What's the most you've spent on a single card?

Knuckles

and what was it?

Mine was a Bobby Orr rookie card for $1,200. I ended up selling it for just a $100 profit...

MarkLee

I have four kids and quit my job 4 years ago to go to medical school. With that in mind, I feel almost guilty to report that I spend $100 on a raw 1954 Topps #1 Ted Williams. I know this will put me on the very low end of the totem pole in this crowd, but I look forward to the post residency days in the coming years when I can indulge myself more.

stevek

$28,000.

Oh you said "card" - I thought you said "car" - LOL

InMySock

$1800 for a 1991 Wild Card Brett Favre 1000 Stripe PSA 10.

Carew29

$1,300 about 2 years ago for a 1913 National Game Ty Cobb PSA 9. Sold it last year for alot more than that!!

N162Collector

Somewhere in the neighborhood of $1200

orion9578

<< <i>Somewhere in the neighborhood of $1200 >>



about the same

Tipem

$1300. For a 53 Bowman Color PeeWee Reese PSA 8. Well worth the price.


Vic

Stone193

<< <i>$1300. For a 53 Bowman Color PeeWee Reese PSA 8. Well worth the price.


Vic >>


Vic
Ya got a scan? Thanx.
mike

softparade

$375 for a VERY nice example of 1978 Topps Paul Molitor/Alan Trammell. Over paid but this card really is tough to find without any trace of the dreaded SMUDGE!

Axtell

<< <i>$1300. For a 53 Bowman Color PeeWee Reese PSA 8. Well worth the price.
>>



This card is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorites...been tracking them on ebay for awhile.

67standup

The second most I've spent for a single card is $2433 for this holed-faced item from the last Mastro auction. The highest is for my icon (undisclosed as I'm still recovering.) A low-grade Goudey Lajoie is probably the most I'll ever spend for a single card in my collecting life unless I'm blessed with an unexpected influx of cash. I used to scoff at women who'd spend tons on jewelry then place the items in a safe deposit box, but now I do the same thing. All this money spent and no one (even me) is able to enjoy it daily.



Most I paid for a Hot Wheel(new collecting venture that brings great joy): $508

teachervido

Spent $700 on a BGS 9.5 Yao Ming Finest Rc Auto Ref card. Wasn't able to swallow any food down because I spent so much $$ so I sold it a week later for the same price.

schr1st

$1,088 for my 1957-58 Topps Bill Russell Autographed Rookie PSA/DNA 6 . I've spent more for collections, lots, and sets, but that was the most for a single card. And it was worth every penny.

Tipem

Mike,


I have just bought a scanner and will try to get one up.


When I first saw this card,I knew that I had to own one.It is by far my favorite card.




Axtell,


Very tough to find perfectly centered.I saw one at last years National and should have taken mine to see if I could have traded up.Mine is nice by not quite centered.Still,a nice card and one I will probably never sell.


Vic

gregm13

$750 for a PSA 8 Otto Graham rc.

Regards,

Greg M.

bowdowntome

$110 for a Terry Bradshaw RC (non-graded, but would probably be a good condidate for an 8) - Bought it before grading was really fashionable.

I'm pretty cheap........and a bargain-hunter. I've spent my collecting life searching for those $1200 cards that I only have to pay $50 for.


.......................35 years, and I'm still searching.

lawnmowerman

$7,000 for this Mantle card.



Matt

detroitfan2

Mine was $546.37 out-the-door for a 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente PSA 5 (includes the 37 cent stamp to send the check). Next highest was a Koufax rookie (also PSA 5) from the same year for $299.37. Both went bye-bye when I sold my partial 1955 PSA 5/6 set last December.

Also, for the record to lawnmowerman, the most I've paid for a lawnmower is $3800 for a Sears Craftsman zero-turn rider (including the bagger). Pushed a beater around for a lot of summers while I saved for that one .

MajorDanby

<< <i>I have four kids and quit my job 4 years ago to go to medical school. With that in mind, I feel almost guilty to report that I spend $100 on a raw 1954 Topps #1 Ted Williams. I know this will put me on the very low end of the totem pole in this crowd, but I look forward to the post residency days in the coming years when I can indulge myself more. >>



Mark, i hear you. I am going to grad school (masters program at a private university....that equates to no funding whatsoever)...so, as i spend willfully all my money for cards in slabs, i wonder aloud about what appears to be my monetary foolishness.

with that in mind, i spent $875 for a 1951 bowman willie mays psa 5 rookie. This, along with my ryan, aaron and maddux rookies...will never leave me. as far as the rest...they will be on ebay soon as an initiative for the send me to graduate school fund.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>Mine was $546.37 out-the-door for a 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente PSA 5 (includes the 37 cent stamp to send the check). Next highest was a Koufax rookie (also PSA 5) from the same year for $299.37. Both went bye-bye when I sold my partial 1955 PSA 5/6 set last December.

Also, for the record to lawnmowerman, the most I've paid for a lawnmower is $3800 for a Sears Craftsman zero-turn rider (including the bagger). Pushed a beater around for a lot of summers while I saved for that one . >>

Thats cool, at least you get to sit and enjoy the ride instead of sweating! I was just kidding about the Mantle card. A friend of mine who knows nothing about cards came across it and thought he was instantly rich He gave it to me when I told him it was worth maybe $35.00. Anyway my mowers I use for my business cost $7,000. They are the same one as pictured on my avatar. thanks

Matt

JrMacdaddy

$500 for a Stan Mikita rookie, raw about 5 years ago.

I had it graded about a month ago and it came back an 8.

Stone193

<< <i>

<< <i>Mine was $546.37 out-the-door for a 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente PSA 5 (includes the 37 cent stamp to send the check). Next highest was a Koufax rookie (also PSA 5) from the same year for $299.37. Both went bye-bye when I sold my partial 1955 PSA 5/6 set last December.

Also, for the record to lawnmowerman, the most I've paid for a lawnmower is $3800 for a Sears Craftsman zero-turn rider (including the bagger). Pushed a beater around for a lot of summers while I saved for that one . >>

Thats cool, at least you get to sit and enjoy the ride instead of sweating! I was just kidding about the Mantle card. A friend of mine who knows nothing about cards came across it and thought he was instantly rich He gave it to me when I told him it was worth maybe $35.00. Anyway my mowers I use for my business cost $7,000. They are the same one as pictured on my avatar. thanks

Matt >>


Wow Matt
What do you mow? Central Park!?

goudeygold

$2775 for a 38 Goudey Heads Up DiMaggio. Sold it 4 months later for $3200.

GG

Griffins

$25.
That's my story and I"m sticking to it. Just in case any more of you decide to make another comment in front of my wife at the national.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>

<< <i>

<< <i>Mine was $546.37 out-the-door for a 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente PSA 5 (includes the 37 cent stamp to send the check). Next highest was a Koufax rookie (also PSA 5) from the same year for $299.37. Both went bye-bye when I sold my partial 1955 PSA 5/6 set last December.

Also, for the record to lawnmowerman, the most I've paid for a lawnmower is $3800 for a Sears Craftsman zero-turn rider (including the bagger). Pushed a beater around for a lot of summers while I saved for that one . >>

Thats cool, at least you get to sit and enjoy the ride instead of sweating! I was just kidding about the Mantle card. A friend of mine who knows nothing about cards came across it and thought he was instantly rich He gave it to me when I told him it was worth maybe $35.00. Anyway my mowers I use for my business cost $7,000. They are the same one as pictured on my avatar. thanks

Matt >>


Wow Matt
What do you mow? Central Park!?



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That would be interesting! I take care of appr. 25 condos and office complexs down here in Florida. I love it, but in the summer it gets a little warm

Buccaneer

<< <i>The second most I've spent for a single card is $2433 for this holed-faced item from the last Mastro auction. The highest is for my icon (undisclosed as I'm still recovering.) A low-grade Goudey Lajoie is probably the most I'll ever spend for a single card in my collecting life unless I'm blessed with an unexpected influx of cash. I used to scoff at women who'd spend tons on jewelry then place the items in a safe deposit box, but now I do the same thing. All this money spent and no one (even me) is able to enjoy it daily.



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What's the deal with both of the cards you mentioned? I don't follow Mastro so I don't know the history of the holed card. Also, I don't know anything about 67 Stand-Ups (I thought there were just 1964), why did you pay a lot of money for one?

Griffins

The Andrews was intentionally short printed to avoid awarding prizes- much like the '32 US Caramels Lindstrom. It is exceedingly rare- the PSA pop report shows NONE graded. The few that exist were either punched with holes like Andrew's or trimmed off the bottom, hence the "authentic" grade.
Interestingly, the '60 Fleer #80 occasionally has a huge notch taken out of the bottom of the card. One of those was graded PSA 8, with no qualifier. Does anyone know why cancelled George C Millers are graded "authentic" when cancelled '60 Fleers (with a chunk missing) get graded, and graded highly at that?

The '67 Standups are a test set and fairly scarce. '64 Standups are a regular issue and pretty common. Although they get a bit pricey in PSA 8 and higher, it's nothing like the cost of the '67's.

67standup

I was an avid Yaz collector in the '80s, and probably had the third most extensive collection at 1600 DIFFERENT items behind Richard Grabowski who authored, "Yaz II" (an actual book on Yaz collectibles) and Dick Gordon, Yaz's current agent. During that span I only saw the '67 Stand-Up for sale once (by Mr. Mint), but the price tag was way out of my league. It was my Holy Grail, probably the most coveted Yaz card. Richard consigned it to Heritage last year and I couldn't pass it up. I've seen other '67 Stand-ups in big auctions since, but no Yaz. Most of the '67 Stand-ups in big auctions are the proof version, not the die-cut, but the former is also quite rare.

Interesting enough is that I chose my CU board icon because the card was my biggest want. I borrowed the image from bobsbbcards who then a little while later pointed me to the auction, my heart missed a beat on that one.

The Ivy Andrews is one of the hobby's top five "chase" cards, beind the U.S. Caramel Lindstrom (two known to exist, both by Larry Fritsch) and the Goudey Lajoie. There's only two uncancelled Andrew's known and about five of the cancelled variety like mine (they also cancelled them by chopping the card almost in half.) By "chase" I mean that the issuer didn't make one card available to the masses so collectors (mainly kids) would continue to buy packs, candy, etc. in order to try to complete the set.

iamthegreatcornholio

I used to spend several to many thousand on a single card, but I've sold most of those as I couldn't afford to keep too many. I think my highest now is a 1933 Delong Gehrig GAI 1.5. But, I still gotta get a PSA 7 or 8 Mantle for my 65 set...

Brian

TimeMachine

$6311.00 on a PSA 9 Lew Alcindor RC. A "buy-and-hold" if there evr was one imo. He has some records that will never be touched. I look at it almost every day.

Lothar52

1200 on a psa 7 Hank Aaron which can be viewed below...bought it in 2002...before i did the set registry and had money saved up.....now....im poor as hell again thanks to 56 and 57 topps....

I should sell it but cant...its too damn nice!!!

Loth

Lothar52

Ironically enough i just saw an optimus prime and megatron 1984 G1 transformer lot go for 500 bucks even on ebay....considering the boxes were a little rag tag i wonder if anyone would want mine in a damn near perfect box.....crazy...who would think transformers would be worth anything?

Loth

Dand52261

$2350 for Koufax PSA 8. I think my Cy young bare hand T206 in 6 condition is worth more now. I paid $700 for that

koby

It is amazing what some people spend on cards.

My two most expensive purchases are my Jordan RC and Pujols RC. Both well under $1K. After those two cards, the next most expensive cards are all under $100.

knglerxt

<< <i>$1300. For a 53 Bowman Color PeeWee Reese PSA 8. Well worth the price.
Vic >>




That's one of my favorite cards of all time. I just love how it looks.

Stone193

I have never spent a lot of money on one card - the most is 800$ for a T3. My best buy of a higher end card, which I've shown before, is this 32 US caramel which I paid 475$ approx. and SMR is 2400$ but that's very conservative from what I understand. It was just a lucky buy.



mike

MajorDanby

that is a beauty, stone. If you sell that today, you will make a good profit on it.

Axtell

<< <i>Ironically enough i just saw an optimus prime and megatron 1984 G1 transformer lot go for 500 bucks even on ebay....considering the boxes were a little rag tag i wonder if anyone would want mine in a damn near perfect box.....crazy...who would think transformers would be worth anything?

Loth >>



Mint condition transformers from gen 1 are big business for the new 40s crowd who grew up watching it, have a lot of disposable cash, and want to relive their childhoods. I've seen these things bring big money.


edit: check this current auction Ebay Link

lawnmowerman

I paid $1500.00 for my 84 Fleer Update Clemens.

Matt

bobsbbcards

$42.55 and not a penny more. You guys are crazy.

Stone193

<< <i>$42.55 and not a penny more. You guys are crazy. >>

lawnmowerman

<< <i>$42.55 and not a penny more. You guys are crazy. >>

Who you calling crazy pal?

1bbnerd

Let's see, the most I paid was $265 for an ungraded 1986 Topps Traded Tiffany Barry Bonds #11T. Yes it is a Tiffany, and it looks pretty damn near perfect I might add, but i'm not an expert. I'll upload this one when I get home. This is one I have to send to PSA for grading for sure.

IJustLoveCards

$234,972.00...

Lothar52

<< <i>

<< <i>Ironically enough i just saw an optimus prime and megatron 1984 G1 transformer lot go for 500 bucks even on ebay....considering the boxes were a little rag tag i wonder if anyone would want mine in a damn near perfect box.....crazy...who would think transformers would be worth anything?

Loth >>



Mint condition transformers from gen 1 are big business for the new 40s crowd who grew up watching it, have a lot of disposable cash, and want to relive their childhoods. I've seen these things bring big money.


edit: check this current auction Ebay Link >>




i grew up with it and i was 7 when i got my transformers....im now 28......crazy they are going for alot of money...i

orion9578

<< <i>$234,972.00... >>



hmm, for what? Just curious

67standup

<< <i>$6311.00 on a PSA 9 Lew Alcindor RC. A "buy-and-hold" if there evr was one imo. He has some records that will never be touched. I look at it almost every day. >>



That's very very cool. I remember selling a set about 15 years ago, one of those regret transactions. Please display a scan if possible.

jrdolan

I won't name a dollar figure, but it was this card.