The Downtime Guide To: Flipping Cards

The Downtime Guide To: Flipping Cards

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Cards! They're back. Here's how to flip them into real money.

You’ve probably heard that trading cards are a thing again. At some level, this felt inevitable: everything else about the ‘90s has been coming back with a vengeance, including a new Space Jam movie. Why wouldn’t trading cards come back, too?

Still, the card world can feel like an impenetrable insider’s game, adjacent to the crypto and sneakers crazes. There are so many categories, and valuations are all over the map. How can you tell if you’ve got something really good, and what do you do next? And is it too late to get in?

Good news! It’s not too late, and therefore Downtime has decided to do a whole guide about it. In this guide, we’ll cover how to find out which cards in your collection have value and how to get them graded and sold. (We don’t have a guide for what to do with your new riches, bu