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Did you ever sell a card and wish you hadn't.
waxpack
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Two years ago I sold a 66 Topps Bobby Orr rookie PSA 6 for $900 that I paid $1100 for. I wanted to buy a 53 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 4. I wish I would't have sold the Orr because I miss the card now. The Orr card has since doubled in value. I would love to hear some dumb moves from other board members. It might ease my pain.
VCP avg 53 Mantle PSA 4 $777.28
VCP avg 66 Orr PSA 6 $2060.00
Oh yea, I sold the Mantle also for a bunch of crap for bone head move #2
VCP avg 53 Mantle PSA 4 $777.28
VCP avg 66 Orr PSA 6 $2060.00
Oh yea, I sold the Mantle also for a bunch of crap for bone head move #2
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i would like to send my foot back in time though, so i could kick myself in the a$$ for getting rid of a few that i'd rather be looking at right now.
Sorta goes with the territory luckily for me I have no regrets on any card I have sold.
I do though for some other items though. I try not to think of them.
Steve
Unless you mean SGC, the card would have possibly brought less if it was in a 3rd tier company holder.
Wasn't it better to get the 'true' appraisal of the card?
Steve
The only way to avoid this may be by parting with a card only after you have already upgraded it.
in the mid '90s when I was buying as much unopened as I could afford, I picked up a '71 Topps BB Rack Pack with Aaron on top twice from Teletrade. I bought it for $150. I sold it to finance my wife's 10th anniversary gift--diamond earrings. I sold it for $1,000.
The guy I sold it to put his collection up for auction and someone paid $6,000 for the rack!!
Hi, Doesn't it count when you sold it and when he did?
Steve
<< <i>not a card but a rack
in the mid '90s when I was buying as much unopened as I could afford, I picked up a '71 Topps BB Rack Pack with Aaron on top twice from Teletrade. I bought it for $150. I sold it to finance my wife's 10th anniversary gift--diamond earrings. I sold it for $1,000.
The guy I sold it to put his collection up for auction and someone paid $6,000 for the rack!! >>
That's what I'm talking about...I feel a little better now.
Feeling better now??
On a side note, I did pull two minty Kal Daniels rookies from that box if I recall, so all wasn't lost.
<< <i>I traded my card shop owner my Nolan Ryan rookie card for $20 and a fresh box of 1987 Topps back in '87.
Feeling better now??
On a side note, I did pull two minty Kal Daniels rookies from that box if I recall, so all wasn't lost.
Muchhhhhhhhhhh better
Anyway, I eventually decided to auction it after having it in the showcase with the PSA 10's for a couple of shows. I ran it on eBay at the same time as one of my PSA 10's. While I was quite excited with the final price, a whopping $1400+, it wasn't until I learned more about SGC and then eventually worked for them, that I learned about the uniqueness and the value of the SGC 100. Over the years, I have been contacted about the card and even had an offer of over $25,000.00 if I could get back from Randy, the auction winner.
Alas, I'm doubtful that it would bring anything like it would at it's peak, but selling the SGC 100 ARod SP is one of my most regretful sales over the past 25 years.
An early 1900's Nap Lajoie "proof" card from one of the Caramel series. There was some debate on if it was a true proof, but that is how SGC authenticated it. It had the printers hash marks at the top and I think bottom.
The other, while not valuable, was still one I kick myself for selling. I am a huge Carl Willey collector and have, I believe, every card of his made including some uncatalogued and proof cards from the Topps Vault. Like another poster on this thread, I used to buy from Teletrade back before Ebay. I had picked up a 1962 174b with cap aluminum proof plate of his, the first I had ever seen. I had it for a few years until the big 92-93 basketball draft came and I HAD TO HAVE a Shaq signed ball. I paid $15 for the plate and sold it to a family member of Carlton's for $100. I was thrilled to make that profit. But now, years later, I have 3 more of those plates, 2 red and one black, I sold the other black plate. All 4 displayed together with a card would look awesome. Boy, do I kick myself for that. And for the record, I ended up selling the ball years back.
Thw 2 Bowmans were in 4-5 condition, but the Aaron RC was an easy 6, outside 7.
At any rate, I was moving and had my car towed (my fault) for parking somewhere I shouldnt have. The lot was in my glovebox.... they werent there when I got the car back.
Im still sick over that.
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I got very nice deals on the modern cards - a lot of it was draft pick cards with 1 auto per pack, but the football cards are probably now sitting in PSA 7 and PSA 8 (with maybe even a few PSA 9) holders.
Nick
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Do some of you consider it a bad deal if after 10 years the item you sold for say 50.00
now sells for 500.00?
I know it is slightly off target but a few have mentioned what they wish they had it back because
of the money they think they left on the table.
Or is money not an issue here, simply a card you wish you never sold regardless of what you sold it for and
what it goes for now?
Steve
<< <i>I think that they are only bad deals if you could have made more at the time.
Do some of you consider it a bad deal if after 10 years the item you sold for say 50.00
now sells for 500.00?
I know it is slightly off target but a few have mentioned what they wish they had it back because
of the money they think they left on the table.
Or is money not an issue here, simply a card you wish you never sold regardless of what you sold it for and
what it goes for now?
Steve >>
you make a good point, because we should all consider time period to value and circumstances......prolly around 20 years ago or so, myself and my partner acquired an 8 x 10 glossy B&W photo of Babe, Lou & Christy Walsh, signed by all 3, pristine sigs, beautiful photo and at the time there weren't a whole lotta things like that floating around......the piece wound up in a high-profile auction and hammered at almost 8 times what we paid for it......we then parlayed the profits into other purchases, flips, trades, keepers, etc. and felt really good about how things turned out.
now, jump forward a couple decades and consider just how happy we might be to still possess such an item.....what's it worth? who knows????? but, without turning around the item when we did, who knows what other opportunities we might have missed?
I was a poor college student and needed the cash.
But I'm sure you have made some great deals too.
They seem to average out.
Steve
I believe these cards have a stated odds of 1:20,000 packs or something crazy like that, but please don't quote me on that one.
Was a very beautiful card and it was graded a Mint 9 too, really miss it.
<< <i>I think that they are only bad deals if you could have made more at the time.
Do some of you consider it a bad deal if after 10 years the item you sold for say 50.00
now sells for 500.00?
I know it is slightly off target but a few have mentioned what they wish they had it back because
of the money they think they left on the table.
Or is money not an issue here, simply a card you wish you never sold regardless of what you sold it for and
what it goes for now?
Steve >>
It kind of goes hand in hand. Not many collectors care if they sold/traded a card that can be easily obtained, unless it has sentimental value.
Just about any card is easily obtainable ......for a price.
Steve
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So do I consider my selling of the rack for $1,000 that later sold for $6,000, one I would like to have back. You betcha! Clearly I misconstrued the value of that rack. I should've mentioned that it sold for a bunch a meager 2 years after selling it to him. So I made a mistake and he was very smart.
NOTE: In that same auction, I picked up his '69 Topps BB Wax Tray at a loss of $2,000 to him.
Google it or go to the coin forum I think they have a link there.
Steve
Now if we are talking about selling something before it hit its peak, that's a different matter all together. I cracked a lot of 2000 SP Authentic case and had 5 or 6 Brady rookie cards... sold them off when they were around the $100 - $150 mark. On the bright side, at least they covered the box price.
Teletrade used to hold phone auctions back before the internet became the number one source for hobbyists. I just Googled them and was surprised to find they are still in business.
Snorto~
Cards I regret selling
1953 PSA 7 Satchel Paige, Perfectly centered, $400 in 2002. Profit, $50
1933 Goudey Dizzy Dean and Jimmie Foxx PSA 7s (Foxx was the low number) for 2400 right after 9/11.
T205 Cy Young PSA 4, $400 in 2000. T205s were not very popular at the time and I bought it on Ebay for under 300.
<< <i>what is this 'teletrade' thing you guys speak of? >>
Teletrade used to run coin auctions and sports card auctions (seperate divisions). I believe they only run coin auctions now. They had some decent stuff, it was fun bidding on there auctions, it would be nice if they started the sports division again.
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Steve
As a teen, I pulled a Canseco RC from a pack of 86 Donruss -- shop owner offered me another pack in trade for it, and I asked for 2 -- he agreed. I remember seeing that card booking at 60+ not too long after that (was .90 at the time).
A deal that I wish I pulled -- I pulled a 1952 Mantle Reprint Refractor from a box of 1996 Topps Jumbos(I think). I called the dealer trying to figure out what I had and he offered me $250 for it. I didn't take it and sold it 10 years later for about $40 IIRC.
Steve
<< <i>Never should of taken the $125 for it, but I needed beer.