whats your best deal,,,, raw to graded ???

speeder

heres my example; a guy on ebay has a 1974 topps card listed, like this, "1974 topps johnny bench" I did not have his 74 #10 card
for my set, so i say lets check out this raw 74 maybe its worth grading ? i watch as the card slowly loads up (phone modem) i`m thinking
this is no topps #10 J. B. Its a 1974 topps deckle edge, scan looked really good too. their were only 6 bidders, i won the card for $48.00
I keep it for awhile, then say, what the heck, go ahead and get it graded. heres my $48.00 1974 topps deckle edge.
my friends, this is a true story !! lets here yours !!

TheRoach

I bought a '99 Bowman's Best Locker Room Auto of Pat Burrell for about $20 2 years ago or so. This is when the card booked for like $30 and he was coming off a breakout year. His cards were scorching. Anyway, after it came in the mail, I looked at it closely and felt it had a good shot at a BGS 9.5 I submitted the card and sure enough, it was graded a BGS 9.5 I submitted this card along with another raw card I purchased off Ebay, a 2001 Pacific Impressions ( Hobby ) Michael Vick RC/99. This card is printed on canvas so I thought maybe a 9, a 9.5 was a long shot. Bam! The Vick graded a 9.5 also. I listed them both on Ebay and they sold for around $350-$400 each if I could remember right. This was without a scan of either card. I didn't own a scanner at the time. I have had pretty good luck with Ebay raw cards. I have a pretty good eye i think.

I also just got back a '04 Heritage Carlos Quentin Retrofractor/555 from PSA. I sent 2 of the 4 raw cards I purchased off Ebay in last week. I received a PSA 9, and a PSA 10. Not bad, this guy is on fire and hitting homers left and right. I also bought a '02 Fleer Focus Jersey Edition David Garrard "Jersey Numbers" RC off Ebay. It is a parallel of his RC and it is limited to as many copies as his jersey #. My card is serial numbered 6/9 on back. Anyway, I sent it in and it got a PSA 9. Not bad for a limited card. The only other was a '00 H.S All American Jason Stokes Auto that I paid $15 for off Ebay. I just got that back as a PSA 10 also.

Those are some of my success stories. Thanks for letting me share them.



TheRoach

1420sports

I bought a raw Tiger Woods Master card for 8 bucks, and sold it as an SGC 92 (before PSA graded them) for around 1200.

That will not beat what that Bench will bring .... just wait til a Bench guy sees it.

pandrews

thats an unbelievable deal! i'm extremely jealous right now..

NickM

Either
1951 Connie Mack All-Star Mickey Cochrane purchased raw on eBay for $75 and slabbed as PSA 5 (at the time there were none higher, now there is a PSA 7) - not listed in SMR, but estimated $250 to $300 value
or
1940 Play Ball Charlie Gehringer purchased raw on NAXCOM as VG or better for $23 and slabbed as PSA 6 (SMR $110).

Nick

milbroco

I bought a 1970 Milton Bradley set complete with box for about $60.00 about two years ago. The cards were described as being in really great shape, mostly in nrmt condition.

The Rose is now a PSA 10, The Aaron is a PSA 10, the Clemente, Jackson, and Mays are PSA 9's. I still need to get the others graded.

Stone193

I bought a 1961F #46 IA Baylor for 30$ from Rotman auctions and submitted it to PSA - came back a
PSA 9 (smr 600$).
Mike

edit: just looked at the smr to recheck value and it has a +750$!!!! Well, Alright!!!

purelyPSA

Bought a '74 Mean Joe Greene at a show for six bucks. Graded a 9, sold for 220.

mudflap02

Not too much high dollar stuff here, but I did submit a 1990 Fleer and 1989 UD Ryan that had been sitting in cheap 9 pocket holders for 14 years. The holders were even starting to turn a gross looking shade of yellow.

Spigrimace

1986 West Palm Beach Expos Set for $68. Randy Johnson came back a PSA 10.

Aknot

Well I will let you know in a week or so. Bought 2 sets of Topps 84 football. A little over $300. The (well again im hoping) 2 Elways should be 9/10 and 2 Marinos 8/9. This is after the 400% scan..... So that will be my best.....if it happens and you guys will be the first to know!!

pick6investments

bought a walter payton rookie a guy pulled from a pack he had for 20+ years for 80.00
came back a PSA 9 about three years ago and sold for 610.00 back then.

bought a yogi berra 48 bowman rookie last month for 150.00 and PSA graded a 7 with NQ and sold it for 750.00

ZodiacMindwarp

Around 1979 I traded an X-wing fighter and some Star Wars figures for a brown paper bag (supermarket size) that was half full with baseball cards. The only card in particular that I remember being in the bag was a 1967 Mantle.

MorrellMan

Fun thread! I won a group of 5 mid grade 1962 Bell Brands with Drysdale, Snider, Roseboro, Moon and Podres for 30 bucks. The description said an extra Moon would be included. When the cards arrived, I set the extra Moon aside, sent it in for grading last month and here it is:

Griffins

Now THAT is a unibrow!

gameusedhoop

Numerous early to mid 70s hockey sets for about $200 raw that turned many PSA 8, 9, and 10s on $5 specials. 8s went for $10-$15, 9s for $25 +, and a few 10s at $149. Not a bad ROI any day.

pc

bought a 1999 vince carter gu jersey card on ebay for $300.
graded a psa 10 and got $2700.bought a gai 9 card of a HOFer for $500,
kept in the holder,sent to psa and sold for $2000.
just a couple i recall.i'ld like to add i bought a pro 10 pristine
griffey for $4000 and can get 80 bucks today which is more
than i can get for the $2400 pro 9 carter i still have.

Ruthfan

Last summer I purchased (4) raw cards from one particular seller. He had nice large clear scans adn had a money back guarantee. I called him before the auction ended and asked him why the cards were not already holdered and he said he was selling them on consignment for a friend and that his friend did not want to take the time or money to have them graded.

1. 1956 Topps #135 Mickey Mantle - Paid $900 and the card is now in a GAI 8.5 holder. It was in a PSA 8 holder but I thought it really had a shot at a 9 so I submitted to GAI and got the 8.5

2. 1952 Topps #37 Duke Snider - Paid $600 now in a GAI 8 holder.

3. 1952 Topps #122 Jackie Jensen - Paid $48 now is in a PSA 8 holder.

4. 1956 Topps Football #176 Shortprinted Checklist - Paid $88 and it now rests in a PSA 8 holder.

I also purchased a raw 1959 Topps #478 Clemente off of Ebay a couple of years ago for $144. The guys listed it as MINT but had an awful picture with it. It now rests in a PSA 9 holder.

murcerfan