The price of baseball cards can vary significantly depending on the specific cards, sets, brand, year, player, and overall condition and quality. Here are some insights into the range of prices you can expect to find for baseball cards at Target stores:
Baseball cards sold at Target fall into a few main categories – loose packs, boxes of packs, and single packs. Loose packs are usually the most affordable option, containing somewhere between 5-12 cards per pack. These packs retail for $1-5 on average depending on the year, set, and manufacturer. Some of the most common brands for loose baseball card packs at Target include Topps, Bowman, Donruss, and Fleer. Boxes that contain multiple packs together are usually priced higher than loose packs on a per-pack basis. Boxes range widely from $10-50 depending on contents.
For example, a 20-pack box of current year Topps baseball cards may sell for $15-25, while a retail “blaster” box containing 18 packs could be found for $20-30. Vintage boxes from the 1980s and earlier holding 60-100 packs might command $50-150 prices depending on scarcity and demand. Single “factory sealed” packs from older years that are in high demand can be even more expensive, from $5-15 per pack on average. Other specialty products like memorabilia or autograph card boxes run $50-150.
In terms of popular individual sets sold at Target, here are some example pack and box prices:
Current Topps BASEBALL base sets – $1-3 per pack, $10-20 for a 20-pack box
Topps Chrome/Bowman Chrome – $3-5 per pack, $20-30 for a 10-pack mini box
Topps Archives/Heritage – $4-6 per pack, $25-40 for a 12-pack box
Topps Finest/Bowman Sterling – $5-8 per pack, $40-60 for a 10-pack box
Upper Deck/Pacfic/Donruss base sets – $1-3 per pack, $10-20 for a 20-pack box
Stadium Club/Allen & Ginter – $4-6 per pack, $30-50 for a 12-pack box
Single packs or boxes of vintage sets from the 1980s, 90s, and 2000s can vary even more based on specific year and condition. Expect to pay $5-15 per pack on average for wax packs or factory sealed packs from sets like Topps, Donruss, Fleer from the junk wax era. Scarcer sets may run $10-30 per pack. Vintage wax boxes sell for $30-150 depending on number of packs, year, and overall condition.
Individual vintage cards purchased loose without grading certification at Target will cost pennies to a few dollars each usually, depending on the specific card and player featured. Graded vintage or modern rare hit cards not available loose and instead housed in a protective plastic holder will sell at steep markups versus raw cards. Expect to pay $10-100+ for even a common graded vintage card at Target, and $50-500+ for a rare, highly graded modern patch or autograph card.
In the trading card section at Target you may also find non-sports related trading cards like Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, and other collectible card games. Singles range from $0.10-5 each usually, with packs retailing for $1-5 and specialty/premium boxes scaling from $10-50 depending on contents and scarcity.
While prices vary daily based on demand, supply, and current market forces – baseball cards at Target stores typically range from $1-15 per pack for common wax or factory sealed packs, $10-150 per box based on pack counts and set/year, and $0.10-500+ for individual loose or graded cards depending hugely on player, year, condition, and specific parallel/hit variation. Vintage and rare products command the highest premiums relative to common modern sets – but values are always fluctuating based on countless collector-influenced factors. With some research, budget-minded collectors can find affordable options at Target or spend top-dollar on investment-caliber pieces.
