Any finds still left? Yes.
skigropple
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About four months ago I came to these boards looking for advice and received some directely and read a lot more. I was trying to find the best way to sell a couple bags of cards I picked up at a garage sale for .50cents.(about 400). I have since sold 2 (each) raw 1972 Topps Ryan and Rose cards on Ebay for $120+. I have a lot more to go and hope to clear $300 (all the cards are high numbers). One year ago I sold a lot of 280 1967 Topps on Ebay for $250 these were picked up for $4 at a garage sale. I stay at home with my kids and go to a lot of sales but the finds are out there. The guy that sold me the 67 lot has thousands of more card and I hope to go this spring and start looking through his card form the 50-60's now that I have more knowledge about grading and scarce items. This works for me because I buy tons of other stuff to sell and if I run accross cards its a extra bonus. I do see a lot of cards from the 85-90's and people cannot give them away.
Jim
Jim
Buy anything for cheap and sell for more.
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My experience with flea markets e.g. has been poor - most all know what they have and want too much for it!
Garage sales is a different thing - anything goes - never have gone though. I would imagine, an old person dumping their junk would yield the best prospect.
Estate sales are "managed" by a handler who pretty much knows a little about everything but I have heard of occasional good buys.
Newpaper ad sales? Answered one and it was a bust.
Antique stores...look out for the seller with that illusive "Honus" for only 200$!!!! I know of a guy in NY who got suckered - it was an obvious reprint.
I placed an ad on the bulletin board at Ft. Gordon and a guy called me with old programs - I paid him 450$ - I got two 55 WS Brooklyn programs! And many more including a cool 36 Olympic album!
Well that's it
thanx for the topic!
your friend
Mike
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<< <i>Kind of frustrating, but good to hear the finds are still out there. >>
as long as you dont "unscrupulously" buy them too cheap, right? its great that somebody found several hundred dollars worth of cards for 50 cents..
if a dealer were then to offer $25 to the buyer for that stack of cards that the buyer bought for 50 cents, he would be unscrupulous..
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<< <i>Kind of frustrating, but good to hear the finds are still out there. >>
as long as you dont "unscrupulously" buy them too cheap, right? its great that somebody found several hundred dollars worth of cards for 50 cents..
if a dealer were then to offer $25 to the buyer for that stack of cards that the buyer bought for 50 cents, he would be unscrupulous.. >>
Totally different.
When an uneducated seller sells cards to an "unscrupulous" buyer (like Mr. Mint), that seller is relying on the buyer's expert knowledge as to the fair price of the cards. Thus, it is unfair, and down right unethical for an expert buyer to trick an uneducated seller and say that a genuine '52 Mantle card is worth only 50 cents
However, at garage sale, the seller is not relying on the buyer's knowledge as to the value of the items being sold.
i just realized Stone has already addressed this issue quite well the another thread..
The lady I bought the cards from was a ebayer that could not sell enough to reduce her piles of stuff. I bought over 100 diff. items that day from her(4th time in two years). The baseball cards were in baggies and I notice a 1957 so I thought why not they may be worth something. So do I pay her what I think the item is worth or what she has them marked? People having a sale(garage/estate/moving) are inviting me to their sale to buy the items they have for sale at what ever price they think is fair. I have made thousands of mistakes on items and they are only worth what I paid for them or a little more so that is why I have a garage sale every spring to sell my unwanted treasures. If someone makes money off the items I am selling, good for them for having more knowledge than me.
Jim
my post wasnt directed at you, i think its great that you found some cards at a deal.. i wouldve done the same thing..
as i said, i like what Stone said in the other thread.. (he's better with words than i am)..
steve
I do agree with the notion, the garage sale everything goes
philosophy, however even there ethics should prevail.
have made thousands of mistakes on items and they are only worth what I paid for them or a little more
Jeese when I make a "mistake" I almost always lose.
The lady was an ebayer that never found the time to list more than an item a week but she kept buying items and would have garage sales to get rid of stuff(go figure?). She even asked me what I sold some of the previous purchases for and would say I knew that _____ was worth something. The last sale was a moving/garage sale and she told me to come back on day two because she had lots more to pull out that is when I found the cards. There were also boxes of late 80 topps sets and stupid me I did not look at them assuming the contents match the box, went back later after looking at the baggie cards but the boxes were gone. I posted the fact that she was a ebayer info to show I was not buying cards from someone without the ability to properly price her sale items.
The lady I bought the cards from was a ebayer that could not sell enough to reduce her piles of stuff. I bought over 100 diff. items that day from her(4th time in two years)
edit to add- Jeese when I make a "mistake" I almost always lose.
My mistakes usually are of the nature that they are worth what I paid but cannot sell on Ebay because shipping would cost more than the item is worth. So reselling mistakes in my garage sales for a couple of bucks more works pretty good.
Jim
I found these two mantles for $10 each at a large antique show and the Orr for $5. The Sawchuk from a flea market for $50 CAD which is $125 in Beckett.
Nothing real spectacular..
GG