Would you have the discipline to be a 4 Sharp Corners or a dslsports?
detroitfan2
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If you were suddenly made owner of 4 sharp corners or dslsports or a similar outfit, would you have the ability to part with all those PSA 10's? I'm guessing these guys realize they're not going to make a living selling the PSA 9's, but darn it would be hard not to start "collecting" the PSA 10's for yourself. It would be interesting to see what kind of registries these guys could have if they saved 1 copy of each PSA 10 they have sold over the years.
On a related topic, a while back I had the opportunity to meet Chris Porter, formerly of Superior Sports Cards and Leland's. After seeing some of the cards he had gathered for an upcoming auction, I mentioned to him that he must have an amazing collection himself. He told me he had about 3 game used bats (nobody really special) and that was it. He said it was hard to make a living selling cards if you can't part with them. That might explain why I'm not making a living selling cards. . .
On a related topic, a while back I had the opportunity to meet Chris Porter, formerly of Superior Sports Cards and Leland's. After seeing some of the cards he had gathered for an upcoming auction, I mentioned to him that he must have an amazing collection himself. He told me he had about 3 game used bats (nobody really special) and that was it. He said it was hard to make a living selling cards if you can't part with them. That might explain why I'm not making a living selling cards. . .
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If you cannot sell, you are a customer of the biz.
I have never bought anything that I would not sell.
I get to play with the stuff, while I own it; then, I
sell it to get more money to buy more stuff to play
with and sell.
<< <i>The collectible biz is about buying/selling.
If you cannot sell, you are a customer of the biz.
That just about sums it up, great way to put it Storm
joe
Last I heard, he was with another major auction house, but he was in charge of the comic book division, of all things. Apparently this (comic books) is his real passion.
Sorry if this is a little off topic but were do DLS & 4SC get all there raw cards to grade? Do they just buy up collections or is it strickly from wax, rack, and vending busts?
This a GREAT question.
Anyone?
Bueller?
I remember in the 90's being in awe of the Baseball Card Kid's model or Superior Sports or these guys that were doing a few million a year in revenue, on a 10-20-30% margin or whatever it was. Turning a passion into a real thriving business.
Imagine being Mastro or REA and all the stuff that goes through your hands!
<< <i>Sorry if this is a little off topic but were do DLS & 4SC get all there raw cards to grade? Do they just buy up collections or is it strickly from wax, rack, and vending busts? >>
That is a great question. I will add to that question.
When do they get the time to go through them all the cards to submit and give it a good hard look to get a 9 or 10 and then scan them all?
I am betting that 4sc submits at least 20,000 cards a month considering they always have at least 5,000 auctions going.
Can you imagine the amount of cards they have to go through? 100,000? 200,000? 500,000? cards in a month.
That is a lot of cards. Then the time it takes to package them all up. Holy shi*t that is a lot of time spent with cards
tough to be successful in either if you mix the two.
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but donnie darko kicks a$$
julen
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Tilt-A-Whirl.
I'd send that back hoping for an 8.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
i personally like the bailey card myself, there are much worse examples of psa 10 quality stuff the aforementioned seller's have pushed into the e-bay world over the years than this.
julen
RIP GURU
<< <i> am betting that 4sc submits at least 20,000 cards a month considering they always have at least 5,000 auctions going. >>
I wonder what they do with all the left overs?
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<< <i> am betting that 4sc submits at least 20,000 cards a month considering they always have at least 5,000 auctions going. >>
I wonder what they do with all the left overs? >>
They sell them through their other outlet. Newenglandsportscards (NESC for short)
They do bust a lot of vending but they buy up NM+ sets at shows and such as well. I have a couple local dealers that have sold them sets. He said they paid his full asking price, no questions asked on a 57 T football set. He thought he was high on it but wanted some room to move and they looked it over, and gave him the cash. He then asked what they planned to do with and they told him right up front they were 4SC and would break it up, grade the good stuff and sell it.
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1,000 cards=$5/card
2,000 cards=$4/card
so I am guessing 20,000 cards for $2-3
PSA also has a Letter of intent you can sign to say you will submit a certain amount (say 20,000) of cards over the next year and they will discount your rate all the way through even if you do not submit at the same time. Then if you do not follow through, they will adjust the price for the cards you did not submit