To Open Or Not To Open
frankhardy
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Not a huge deal or anything, but just wanting y'alls opinion. I have a 1987 Fleer Glossy Tin Set. I am sending some cards in a little late for the June special, and was wondering if I should open it to send in the Bonds. I plan on selling either way. I have a bunch of sets that I will be listing in the next couple of months (from 1970 to the mid 1990's) and that set is one of them. If it stays sealed, I'm selling it, and if I bust out the Bonds to grade, I'm selling them.
What to do, what to do?
What to do, what to do?
Shane
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Id take a chance and crack it.
You have it graded it comes back an 8 and you paid 10.00 for the grading, You lose 40.00
You have it graded and it comes back a 9 paid 10.00 for the grading you come out even and have all the commons for profit.
Its perfect and it grades a 10, They sell for about 250.00 but the odds of pulling a 10 are about 1 in 200 based on PSA pop report.
Its worth more unopened.
That is sound advice and that is advice that I would definitely heed to if I had some money in it. I actually don't have any money invested in it. It was just sitting in the garage. Sooooo.... I decided against good advice and busted it out. Here is a scan. What do y'all think?
The bottom right corner shows a little white on the scan, and I'm not sure why. It is not on the card. The corners are razor. As you can see, the centering is not perfect. Based on centering alone, what do you guys think? I am thinking a 9. It sure could have been a lot worse.
Shane
Also it only costs $5 or 6 to grade not $10 as it's value is $75 or less. Of course that's not counting the to and from shipping fee's to PSA. If you send in enough cards you can get this amount down to averaging about $0.65 per card submitted for shipping and many times less than that if you mail in enough cards. It's not smart to send in one $75 card to grade unless it's going to be a lock 10. The shipping fee's will kill you.
<< <i>I've had a 10 on that Bonds glossy card with the exact same centering, in fact my 10 had 60/40 l-r centering so it was probably a little worse than yours. Your card is well within range for a 9 grade and you may get lucky and receive a 10. Again, good luck! >>
Thanks, that's encouraging. I have actually seen worse centering on 10's - just none I've sent in!
By the way, I'm sending in 10 cards (so far).
Shane
Lee
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<< <i>My opinion: It's a $50 set that sells for $30 unsealed. The absolute most you will lose is $20. If you can't stomach a $20 loss, keep it sealed.
Lee >>
Good advice Lee considering he opened it 1 hour and 9 minutes before your post.
That will teach you to be sarcastic with me when I repeat a joke thats already been told in the joke contest thread. LOL
Lee
<< <i>frank, my opinion is you should open it. I predict a nicely centerered Bonds with a soft lower right corner. A perfect 9.
Lee >>
I'm under the impression that an unsealed set sells for about $30. So the worst he could do here would be to lose $20. Do those numbers sound right?
I have too
BTW: Cubby=Cub Fan
<< <i>It's a $50 set and would sell for $30 opened. That's a total net loss of $20 for opening the set and another net loss of you giving me $5 to explain this. >>
So what you're trying to say is that it's a $50 set that would sell for $30 opened?
<< <i>I dunno. I completed searched and saw a few prices and posted them. Then again, Bills a cover for my real passion. B-A-R-R-Y- only 87 Topps though. Im cornering the market on 'em. I have 601 !!!!!! >>
You only have about 19,999,399 to go!
Shane
Actually when the 1989 Fleer B/W Test cards pop up on ebay I email the sellers and if they dont help I email the bidders. A few times they have accused me of wanting to scare them away so I can get it cheap. I even show them the article from Beckett..whatever.