1984 Donruss Baseball - the unofficial but legal thread

rvc

rvc

hey soft
i hope your source is a psa grader that just graded my sub!

alnavman

Good luck on your submission Robert.....may 10's rain down from PSA for you!!!

Stingray

Alright who is smillsap?? Outbid me on some cards!! Oh well, next time.


Edit: Looks like he is bidding on all those 10s??

ArnyVee

smillsap has pretty much outbid everyone on those 10s. He/she is all over those 10s. New buyer?

alnavman

Well, if they want to bid, bid, bid then they can have em.....eventually more will show up.....at least for the one's I've seen...maybe not 10's but nice looking 9's that would make fine additions to each of our sets....now if it was that Fitzgerald card, that is another story.....Great hit Arny on that one!!!

al.

rvc

smillsap is proving to be quite interesting

ArnyVee

Thanks Al! I really thought that the Fitzgerald had an outside shot at a 9, so I sent it as a gamble. The gamble paid off. I pulled that one and a couple of others out of a box that I picked up about a year ago and the Guidry and a couple of others were from the '84 Donruss one box rip that we had a couple of months ago.

You know, I'm not sure about this "new" bidder to the '84 Donruss 10s. I don't know....just a little suspicious that I would have every card that I'm bidding on outbid and that his feedback has some questionable things about it.

I'm steering clear of these and hope that we actually have a new competitor in the '84 race rather than a buyer/seller doing some questionable things.

blindflyer

Arny... you raise an interesting question ... he certainly seems to have come out of nowhere --- and only for Larryvan's auctions ....

in the last 30 days, he has only bid on 35 items ---- ALL Larryvan auctions in the past few days.

something fishy might be going on here.

-t

rvc

blindflyer

honestly... the more I think of this, the more I'm convinced we're looking at some sort of shill/pre-arrangement.

If he was a new buyer, why wouldn't he have bid on any of the other 10's from other sellers in the past few days. PSARegistryGems and others have been selling 10's this week ..... but no interest from smillsap.

I'm definitely confused.

-t

ArnyVee

I agree....something definitely smells Y

alnavman

I'm not bidding on the cards....I had bids on six cards over the last few days but I'm not running up prices....I'll wait.

Piman58

A few questions for you 84ers.
How much does an unopened 84 Donruss wax box run?
What type of results can I expect from a rip of a box?

Thanks for any comments.

Charles

Stingray

Yes, this is getting weird, some of those PSA 10s are going for $25+ I don't get it though if he wanted to run up the prices why not let someone else win them at some of the higher prices and not just have the shill bidder win everything??

softparade

<< <i>hey soft
i hope your source is a psa grader that just graded my sub! >>



Nah .... I caught wind of this from another message board

Stingray

This is crazy, that Staub card is going for some crazy coin!!

BugOnTheRug

I don't think this is too far out of the ordinary..........when Larryvan jumped in last year, he was paying very strong prices out the gate. Same with Steveooo(?) and Bobbisoxer years ago. When a decision is comfortably made to take on a set, some collectors hit it extremely hard, at least in the beginning. I'll bet if you could review all years of cards with someone long term in the corresponding set, you'd find the same thing - some newbies into these respective sets will undoubtably 'nail' all cards.

ArnyVee

Kirk, the Staub card is a tough one to find even in a 9 from my experience. So, a 10 being in the $50-60 range, doesn't seem that high compared to the fact that the higher pop 10s can and do end in the $25-30 range at times.

Stingray

I figured that must be it, boy was I hoping to add some 10s to my set, but I am not going to pay those prices.

rvc

rvc

alnavman

Stingray, there is one seller that usually has 10's listed for $19.99 each...can't remember his ebay name at the moment but maybe Arny or Bug can help.....I've purchased a few off the guy.....

al.

ArnyVee

Morty is the one that usually has them for that price. Can't remember his eBay seller ID off the bat, but it's like Morty24 or something like that.

alnavman

Your right Arny.....it is Morty......again wish I could remember his exact ebay name....maybe he's watching the thread and will jump in....

Stingray

Oh, I have definitly seen Morty's stuff. I guess I like bidding, hoping to get a somewhat good deal. I will just bide my time on the 10s.

ldferg

piman,
i busted 2 wax boxes in the last 2 weeks. i've got 100+ cards from the 2 to send in. one box was definitely better than the other. netted 3 carters (all OC btw) and 3 mattinglys (1 oc). i'll let you know the results when posted. fingers are crossed.

Spahnfan

Does this help?

eBay My World: morty24( 5595)

MORTY'S SPORTSCARDS
1214 W SHANNON AVE
SPOKANE, WA 99205

Stingray

Idferg, look forward to seeing your grades.

That Horner card is up for auction again by Larryvan?? I myself will not bid on it. Wonder what happened?? Does this Larryvan base his shipping costs on the grade of the card?? $7.50 for a PSA 10 84 Donruss Allen.

Cincyfan01

FYI - I have purchased some Reds items for larryvan (Jeff) in the past and his usual shipping policy a card like the Horner is that it includes the insurance on the card.

alnavman

Not sure exactly but still think $7.50 for a card would be high unless the card sold for a lot....isn't insurance about $1.30 per hundred up to about $500...just my thoughts...

rvc

i see that sandberg is over $100 now. i hope some of those non-winning strong bidders will go for mine when i list it.

rvc

grades popped, all of these are available.

1 31737506 1984 DONRUSS 347 ANDRE ROBERTSON N/A 9
2 31737507 1984 DONRUSS RON DARLING NO NUMBER ON BACK 9
3 31737508 1984 DONRUSS 66 DALE MURPHY N/A 9
4 31737509 1984 DONRUSS 65 JACK CLARK N/A 9
5 31737510 1984 DONRUSS 122 GREG LUZINSKI N/A 9
6 31737511 1984 DONRUSS 107 PAUL MOLITOR N/A 10
7 31737512 1984 DONRUSS 389 STEVE HENDERSON N/A 9
8 31737513 1984 DONRUSS 319 JUNIOR ORTIZ N/A 10

10 31737515 1984 DONRUSS 436 BOBBY CASTILLO N/A 9

ArnyVee

Robert, if the Ortiz is not spoken for, I'll take it.

alnavman

Finally got my set over the 90% mark...with a little luck maybe I'll be able to complete it this year...

ArnyVee

Way to go Al! You have been movin' and groovin' on this set consistently. Those last few are the toughest though....good luck!

alnavman

thanks Arny, but the way I look at it there is still unopened out there just waiting to be discovered!!!!

blindflyer

speaking of unopended, i'm jonesing for another '84D group box bust.

Anyone interested?

-t

Spahnfan

Count me in.

blindflyer

Okay.... SpahnFan, you're in ...

Thinking we get one box and split it 4 ways -- like last time.

Box is $160 + shipping to me + shipping to other participants.

Cost should be in the $43-50 range I would think for a quarter box per person.

If no one else wants in, I'd split a half box with you.

'84D Box Bust:
1. Blindflyer
2. Spahnfan
3. open
4. open


-t

ArnyVee

I'm in.

rvc

i'm gonna skip this one, for now at least

blindflyer

'84D Box Bust:
1. Blindflyer
2. Spahnfan
3. ArnyVee
4. open

one spot left!

I'll order the box as soon as we're full...

-t

softparade

Here is a scan of the Darling no number I mentioned a few days ago. I think it will be on e-bay at some point ?

alnavman

If you still need another person for the box break let me know.........

al.

blindflyer

Al,

one spot open --- it's yours if you want it!

-t

julen23

i'm interested if you need a reserve?

next time perhaps!

bid on my auctions tonite!!!! spam spam spam

julen

rvc

hey julen
has smill been bidding on any of your auctions?

julen23

not on a single item!

is pokedad a cu member?

julen

alnavman

Blindflyer, I'm in....send PM, need pertinent info on paying.....thanks

al.