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A little eye candy for $95
frankhardy
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How did I do for $95? I think I did pretty well. I louped them, and these puppies are headed to Newport Beach, CA.
Shane
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frankhardy
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Chaz
Only an idiot would have a message board signature.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Wow, sharp looking cards.
<< <i>You did very well. Show pickups, eBay, where? >>
Local buy from a older man that has some high grade stuff, but doesn't get cards professionally graded.
Shane
Hard to tell for sure from the scan, but I don't see anything about the Whitey that would keep it out of a 9 holder. The Billy Williams looks like it could also have a chance.
-CDs Nuts, 1/20/14
*1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
*Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
"Molon Labe"
Shane
<< <i>Maybe not. The last Billy Williams PSA 8 sold for $50. I am hoping for a 9 or two in there. >>
Only one with even a remote chance at a 9 (based on the scans) is the Gibson.
PSA 8's
Gibson - no Ebay sales; SMR on 8 is $70
Ford - no Ebay sales; PSA 7 $23; SMR on 8 is $60
Banks - no Ebay sales; PSA 7 $32; SMR on 8 is $75
Brock - Ebay $59.98
Hodges - Ebay $14
Williams - Ebay $49
Flood - Ebay $38
Mathews - no Ebay; SMR $120
Red Sox - no Ebay; SMR $24
I know you can't go by SMR, but that's the best I have because I don't have VCP. That adds up to $510. If I get half that, I doubled my money. I am pretty sure those are all straight PSA 8's too.
Shane
<< <i>very sharp raw cards, dont think youll make quite the killing you think you will though. >>
You don't think that the 8's that I showed SMR prices for will bring half SMR? The Ebay prices are what they are. I know there are variances. I would figure that those cards would bring 60 to 70% of SMR. I am wrong on this? This is, of course, based on all PSA 8's.
Shane
Ford, Banks and Brock all OC a little in both directions enough to knock them all down to 8's just on centering.
Ford a touched corner or 2.
Banks a little tilt with maybe a touched corner or 2 on the bottom.
Brock maybe a touch on a left side corner and a rough edge. Yes you get a little ding for a rough edge.
Hodges has a tilt with a few fisheyes.
Banks may actually be an 8 (based on scan) but left side looks a little wavy to me.
Flood has a yellow splotch above the "A".
The Mathews and Red Sox team card both have numerous fisheyes but could end up as the nicest PSA 7's available. Mathews PSA 7 VCP is $40 but the last 2 sold for $33 and $27.
I know SMR is not perfect, but it does give an idea. I would say an 8 would bring 60 to 70%, wouldn't you?
The values came from Ebay and SMR.
The grades come from me. I ain't perfect at this, but I do have some experience. I have louped these. A PSA 8 allows for "touches" on the corners - touches that are obvious under magnification. I'm not sure how they will treat the yellow splotch on the Flood. I personally don't think the rough cut on the Brock will hurt it at all. I may be wrong.
Do you really think that those 2 very light fish eyes will hurt the Mathews? I really don't think that would drop it to a 7. I may be wrong.
Shane
good luck whatever you do, very nice cards.
...sometimes those "older men" aren't as naive as ya may think about grading and other collectible values.
Bill, I'm still trying to see the wavy edge on the Banks and I don't see it.
You guys maybe right. I mean, there is no doubt that these cards are not GEM MINT. I only said I was hoping for a 9. But, I do believe these are solid 8's unless the wavy edge hurt the Mathews or the yellow blotch on the Flood hurts it. We shall see. I will post the results. I did not see any wrinkling on any of them.
Shane
<< <i>that '67 Brock is beautiful, one of my personal favorite cards.....if you don't have complete confidence in obtaining a knockout grade on these, you may be better off selling at least a few of them raw, you may be surprised at the results.....i'm also seeing a waviness on the left border of the '65 Matthews.
good luck whatever you do, very nice cards. >>
I see your point. I have gotten some great prices on raw cards before. For instance, if PSA was not running a special, I would just list them raw in the past and gotten some great prices. I remember getting double high book on a 1971 Topps Bob Gibson. Looking back, I should have sent that one in. It was beautiful.
Shane
My other guess based on no information is the seller probably took the cards around to a few card shops, and those weasels probably offered him around $25, so the seller was happy to get $95. He may have had a Mantle or Rose that he's already sold.
<< <i>My edumacated guess is that they are not trimmed.
My other guess based on no information is the seller probably took the cards around to a few card shops, and those weasels probably offered him around $25, so the seller was happy to get $95. He may have had a Mantle or Rose that he's already sold. >>
Actually, what happened was that I went to him wanting to buy some stuff to send in to get graded. I knew he had some high grade stuff. He doesn't actively sell anything and knows nothing about PSA. I had to explain to him why I wanted to buy some of his cards and how the PSA process works. He let me go through a box of 60's stuff. I also bought 2 signed Hank Aaron baseballs for $40 each.
Shane
Thanks,
Arex
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<< <i>My edumacated guess is that they are not trimmed.
My other guess based on no information is the seller probably took the cards around to a few card shops, and those weasels probably offered him around $25, so the seller was happy to get $95. He may have had a Mantle or Rose that he's already sold. >>
Actually, what happened was that I went to him wanting to buy some stuff to send in to get graded. I knew he had some high grade stuff. He doesn't actively sell anything and knows nothing about PSA. I had to explain to him why I wanted to buy some of his cards and how the PSA process works. He let me go through a box of 60's stuff. I also bought 2 signed Hank Aaron baseballs for $40 each. >>
I would have made him an offer on the whole lot, a strong offer he wouldn't refuse - There might be some winners in there you didn't notice at first glance. I think sellers doing that often look for quick dollars, the more the better, and don't necessarily look at value per each card.
In any event, best of luck with the grades...hopefully there are some 9's in there.
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<< <i>My edumacated guess is that they are not trimmed.
My other guess based on no information is the seller probably took the cards around to a few card shops, and those weasels probably offered him around $25, so the seller was happy to get $95. He may have had a Mantle or Rose that he's already sold. >>
Actually, what happened was that I went to him wanting to buy some stuff to send in to get graded. I knew he had some high grade stuff. He doesn't actively sell anything and knows nothing about PSA. I had to explain to him why I wanted to buy some of his cards and how the PSA process works. He let me go through a box of 60's stuff. I also bought 2 signed Hank Aaron baseballs for $40 each. >>
I would have made him an offer on the whole lot, a strong offer he wouldn't refuse - There might be some winners in there you didn't notice at first glance. I think sellers doing that often look for quick dollars, the more the better, and don't necessarily look at value per each card.
In any event, best of luck with the grades...hopefully there are some 9's in there.
Are you talking about the whole lot that I looked through? If so, I did think about that, but I don't think he would have wanted to part with all of them. He still collects, but he is not aggressive with it. He has had many of his cards since he was a kid. I figured, since I was the one being aggressive about buying a few to send off for grading, I figured that I had better play it safe in order to be able to buy just a few.
Shane
Why is everyone worried about all the grading fees and making money? Those are quality cards for $95.
<< <i>Those cards are nice. You did well at $95.
Why is everyone worried about all the grading fees and making money? Those are quality cards for $95. >>
Those are my feelings as well, though I don't have the experience as others in this thread. I'd like to see the OP send 'em in and post the results here, would be great if a 9 or two popped.
<< <i>Those are quality cards for $95. >>
Yep.
Steve
<< <i>$137 paypal gift. >>
One million dollars!
Shane
I knew it would happen.
Anyway, every card pictured in this thread got a PSA 8 except 2. The Mathews didn't get graded because of the miscut. The Curt Flood got a PSA 8.5. Here is the scan again. I did some research, and I should double my money.
Shane
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Nice buy.