What is your best pick-up on eBay.....

Stingray · May 17, 2014 10:26AM

When you have found a item that was mis-listed because of spelling or other reason??

Raulsmaster · May 17, 2014 10:56AM

Picked up 2 cases (1264 sets of 1987 (1990) BDK baseball sets for $400. Just grossly misrepresented all together. Other than that I think of a 1997 Finest gold atomic refractor /74 for $450 (didn't even have his name is the titel) that I flipped for 9800. Oh, forgot about this one...wishin I had it back right about now...a 1965 Topps baseball box (caught the listing in the first 90 seconds) with a pack missing for $1250...that's right. Sold it same weekend for 8000. It was the real deal

ssollars · May 17, 2014 11:01AM

Unfortunately I didn't pick this up...

Back when I was in the hunt for both flavors of the 1962 Post FB Sam Baker cards (both the black and red asterisk versions) I ran across an auction for the red version (supposedly the rarer of the two) that not only had the name misspelled but was also listed in the wrong category. As I usually do I just put it on my watch list. When it came time to for the auction to end, I got distracted that day and forgot all about it and missed out on it. The bad part is that it ended @ $0.99 with NO BIDS. The seller re-listed it with a better description and in the correct category and it sold for over $100, which was what I was expecting the first time, if only I would have bid once

Scott

jfkheat · May 17, 2014 11:26AM

I haven't really had any that were card related. All mine were car, or more specifically, muscle car related. Only one was an Ebay purchase. I got a set of big block Chevy aluminum heads for $750. It was a Buy it Now that I just happened to see within a few minutes of it being listed. A couple weeks later I was offered $2000 but turned it down. I still have them. On a car forum I got a complete 1965 Corvette instrument cluster for $100. It's worth $500 to $600. Still have it. My best deal was at an estate auction that had a lot of car parts. I bought 2 box lots, about 10 boxes total, of old car parts for $6. I trashed about 30% of the stuff. I still have about 30% that I don't know what the parts are for. I sold the other 40% on Ebay for over $700. Not too bad for a $6 investment. I realize that this is a card forum but I was pretty happy with these deals.
James

jgrigali · May 17, 2014 11:44AM

I bought a lot of ~30 really beat up 1952 topps cards for maybe 100 bucks. Had the two page/sain errors, 2 gray backs, and a high number!

addicted2ebay · May 17, 2014 12:17PM

A 1980 Wbtv Ripken I won in a auction for $1,000 raw and after it was graded it went for $over 4k. The seller listed the word reprint in the description I think by accident but is was 100% authentic.

SDSportsFan · May 17, 2014 12:32PM

I picked up a T206 Kleinow Boston (the rarer variation) back in 2008, that was listed as a Kleinow New York (reason being, PSA had mislabeled the flip and the seller didn't catch it).

It was a normal auction that ran for 7 days or so, so I guess I was the only one who was paying attention and realized what the card really was.

I paid $64.50 (the Boston variation usually goes for around $300).

Steve

mrmint23 · May 17, 2014 12:35PM

White letter 69 Mantle signed. Listed on ebay as signed 69 mantle but failed to mention it was a white letter. Bought for 450 buy it now. Only 2 graded by PSA and the other is authentic.

bigdcards · May 17, 2014 1:04PM

I I've only run into big mislabels a couple of times and alerted the sellers. I guess I need to think bigger.

lawnmowerman · May 17, 2014 1:46PM

<< <i> Other than that I think of a 1997 Finest gold atomic refractor /74 for $450 (didn't even have his name is the titel) that I flipped for 9800. >>

9,800 for a 97 gold atomic refractor? Is that correct? Who was the player?

ClockworkAngel · May 17, 2014 1:53PM

A raw Jerry Rice RC that turned into a PSA 10

NickM · May 17, 2014 3:16PM

My best is one where I had no idea about the screwup until after I got the card. I bought a PSA 6 Fergie Jenkins rookie, and after I received it realized that it was a Topps Venezuelan rather than the regular Topps (it was misslabbed). I got the mechanical error corrected.

Nick

Dodgerfanjohn · May 17, 2014 3:27PM

Not baseball cards, but I also collect toys and pop memorabilia.

Before Simpsons stuff exploded(and subsequently crashed), I made a lot of hay running searches as "Simpons" and "Simsons".

I got a few items at 1/10 of the market price at the time.

Mintacular · May 17, 2014 4:25PM

Probably (2) midgrade '57 BB "Baker/Bakep" error cards, one I spotted on the back scan, the other came as part of the lot--did not know I was getting it until it showed up. Cost into both cards under $10, actual value= $200+. I kept one for the PC, graded a 4.5 (the other one I sold on eBay for I think $100 or so).

bladefox · May 17, 2014 4:31PM

1986 Carnation Sargent Slaughter card for under $45 because the lister used a "slash" instead of letter "l" so it didn't show up on most searches.

ssollars · May 17, 2014 4:41PM

My best raw pick-ups over the years would have to include a raw 1962 Jim Brown that graded an 8 that I picked up to under $200. And probably my best pick-up was a 1953 Lou Groza that I took a chance on that had a lousy scan based only on great centering that I was going to use for my '53 raw set. I got it for ~$30 and was floored when I received it. Ended up grading as an 8 and is in my team registry set instead of my raw set!

athleticsfan · May 17, 2014 4:47PM

Scored (all baseball unopened) 1981 Topps Cello box, 1981 Topps Rack Box, 1982 Fleer Wax box, 1985 Donruss complete set plus a few various other boxes for less than $25 total delivered. Sold by a lady on ebay within the past year.

elsnorto · May 17, 2014 6:36PM

I found a buy it now listing, within minutes of it being posted, for a Walter Payton autographed football authenticated by his Celebrity Appearances company.

I got it for $300 where these were consistently selling for around $600. It still resides in my collection to this day.

Snorto~

Dusto · May 17, 2014 9:02PM

One of my best was buying a 1974 Topps baseball set listed in "excellent" condition that I picked up for $200. The entire set basically had Gem Mint corners and I received PSA 9's out of the Winfield, Schmidt, a few Aaron special cards, Munson, Seaver, Carew, Griffey, and a crap load of low pop commons. When it was all said and done, I cleared close to $2500.

Raulsmaster · May 17, 2014 9:51PM

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<< <i> Other than that I think of a 1997 Finest gold atomic refractor /74 for $450 (didn't even have his name is the titel) that I flipped for 9800. >>

9,800 for a 97 gold atomic refractor? Is that correct? Who was the player? >>

Jordan of course!

What is your best pick-up on eBay.....

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