I love getting three times as much as I hoped for on ebay

KallMaloneSay

My roommate gave me a few of his cards to post online so he could get some extra vacation money, among them was this Barry Sanders Action Packed AUTO. I started it at $75 just hoping it would get that, especially since this card doesn't have any kind of certification for the AUTO versus the regular non-AUTO'd version, but as you can see there was a nice little two man bidding war. A few others that have surprised me lately that I've sold are a 2003 Topps Heritage Rizzuto AUTO that books $60 that I got $107 for, a 2003 Leaf Green #/25 Mark Buehrle for $36, and a Robin Roberts Topps Archives AUTO that books $15 that I got $42 for.

Anyone got any other positive surprises on ebay sales?

carew4me

I think people will pay a premium if they can actually read the auto.

Sanders auto is clear and readable. Which is rare.

In fact, now that I think of it, a pro athlete that can spell, is rare.

dbj77

Jason,
I was following that Sanders card, but the bidding went way too crazy, congrats on the amount you recieved.

kuhlmann

I have an eli manning press pass auto on the bay ending in an hour. its at 164$ i thought 80$ topps for it! So i am real happy about that.

Vincecarder

With the Sanders...it may have been #ed to 1000 but the odds of pulling it were insaine. Now cards #ed to 100 are so so but in the early 90's something like that was a huge pull (my friend pulled a UD Reggie Jackson auto and we all thought it was winning the lottery)

joker73

How about a 2002 Heritage Tim Couch jersey going for well over book? I'm happy to say the least, but the previous one sold on eBay also went over book - and I have absolutely no clue why ... but I'm not complaining .

Robert

Rainman

buyers on ebay go crazy...what gets me is how the SAME card can end for $50 one hour and the next the SAME card can end for $100.

KallMaloneSay

I think people will pay a premium if they can actually read the auto.

I agree to an extent, but I just sold a Barry Sanders 2001 Topps Archives AUTO that books at $100 that I got $56 for, so it clearly isn't an issue that all Sanders AUTO's sell well. Maybe this card hasn;t come up in a while and since it's his first certified AUTO, or a semi-landmark AUTO it sold well. Who knows, too bad I don't get to keep the profits on this one.
Jason

pandrews

this one really surprised me tonight.. low feedback bidder though, and I havent gotten paid yet..