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CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070 ✭
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Ichiro Gold Rookie refractors

The last ONE (the English version I believe) I saw on ebay sold for $1300....

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  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    Wow that is a steal
    I'd think the fourth-best rookie card of the best slap-hitter since Wade Boggs would've brought at least a grand
  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070 ✭
    Fourth best rookie card....uh huh
  • jimradjimrad Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭
    In 10 years that card won't be worth $50
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  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070 ✭


    << <i>In 10 years that card won't be worth $50 >>



    You're right. Since a 9 year old card of a future HOFer sells for $1300 now, it'll lose all value when he's inducted. I feel bad for the sucker that bought those cards for $300 each.
  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm not sure anyone bought it. Ebay has weird wording on when things end. It doesn't say BUY it Now or # of bids or anything. I know a card that ended without being sold and it had the same format.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>I'm not sure anyone bought it. Ebay has weird wording on when things end. It doesn't say BUY it Now or # of bids or anything. I know a card that ended without being sold and it had the same format. >>



    When a BIN ends with a buyer, it'll say "Sold For:" in front of the price. This listing has "Sold For" in front of the price, so it ended due to an offer being accepted, or the BIN being hit.
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  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭✭
    Digicat,
    Why does it say at the top "Listing Ended" ? Usually it says Listing ended with buy it now. Plus no bids if not a buy it now.
  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭✭
    Digicat,
    Yeah you're right. I did a little looking on EBAY.
  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,398 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>In 10 years that card won't be worth $50 >>



    I feel like there are a number of people here who will still think the card is cool enough to spend $50 on in 10 years. I probably would.
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  • PintoAlfredoPintoAlfredo Posts: 22
    Ichiro doesnt walk, he's getting pretty darn old. lotta money for a singles hitter.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,913 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>In 10 years that card won't be worth $50 >>



    You're right. Since a 9 year old card of a future HOFer sells for $1300 now, it'll lose all value when he's inducted. I feel bad for the sucker that bought those cards for $300 each. >>



    It was just proven that is does not sell for $1300 now, wasn't it?


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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    One reason it sold for less this time could be the last winner and this winner

    battled the last time. I'd have to know what the last few (or more) cards sold for to make a determination

    if someone got a steal.


    Steve


    Good for you.
  • burke23burke23 Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭


    << <i>One reason it sold for less this time could be the last winner and this winner

    battled the last time. I'd have to know what the last few (or more) cards sold for to make a determination

    if someone got a steal.


    Steve >>



    Or the seller didn't know what he/she could get for it. It sold 12 minutes after being listed....12. I would assume the market for the card didn't crash, but rather a seller sold very low.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭


    << <i> It sold 12 minutes after being listed.... >>




    Good point, I did not look too deeply into the auction/BIN.


    Still, I'd like to know more than what the last one sold for.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭✭
    I think that happens more than we know. A seller takes a card into a dealer to sell and gets quoted a price. They then list the card on ebay for a few bucks more hoping to make more of a profit. The seller is happy because he thinks he got top dollar and the buyer is very happy. It's a win-win situation.
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  • wallst32wallst32 Posts: 513 ✭✭
    The same seller also sold the card in BGS 8.5 for $430 (just 1 card, not 2). That $430 was an accepted best offer. Seems like the seller knows what he has, and just made a price mistake on the 2 card auction.

    A buy it now of $600 on 2 BGS 9's, and a BIN that had to be greater than $430 on a single BGS 8.5; just doesn't add up.
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭


    << <i>I think that happens more than we know. A seller takes a card into a dealer to sell and gets quoted a price. They then list the card on ebay for a few bucks more hoping to make more of a profit. The seller is happy because he thinks he got top dollar and the buyer is very happy. It's a win-win situation. >>



    Good point that has never occurred to me.
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    If you look at the feedback of the seller, he deals with coins, so it is likely he doesnt know the history of the card, just that some had sold for more than he probably paid for them. My guess is he probably saw some old auctions/price guides, whatever and paid or traded coins to a guy for a few hundred and thought that $599 was a good enough turnaround. Now, the buyer at $599 may know a little more
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>Ichiro doesnt walk, he's getting pretty darn old. lotta money for a singles hitter. >>



    A .361 OBP doesn't suck. He'd be someone's RBI on most teams.
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  • ToroToro Posts: 1,515
    It's a great purchase at $300 each. However, any key card in the 2000's are autographed rookie cards. His Ultimate Auto sells for roughly $2K, his SPx AU for $ 1K+. The Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor is a parallel card numbered to /99x2....198 total. $1300 is steep, $500 about fair. So $300 each is a sweet deal.
  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070 ✭
    An update, and clarification- there's 99 total. 50 American, 49 Japanese. Someone said there's 198 total, and that's not correct.

    These got cracked out their BGS cases, sent to PSA and were the 10s I posted about when I got my voucher poppage

    After I purchased the two cards for $600, I got ripped off when I sold them in their PSA 10 cases because they only sold for around.....



























    wait for it..............











































    $7,000
  • ToroToro Posts: 1,515
    Wow factor profit! What are the pops on those two cards? 1 of 1's? The magic of the PSA 10 slab! Congrats!
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Nice flip. You're dealing with mostly vintage guys on this board so most of them don't realize there is a ton of money to be made on modern RCs for savvy buyers, mainly because the cards aren't all that condition sensitive and pretty easy to get into PSA 10 slabs for a quick flip.

    Also, when dealing in modern I've found that often BGS 8.5 = PSA 10.
  • FFStingerFFStinger Posts: 54
    very nice!

    Am I the only one here who started hearing that "UPDATE" music from Unsolved Mysteries when reading CNotes post?

    I even read the post in Robert Stack's voice...out loud. My coworkers are a bit confused.
  • fergie23fergie23 Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭✭
    Nicely done.

    Robb
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice flip. You're dealing with mostly vintage guys on this board so most of them don't realize there is a ton of money to be made on modern RCs for savvy buyers, mainly because the cards aren't all that condition sensitive and pretty easy to get into PSA 10 slabs for a quick flip.

    Also, when dealing in modern I've found that often BGS 8.5 = PSA 10. >>



    As a vintage guy I've seen dealer friends make a ton on modern. The key is to flip them quickly. You don't want to be holding these cards 10 years after they retire. I'm glad I followed their advice and sold my PSA 9 (OC) McGwire RC for $300 at the height of the market.
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  • 5714Ks5714Ks Posts: 175
    very nice flip!
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,913 ✭✭✭
    Can you post the auction link - cant find it...

    thanks...


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  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070 ✭
    The auction for which for which I sold them? It wasn't done on ebay.
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