hot early in his career.
@@collectorinvestordealer injuries derailed his career. The torch was gonna be passed from Jordan to Hill as the face of the nba had he not been injured !
@@leevonm7069 Hill wouldn't have ever replaced or even come close to filling Jordans shoes...He was good, but not that good tbh..
@@dieseldabz7104 even some greats made the claim he was gonna be the face of the league. You can watch nba open court with Isiah Thomas Charles Barkley Shaq Brent Barry and a few others discuss this topic and make the claim themselves. He was great.
@@dieseldabz7104 you must not have been watching back then. He was absolutely the guy that people thought was gonna be the face of the league. He was basically lebron lite. Massive nagging injuries stopped him, but he still had a great overall career.
I have stacks of every one of these being a 90s collector I just recently got my collection out when I heard card prices finally went up.
Very cool... Hope you cash in!
Same. I have the Shaq Rookie, along with 4 Copies of the Base from the TSC. It was the first box of cards I bought with my dad, when I was 10. Also just seen my Topps Chrome Youthquake Kobe Bryant, that has sat it a sleeve since I got it in 97. Just recently went through an old room at my dads, and we pulled 5 gigantic boxes of cards and boxed sets from the 90's, from 1990-1998, Baseball, Basketball, and Football cards, but NBA was my main hobby. Luckily the NBA had an amazing 1997 Draft Class, because along with the end or an era in Chicago, 1998 was my last year of collecting because the inserts getting more extravagant and the base cards trying to be so premium that you could get some packs that cost $5 for just 3 cards. It just made the experience no fun. Now nearly 30 years later, its becoming fun, more so for the memories it brings back.
@@TheJohnold its funny looking at them again. 97 was the last year I collected. Good year to go out on, have bunches of Kobe rcs in boxes somewhere, including ex 2000 and star date sets. I really need to find them
@@Jim26D yeah those ex 2000 cards were so damn cool. And the Fleer Metal, for a base set looked great in 97. It feels like 96 was a low point for cards, 97 was the peak, and then 98 is when it got too big for its own britches lol
Brought back some memories for sure!
Back in 97 I bought thousands of cards of a guy for around $1100, not until many years later did I realize the great value, I had many rookies including around 50 Kobe's all in mint condition
Thanks for the video!
Appreciate that and congrats on that purchase! I imagine you did quite well...
The Steve Nash card has a picture of him with the hockey stick because he is from Canada, and I believe he was drafted by an NHL team (if my memory serves me correct).
Correct
Great video! Almost 10K subs, congrats
Thanks!
Great video! I have exactly one of these cards. LOL the Shaquille O'Neal upper Deck.
I miss my childhood memory that emotion card!
I got that jordan pointing and AIRNESS is indicated
Love that Airness motion Jordan card!
this video hurts me..I once had the entire SP authentic set ,,Vinsanity caused me to get that set ..and i sold it complete back in 2004 when i moved here ..maybe 200$ i got for it..hurts me..hahahah
the Carter SPA RC was the card to have back in the day
I lost mine the old fashioned way...MAMA thinking about that Kobe rookie hurts real good right now
I liked his filas
I've sold more cards yrs ago now that had I kept them I'd be much wealthier than I am now that's for sure.
Good stuff... Thanks
Thanks I have some.
It’s weird that the glove and Shawn Kemp rookies are from 1990 but they weren’t drafted in the same year.
Awesome video, another one focusing on base cards. Base is they way I collect. Love how you noted the HOFer's in the sold listings, it can be hard to keep up with.
Hey Chris, thanks for this list, l've got a bunch of BBall cards from the 90's. I've been collecting as many Kobe rookies as I can. All different versions, l do have a couple of his Upper Decks too.
Have a good day, looking forward to your next High Rollers. Cheers.
Hey Chuck, thats awesome to hear. The 90s is when I was the most obsessed with cards, so Im all about the 90s cards. Cant go wrong with Kobe RCs
The Vince Carter Sp Authentic RC is one f the most Iconic basketball cards around. This was THE CARD for a few years back in the day used to sell for $1000++ believe it or not
I vaguely remember that... it was one of the hottest card in the hobby
Psa 9 topps chrome 1996 Kobe is actually selling for over $5k on avg af the moment.
Cards are going up so fast, I post a video and a few hours later its outdated :)
I know... it’s unbelievable. Glad I held onto them.
I'm glad someone else noticed this. Even his base 1996 rookie has gone crazy in the last few weeks. Good luck to anyone trying to snag a chrome of any grade for less than $2-3000.
@@brianb1029 I know... I just picked up 2 more 96 topps base in 1 psa 8.5 and 1 psa 8. Probably should’ve gotten a 9 instead, but I’m still good with the 8’s and up
Wow, I bought a Kobe rookie in a whim about 6 years ago. Guess that was a good move.
I remember that Vince Carter SP RC stayed in the Beckett hot list from 99-01
Man I have a lot of cards from 80s to 90s and don’t even know if I have a valuable one
Nice trip down memory lane. Thank you Chris. Awesome info!
I love burning basketball cards .. kobe , Jordan , kidd , I tossedy fair share into the fire 🔥
Thank you so much for the nostalgia! I know every. single. one of these players. I was huge into collecting basketball cards back in the mid to late 90's. Hill was my favorite to collect being from Michigan. This was amazing. Keep it up - I have many, many of these rookies raw. Not sure the conditions, but I will definitely look into it when I get to see my collection at my dad's. Take care!
Very cool to hear that! The 90s was a great decade for the hobby, a lot of great players and sets.
Kool, Very different in a GOOD WAY!!
Just got my Vince carter sp /3500 back from psa. Gem mint 10 baby!
Nice!
I expected Larry Johnson!?
I thought Penny Hardaway Rookie cards would be worth something but they ain't really worth squat. Crazy considered how good of a player he was. Nice video btw
96-97 was the best year for basketball cards
Tough to argue that!
Your description of Gary Payton for whatever reason made me burst out laughing.. The glove, “As he would cover you like a glove “🧤 Pretty standard explanation. Lol . Great video 👍🏻
Haha thanks :)
Steve Nash playing Hockey with the Basketball cuz hes Canadian thats the reason
Thank you for your videos, you have a lot of great knowledge and it is much appreciated. Thanks and God bless
Amazing that you can buy almost all of these mostly iconic players for less than a Zion
True, so sad but true.
Great information on rookie cards. Congrats!
Great video! Really enjoy this content
Great list, I have lots of these cards shown in my collection. Very hard to believe that Toni Kukoc made this list over some far better players like Alonzo Mourning & Shawn Marion.
Yeah I almost didnt look up Kukoc because I assumed he wouldnt make it
Thanks for the awesome video. This is my favorite NBA time period. It’s a little sad to see how much some of these legends cards go for just because they were rookies during the junk wax era. Should also be a cautionary tale for people investing heavy into young prospects today as many of them will never get close to the accomplishments of some of these legends.
Very good point about the cautionary tale. There was a point in time when Grant Hill, Anfernee Hardaway, Derrick Coleman, Chris Webber, Alonzo Mourning, and many many others cards value were through the roof
Anyone else remember Marbury's shoes?..they were only $15 new..LOL
Yeah I do, he said he didn't want them to make his shoes to expensive so they'll be affordable for all the kids back then. This is then the sneaker prices were going up at the time and Jordans were starting to come out for around $200 or more.
Yup I remember seeing them at Walmart.. or K mart.. one of the two
I respect him for it tho
Could be purchased at Steve and Barry's along with a 8dollar hoodie of your favorite team
I think all profits went to inner city kids.
Love your videos man keep it up. Just a little context though Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway didn’t trail off, they had major career altering injuries.
Thank you so much for vidoes like this. Been collecting my whole life. I'm now 48 years old. And have many of the cards shown. But I've never got into the whole grading scene. Just like to hold all my cards and enjoy. Spend my money on more collectibles not to grading companies. Just my personal way of collecting. Appreciate videos like this on just regular cards and values. Keep it up you have a new follower for that reason. Look forward to watching more vidoes from your channel. :)
Really appreciate that. I grew up collecting long before grading, so I totally hear you on that.
Good for you, as long as your cards bring you happiness.
grading is for flippers in my opinion. can raise the value 10x. but if its for your pc what difference does it make? still the same card
great video, congratulations for 10k subscriptions.
Thank you!
The photography and zoomed in pics of the players were so much cooler then the majority of stuff put there now Imo
Same here!
My all time favorite photos where the original year of upper deck
Kobe outsells thek all..dam
Great list, thank you for sharing! I really thought Duncan would be #2, that’s surprising. And I think Kidd is undervalued as #2 all time in career assists. Been buying some of his rookie variations recently.
I thought or maybe Dirk would be #2. Surprised it was Carter. Agreed, Kidd's RCs are super cheap at the moment
If you re look at the prices dirks chrome psa 9 hovers around 700 and timmys at 650 now. Vince’s still hasn’t passed the 400 mark. The market seems to be adjusting and timmys rookies are no longer underrated.
Nice Vince Carter!! Wished I started early in collecting NBA players.
Great 20 NBA players. They all look great sir.
Have a great Wednesday sir!!
Appreciate that, you have a great day as well!
These are all affordable and readily available.Its not too late to start collecting them now. You now have the luxury of not paying the premium that we did back then in the '90s for them.
Great subject but grant hill didn’t just fade away. He was injured for 4 years in a row. He caught a leg infection that almost killed him. But he came back to still be a good player.
I don’t think he meant Grant Hill literally faded away.
He literally faded away.
Excellent video as always. Love love love videos about 90s cards. If your looking for video ideas. How about one with print run numbers of sets from the junk wax era, and the PSA pop counts and gem rates. It floors me how low the pop count for some of those cards are, compared to how high the print runs were. And vice versa for ultra modern cards now.
Thats a great idea, although there are no print runs on junk wax era sets. Can use the pop report to compare.
Great video
Kobe out sells everyone on the list combined 🤔 Kobe or 19 others? 🤷🏻♂️
No disrespect to Kobe but that doesn't seem right
I'd gladly take the other 19 cards vs that 1 Kobe if I had to choose.
whats new. Look at Mike Trout vs. Every other HOF quality player. Hobby latches onto a few guys and their prices dominate the market
@@collectorinvestordealer hey Chris, don't be hate'n on Kobe lol
Thanks that was really helpful! I buy hockey cards collection on Facebook and often they have some Basketball cards in there! Hockey is very popular here in Quebec, basketball not so much so there is lots of good opportunities when buying these lots. For 15$ I got 200 cards and there was 10 Michael Jordan in good condition from the 90s. But I can see that I missed some other good players.
Congrats on that... The 10 Michael Jordan probably basically paid for the deal right there!
@@collectorinvestordealer Took the Jordan and sold the rest for 20$ today. So all good
Latrel sprewell was a hot prospect back in the day too.. until it went side-ways for him
Yeah I remember his cards being on absolute fire at one point
I mean, the man has to feed his family.. 50mil just wasn’t enough 😆
@@melvinleong3731 That was hilarious 🤣
Adding Glenn Robinson as one those hot players that fizzled after a couple of years
I swear I had all those early 90s rookies growing up. Tossed in a 94 Topps Grant Hill as a "fun" tack-on to my last PSA submission (Got a 9). Surprised Dikembe Mutombo didn't squeak in...
Mutombo deserved to be there, just unlucky that his RC was in 1991 when card values are at their lowest.
90s Rookies were great! Thanks for making and posting this video.
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#sharonewright😂
#kerrykittles😂
Haha!
Big Country 😆😆
That ESPN list that had Shaq at #10, had Wilt Chamberlain at #6 and then Bill Russell at #4.
What a joke.
It's absolutely crazy that Shaq isn't top five in value, especially with his best card being condition sensitive.
its already changed. search his topps gold foil or reg topps psa 10s at thousands.
Shaq is and was the man. His cards should demand more. The Shaq upper deck RC is perfect along with Michael Jordan in the set. Beautiful cards.
Yeah, have the 90,91,92 cards cataloged. I think the Shawn Kemp and Penny Hathaway are in there. Jason Kidd as well.
Awesome video, I would love to see this video done with golf, I feel as though golf is starting to blow up.
Here's a fun game: Name your all-time favorite NBA player without saying that players name.
My answer, the only HOFer from Hibbing Minnesota (very small town near where I grew up)
Love the 90s stuff. I grew up in the junk wax era and I still buy 92 Donruss baseball every now and then to rip packs for the elites basically just for entertainment. Keep the great videos coming!
Ha, cool game! I had to google yours... Kevin McHale.
Mine would be, once scored 8 points in 8 seconds to beat the Knicks in a playoff game.
Reggie Miller
great so far i saw i have the kemp rc and ill store this $$$$
I LIKE KOBES FINEST MORE
Great Video!
Steve Nash is a Canadian. Canada game is Ice Hockey.
Love the videos great insight. I think you missed Shaq's Topps Gold, seems to be his most valuable rookie card
Appreciate that! This list was only looking at base cards (not inserts or parallels), The Shaq Gold is a parallel
@@collectorinvestordealer oh that makes sense. I thought the Topps gold was a set since you can buy a box of Topps gold
@@His.Wickedness back then you used to get one Topps gold per pack
Brother where have you been youtube hides your videos love your content I hope psa is treating you better thanks for providing the info for these young bucks love the content.
Ha! Thanks my friend. PSA has gotten STRICT lately
This sounds like low rollers. Thanks Chris
I'd like to see a version of this video where you rank the rookie base with handicaps reflecting average prices of cards in the set... with these weighted averages in place I am guessing players like Vince Carter (SP serial numbered) or most anyone in Topps Chrome 96 this side of Kobe/Iverson would drop quite a bit.
Nash-Canada-Hockey...
Carter still active in the league, so I’m guessing younger collectors have pushed his prices up.
Vince Carter retired last year, but your point is still taken.
Hey I know this is a bit late to ask you this but where do you check the prices for all your cards? Ebay listings are kind of all over the places and it seems like you are able to find a average. Thanks for the great content as always!
I mainly use vintagecardprices.com. They do require a subscription.
Jason Williams 1998 SP goes for around 49.00 in a psa 9 White Chocolate!
Ah good catch! You are totally right, I overlooked that
Shawn kemp hoops card over 30 dollars? Damn every kid I knew had multiples of that. Ive got to check my boxes lol
I said the same thing...lol
I have 2 or 3 of them. I had the entire hoops set for that year, I handed it down to my son. He is an avid hockey card collector and still has that set I gave him 👍🏻😁
Better be in PSA 9 condition
@@tashahatzidakis5680 I've called a few friends the past week and just between us we've dug up dozens of these supposedly valuable cards from the early 90s. These prices are fake imo
Seeing Steve Nash higher-priced than Tim Duncan and Shaq it's a disgrace
Kobe worth more than all the others combined!!
Crazy, right!
Well now I know I need a Pierce rookie card
Kobe is top 6
Haven't bought cards since the 90s. I got that kobe upper deck on the right. When they started grading cards i got out of it
Yeah grading turned off a lot of collectors. Nice Kobe card you have!
9:26 Incorrect, Dirk Nowitzki didn’t win league MVP that year it was Derrick Rose however Dirk won Finals MVP that year and won league MVP for the 2006-07 season.
Great catch, you are 100% right
Luckily i kept my:
2 Kobe RC
6 KG RC
1 AI RC
2 TMAC RC
2 Duncan RC
3 Marbury RC
4 Penny RC
1 GH RC
1 Kemp RC
1 Mourning RC
1 Billlups RC
1 Eddie Jones RC
Remember opening so much of the 1992 Classic basketball to get Shaq's first card since he had an exclusive deal with Classic to start. UD had the redemption since they couldn't have him on a card just yet. those Classics were a scam, they made so much of it. Oh well, had fun as a 12 year old boy opening all those packs
I remember that too. The Classic were so mass produced and EVERYONE wanted that UD redemption
Classic 😂, yeah they were the most mass produced cards back then with ScoreBoard printing more cards to supply demand as needed and a shady owner.
Who do you recommend for selling cards?
I have that Allen I version card and job base . I got lucky 😭
Got every single Shaq card made :)
🤯 That's awesome.
Missing 2 rare rookies for kemp and payton, 1990 Kayo Supersonics set
Great video as always brother. So I got into the Hobby last year in May when I saw that Mike Trout hard sell for almost a Mil. I had no idea going into the hobby that I had gold sitting in my garage and I immediately put this card in to a sleeve protector and Toploader. Thankfully it was in pristine condition. It was a Kobe Bryant tops 138 that one of my friends gave to me in a pile of sports junk he wanted no longer 🤙🏽
Thats awesome! Nice unexpected treasure to come across!
@@collectorinvestordealer I'm thinking this copy of Kobe's first rookie card will be equivalent to Jordan's Fleer. What do you think?
Could be. The difference is Kobe has a bunch of Rookies whereas Jordan only has the one. But I think his Topps & Topps Chrome will be alltime iconic
@@collectorinvestordealer Agreed. I'm debating if I want to sell my prized possession with his Hall of Fame induction and I still have to grade it. I think I'd rather hold onto this card long-term.
geez,it's so funny to hear all time great players cards worth 25-30 dollars PSA graded..but,that's what happens when cards are over produced.
I'm surprise that Jayson William didn't make the list.....