Baseball Card Boxes

If you’re hoping to generate some profit from your hobby, there are two different approaches you can take: You can rip packs in the hopes of pulling high-value singles like rookies, parallels, and autos, or you can buy sealed wax boxes and hold them until their value (hopefully) increases.

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There’s no right or wrong way to invest in sports cards. It all comes down to your personal preferences and market speculation. Of course, opening the packs is a whole lot more fun, especially if you’re in it for the hobby, not just the profit potential. Ripping packs also allows for short-term gains, while holding sealed boxes is more of a long-term play. Holding boxes can often pay off handsomely if a rookie or two from that year blossom into elite level players.

The best baseball hobby boxes and cases are the ones that contain hits and low numbered parallels of top rookies and MVP candidates! In other words, any box or case can be the best depending on what you pull. That said, here are some of the most popular baseball card boxes that are known to have both high-value singles and value retention for sealed wax:

Bowman:

• Bowman
• Chrome
• Draft

Topps:

• Chrome
• Gilded 
• Cosmic Chrome
• Triple Threads
• Tribute

Panini:

• Flawless
• National Treasures