1989 UD experts please weigh in
easydoesit
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I am in the process of selling out my collection and no longer collecting cards.
I have 16 factory sealed 89 UD sets, 2 boxes of low #s packs, and 1 box of high # packs.
The way I see it using ebay past auctions, I can get about $950 selling it like that. OR... I could break it all, grade the Griffey rookies and hope for PSA 10s that bring from 200 to 250. That would mean I would need about 5.5 psa 10 Griffey cards to break even once I figure in grading fees at the current special.
So my big question, for all that have broken this stuff down more than me, is can I expect to get 6 or more psa 10 rookies from 16 sets, and 3 boxes?
I know I could also grade things like RJ rookies, Ryan ect, but I really don't want to make this a bigger deal that it has to be. Opinions welcome. Thanks
Chris
I have 16 factory sealed 89 UD sets, 2 boxes of low #s packs, and 1 box of high # packs.
The way I see it using ebay past auctions, I can get about $950 selling it like that. OR... I could break it all, grade the Griffey rookies and hope for PSA 10s that bring from 200 to 250. That would mean I would need about 5.5 psa 10 Griffey cards to break even once I figure in grading fees at the current special.
So my big question, for all that have broken this stuff down more than me, is can I expect to get 6 or more psa 10 rookies from 16 sets, and 3 boxes?
I know I could also grade things like RJ rookies, Ryan ect, but I really don't want to make this a bigger deal that it has to be. Opinions welcome. Thanks
Chris
"I put my pants on just like you... One leg at a time. The differences is when I put them on, I make gold records."
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David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
open all the sets, make 16ct player lots of each player then do a raffle for $2ea on ebay where each buy it now wins 16 of 1 player with 1 random person getting 16 griffey.
in a 800card set this will yield $1600. Then each person also gets a random # from 1-800 with their order. You ask them to place the # they got in the feedback to you so people can see its legit. then tell them that the winning # will be the last 3 digits of the dow jones close on the day after the auction sells out minus 200 to make up for the lack of 801-999. So if the down ends at 8034.78 - raffle #278 will be the winner.
Then send that raffle winner the 3 wax boxes.
Or instead of giving each person a random #, the card you send them is the # they use for the raffle. For example whoever got the griffeys would get #001 for the raffle.
<< <i>open all the sets, make 16ct player lots of each player then do a raffle for $2ea on ebay where each buy it now wins 16 of 1 player with 1 random person getting 16 griffey.
in a 800card set this will yield $1600. Then each person also gets a random # from 1-800 with their order. You ask them to place the # they got in the feedback to you so people can see its legit. then tell them that the winning # will be the last 3 digits of the dow jones close on the day after the auction sells out minus 200 to make up for the lack of 801-999. So if the down ends at 8034.78 - raffle #278 will be the winner.
Then send that raffle winner the 3 wax boxes.
Or instead of giving each person a random #, the card you send them is the # they use for the raffle. For example whoever got the griffeys would get #001 for the raffle. >>
This is a fantastic idea, if only because it would be so easy to do (heh heh), but I think certain parties in the drawing would get screwed, owing to Bedford's Law
Edit to add: Mea Culpa. I didn't see that you specified the LAST three digits of the Dow.
<< <i>The Griffey rookie is #1 in the set and first in the factory sets. The chances of pulling a PSA 10 from a factory set is slim. If you get really lucky you might get one but I would expect most to be in the PSA 7-8 range if they are well centered. >>
I've opened probably 30 sets of the 89 UD. Got 5 PSA 9's and a bunch of PSA 8's for Griffey...I didn't send in the rest because they were either off centered or had dinged corners...About 5 of the Griffeys had white residue from the blank card in front of it. Probably because the sets were kept in a humid place and moisture got into the sets. This is pretty common i see it alot on eBay. So the chance of pulling a PSA 10 from the set are slim to none...I did pull quit a few PSA 10's of Johnson, Smoltz, Sheffield, and Biggio.
bucks for the one set you keep.
James