What is your biggest(absolute dollars, not percentage) single card raw to graded flip you've ever ha

lightningboy · October 16, 2012 12:58AM

My biggest so far was a 1929 Churchman Babe Ruth I bought for $299 and it graded PSA 8 and sold for $850 off ebay.

Mickey71 · October 16, 2012 1:08AM

1962 football PSA 9.

I bought one raw for about $6 and sold for $800

1971 Baseball PSA 9.

Bought a high # for about $6-$8 and sold for $500

Dpeck100 · October 16, 2012 1:10AM

Nice scores!

This is a cool topic and looking forward to more results.

Statman · October 16, 2012 1:16AM

Probably 10 years ago, I bought a 1954-55 Topps Hockey Milt Schmidt card raw for $75. Got it graded as a PSA 7 and sold it on Ebay for $980. It is the last card in the set, so it's tough to find a nice one, but I was amazed - and happy.

A couple of years ago, I went through a stack of 1971 Topps BB and sent in an Al Oliver (#388) from the set. For a relatively common card that I probably had 50 cents into, it pulled a PSA 9 and I sold it on Ebay for close to $300

LJB17 · October 16, 2012 1:27AM

About 8 years ago I bought a pack of 70 Kelloggs for $25. Sent 4 of them in for grading and got a 10 that sold for over 2k.

Foo3112 · October 16, 2012 1:29AM

Ive only been submitting for the past 6 months but I have just 3 cards I can think of:

1973 Hank Aaron - Raw $40. Came back a 9 - sells for about $250.

1968 Roger Maris - Raw $30. Came back a 9 - sells for about $185-220.

1986 Jose Canseco Donruss - Raw $3. Came back a 10 - sells for about $75 (25x profit)

leadoff4 · October 16, 2012 2:18AM

'63 Topps Jim Coates bought raw at card show for $4, graded PSA 9(1 of 6) and sold for $337...this was about 3-4 yrs. ago.

Aric · October 16, 2012 3:18AM

I've only graded a few cards. My best was a 1979 Stop and Go Set I purchased on the bay for about $15. The Staubach and Payton both graded 9's and netted about $110 on resale.

54topps · October 16, 2012 3:23AM

Bought a 1970 OPC Bobby Orr PSA 8 at the 2011 National for $450.00. Cracked it out Had it and resubbed. It came back as a 9 and sold it for $4500.00

2nd place-Bought a NM/MT 1928 Churchman men in the moment set for $450.00 Had the Bobby Jones graded a PSA 9. sold the Jones for $2500.00

mattinglymint23 · October 16, 2012 3:28AM

two come to mind
1) i bought 2 93 Bowman Jeter rookies in 2004 for 2 bucks each - 1 came back gem - approx 125

2) my recent pickup of the 66 Horace Clark for 100 or so came back a mint 9 vcp approx 550

Planemonkey · October 16, 2012 4:10AM

Bought a small collection off ebay with local pick-up for $50 and got a Griffey UD RC that graded a 10 +$150
Found 15 complete 1991 stadium club sets on craigslist for $50, 6 were football graded 5 Favre Rc's came back 4 9's and a 10 about +$200

californiacards3 · October 16, 2012 4:56AM

Recent raw to graded

1972 Staubach rookie #200 into PSA 8

1972 Staubach #122 IA PSA 9

1972 Riggins IA #126 PSA 9

1970 TOPPS OPC Sticker Bobby Orr PSA 8

1970 TOPPS OPC Sticker Carol Vadnais PSA 10

1973 Topps #1422 Thurman Munson PSA 9

1973 Clemente #50PSA 8

1972 Pete Rose #559

Barry

Golfcollector · October 16, 2012 5:17AM

Bought a 1930 Wills Famous Golfers Walter Hagen for $27 (including shipping) from England. The picture on the auction was horrible and I took a chance.

It came back a PSA 9 and I sold it for $2250 as part of me liquidating my golf card collection

Part of me wishes I still had it as it is the only PSA 9 graded to date but, that is still a sweet ROI!

(edited - I was shorting myself $50!) It was $2250

CNote · October 16, 2012 5:20AM

I got a '99 Griffey Int'l refractor for a $40 BIN, graded a 10 and sold for $400.

An '06 Finest Gold Xfractor of Griffey I purchased for $150, graded a 10 and sold for $1200.

A pair of 2001 Bowman Chrome Gold Ichiro rookies, one English and one Japanese, purchased for $900 in BGS cases, crossed over to 10s and sold for $7,000.

GB5HOF · October 16, 2012 5:23AM

Bought a handful of 1986 Topps Racks at .50 each. Graded a couple of tough cards that came back 10's. Sold the pair for $180.00

lightningboy · October 16, 2012 5:40AM

Bought a 1970 OPC Bobby Orr PSA 8 at the 2011 National for $450.00. Cracked it out Had it and resubbed. It came back as a 9 and sold it for $4500.00

2nd place-Bought a NM/MT 1928 Churchman men in the moment set for $450.00 Had the Bobby Jones graded a PSA 9. sold the Jones for $2500.00

Wow, those are unbelievable hits. How long ago did you buy the Churchman set? Off ebay?

lightningboy · October 16, 2012 5:45AM

Sorry, not trying to toot my own horn, but I forgot that I purchased a complete set of Ogdens Guinea Gold golf cards for $950 about 4 years ago from Germany. Got all 18 un-numbered cards graded and they came back as the highest graded set in the registry. Sold them individually off ebay and made $4200.

markmac · October 16, 2012 6:03AM

I bought a stack of about 80 1986 fleer commons for 10 cents each. The gum residue was still on them. I got a PSA 10 John Bagley that sold for $450 and a PSA 10 Joe Barry Carroll that sold for $2.50. so $.20 + $10 grading fee netted $700.00

sayheykid54 · October 16, 2012 6:06AM

1954 Topps hockey Marcel Bonin card bought raw for $50.00. Sold the card graded at a Psa 8 for $4250.00.

msassin · October 16, 2012 6:35AM

About 8 years ago I bought a T206 Tim Jordan batting - raw at an auction for around $35. It graded a PSA 8 and sold for over $2K

RipublicaninMass · October 16, 2012 6:41AM

Picked up a small lot of Josh Hamilton Rc's for $6, one graded PSA 10 sold for 100

SGC 7 1955 topps podres for $92, graded PSA 8 sold for $1400

LOTS of losers as well to go with these "wins"

markj111 · October 16, 2012 7:11AM

I bought a raw partial 66 Topps set for $400 many years ago-sight unseen. Palmer was a 9, Rose an 8.5, Maris an 8, and Mantle a 7. I traded the Palmer for a PSA 8 59 Mantle. There were many 8s and 9s in the lot. That is easily the best find of my collecting career. I sold a PSA 9 65 Frank Lary for $1000 when it was 1 of 1. I do not know what I paid ($2-3?), it was just one of many raw commons I sent off to be graded.

frankhardy · October 16, 2012 7:42AM

About 5 years ago I found a 1993 Finest Nolan Ryan (non refractor) in a box with a bunch of other cards. I sent it in on a $5 special. It got a PSA 10. Sold it for
$2, 200+.

1954 · October 16, 2012 11:03AM

Three years ago I bought a handful of 1952 Topps commons for around $14 each. One of the commons received a PSA 8 and had a very low pop with a red back and it sold for $7800. It was a Lou Kretlow card.

Shane

Dpeck100 · October 16, 2012 11:15AM

1954 finding gold like that is amazing!!!

cardbender · October 16, 2012 10:04PM

Winners:
'55 B Mays bought raw for $450 almost double beckett at the time, got a 9, sold for $7200 a few years later.

'72 Aaron bought raw for $20, got a 10, sold for $5500 .

'56 Lenny Moore bought raw for $80, got the first 9 on that card, sold for $4000.

Losers:

bought '54 Ted Williams for $15,000, sold for $6200 for a whopping $8800 loss!

bought '55 Ted Williams for $5000, sold for $2700......... I love Ted Williams' cards but
he's bad luck to me.

bought '60 Musial 9 for $3000, sold for $1200...another ouch!

MiniDuff · October 17, 2012 3:48AM

In February I bought a poorly listed 1975 Mini set from a local coin dealer who had it on ebay. I paid 514 for it because several key cards had strong centering in the photos. It turned out to be a genuine nm/mt+ to mint set with the best overall centering I have ever seen. I graded over a dozen tens and countless 9s, including the bext examples I had ever seen of many of the lowest population cards. In the end, I sold over $20k in cards, while keeping many for my own set as well. Some of the cards I sold privately were part of a set break recently and sold for even more than I got. They were that nice. I've had nice hits through the years, but that one takes the cake, by far.

Beck6 · October 17, 2012 4:03AM

Picked up a 1970 Milton Bradley Pete Rose on ebay raw for $10 to round out a $5 sub and it came back a PSA 10. At the time it was over $100 card. Not sure what it is now.

My best was the 1985 fleer vending boxes I grabbed for $200 this year, which after grading nabbed about $1000 in PSA 10's.

fergie23 · October 17, 2012 4:50AM

I opened a pack of 1986-87 Fleer basketball I bought from BBCE in 2005 for ~$250 and pulled a Worthy, Checklist and Kareem that when subbed all received PSA 10s. I sold the Worthy for $2001.01, the Checklist for $4750.00 and the Kareem for $1200 on eBay. So ~$250 plus some grading fees became $7951.01.

Robb

gemint · October 17, 2012 4:51AM

Best flip for me took some work but ended up well for me. I bought a high grade 1971 set from Mastro which was mostly raw. The Claude Raymond graded out 8 the first time I subbed it. Years later when PSA came out with the half point scale, I sent it in for review and it bumped to a 9. I ended up trading it for $5000 worth of cards. With that one card, I was able to pick up a PSA 8.5 Seaver RC, 67 Mantle, Palmer, Perez and Maris plus a ton of PSA 8s to fill in my 1971 and 1967 sets.

Vintageismygame · October 17, 2012 6:34AM

Bought 10 1990 Score Emmitt Smith rookies for $250 and all 8 came back 10's which I sold for approx $350 each.

Matt

addicted2ebay · October 18, 2012 2:24AM

Last year a ebay seller listed a PSA 10 2000 Contenders Tom Brady RC for $1,900 BIN.... I thought about and when I went to pull the trigger it was gone. Would have paid for my vacation that year.

burke23 · October 18, 2012 2:35AM

Have 2 - both this year.
Cross a bgs 9.5 Jordan Fleer rc to a PSA 10. After fees I made $3k.
Also subbed a 2006 Kevin Durant Exquisite Limited Logo's Patch Auto #/50 that I bought for $3200 and got a bgs 9.5. SOld for $6200 off ebay.

CocoaBeachDodgers · October 18, 2012 3:17AM

I have mentioned this story before, but back a few years ago, I found a person advertising a raw 1966 Topps Koufax on ebay. On the scan of the back you could see the "Made in Canada". I paid about $45 plus grading and it came back a PSA 8 which at the time was only the 3rd OPC PSA 8. A week later it sold on ebay for $4150, you can still see it on VCP website.

CSUrunandstun · October 18, 2012 7:08AM

<< <i>Last year a ebay seller listed a PSA 10 2000 Contenders Tom Brady RC for $1,900 BIN.... I thought about and when I went to pull the trigger it was gone. Would have paid for my vacation that year.

>>

I bought my PSA 10 soon after he won his 1st SB for $300....sold it a few months ago for $3200+

alnavman · October 18, 2012 8:50AM

some of my biggest "hits" were non sport......1956 Adventure cards, I bought an almost complete set for not that much (can't remember exact price) submitted about 40 of them and got back several 9's that sold for over $200 each.....also had a 89 UD Griffey from a set that I bought for $100 that I had grade a 10 and it sold for over 600 back when the 10's were going well.....

billwaltonsbeard · October 18, 2012 11:54PM

In the mid-late 90s, before I ever heard of PSA, I was buying 1986 Fleer basketball sets w/o Jordan for $40-$50, and cherry picking them for a mint set.

In 1999, I started subbing them and got a GEM MT 10 on #88 Paul Pressey. I checked the Pop report, and it was the first 10 graded. I put it up on ebay and within 12 hours, I had 5 emails asking me to end the auction and name a price.

I ended up making a deal with a guy in Florida for $2000 cash and 8 different PSA 9 1986 Fleer Stickers (including Kareem!)

What is your biggest(absolute dollars, not percentage) single card raw to graded flip you've ever ha

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