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10 1955 bowman football wax boxes on sale for 750,000! from BBCkid
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Anyone see that Mark has 10 1955 Bowman football wax boxes on ebay? What a group box opening that would be. Why being sold as a group? Anyone have the cash?
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All 10 boxes could grade PSA 9 (2,400 cards) and you would still lose your shirt.
PSA 9 Avg $125-$250 per.
Loves me some shiny!
“Often wrong, but never in doubt.”
I agree with whoever posted that BBCE passed him a while ago. Steve paid aggressive prices to get the inventory and to get the contacts , he has reasonable mark up with a new material constantly coming in and does not have himself on a pedastal and is in tune with the market. no better dealer out there , this recent ploy by the bbckid is jsut another in his long line of I am better than anyone else moves that continues to distance himself from all of the dealers that collectors want to do business with
OK. If we do this in lots of 6 packs -- at $18,750 per lot -- we'll only need 40 Joe Six-Packs.
Who's in?
Ill take 10 !952 boxes for that price but why the hell would anyone pay that for 1955 bowman? Eww one more card, SOLD!!
<< <i>OK. If we do this in lots of 6 packs -- at $18,750 per lot -- we'll only need 40 Joe Six-Packs.
Who's in? >>
That comes to $312.50 per card. Maybe I can just buy the gum?
Always looking for N690 Kalamazoo Bats and Newsboy Cabinets
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<< <i>OK. If we do this in lots of 6 packs -- at $18,750 per lot -- we'll only need 40 Joe Six-Packs.
Who's in? >>
That comes to $312.50 per card. Maybe I can just buy the gum? >>
Have you ever called Mark Murphy, 1989FleerRipkenCollectorMan? If memory serves me well [I was only 13 at the time...], but I think Murphy made a lot of money back in the 1989 timeframe with the Bill Ripken error. I was at the Atlantic City Show, I believe, shortly after it came out, and I think Murphy or some other dealer at the show had a xerox copy describing the different errors, variations, before it hit the trade press, etc.
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<< <i>OK. If we do this in lots of 6 packs -- at $18,750 per lot -- we'll only need 40 Joe Six-Packs.
Who's in? >>
That comes to $312.50 per card. Maybe I can just buy the gum? >>
Have you ever called Mark Murphy, 1989FleerRipkenCollectorMan? If memory serves me well [I was only 13 at the time...], but I think Murphy made a lot of money back in the 1989 timeframe with the Bill Ripken error. I was at the Atlantic City Show, I believe, shortly after it came out, and I think Murphy or some other dealer at the show had a xerox copy describing the different errors, variations, before it hit the trade press, etc. >>
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I have never called him about the errors. Honestly I got a bad case from him and never thought much about him since but that is a good idea and well worth a try. Thanks
I guess it was inevitable that someone was going to knock him off from his #1 position.
A '55 Bowman box sold in that huge Mastro wax find a few years ago. I don't think it went for $75 k ($30-50k ?).
Clean lookin boxes!
mike
<< <i>Murphy had such an enviable business in the 90's. He was a young guy, doing what he loved, doing (I'm guessing) millions a year in revenue.
I guess it was inevitable that someone was going to knock him off from his #1 position.
A '55 Bowman box sold in that huge Mastro wax find a few years ago. I don't think it went for $75 k ($30-50k ?). >>
Losing quite a bit in a fire doesnt help business much either............
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I don't know why, but this picture always struck me as comical.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>Murphy's no longer even in the same league for unopened material, and his customer service skills don't measure up to Steve Hart at bbce. His on again/off again involvement with GAI and pack grading and selling was a bit disconcerting to many collectors, too. >>
True, but isn't Steve Hart involved with the pack grading at PSA?
They remind collectors of the decade of greed and self promotion 1988-1998 that ruined the hobby.
One tell-tale sign that you suffer from this is:
Do you put YOUR picture anywhere in your ads or auctions?
Loves me some shiny!
“Often wrong, but never in doubt.”
Steve, though, is not assigning a grade to the pack like Murphy did, he's only determining whether the pack is authentic or not (which is pretty much what he does when you buy raw from him anyway). That's a BIG distinction, as it's the GAI 9.5 & GAI 10 packs that fetch the ridiculous prices on ebay.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
My reason for posting is I seem to recall a number of years ago that Mark had a significant portion of his inventory destroyed by a fire. I think that alone would have had a devastating effect on his business.
Harry
Don't waste your time and fees listing on ebay before getting in touch me by PM or at gregmo32@aol.com !
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I don't know why, but this picture always struck me as comical. >>
Do ya know what that photo is? It is him in the same pose as the 52 mantle!
6/11/2003 1:04:13 PM
Horrible news out of Connecticut where Mark Murphy, better known as The Baseball Card Kid, resides. Murphy's home-based business was the scene of a terrible fire and while no one was hurt, almost his entire inventory was either burned or damaged by water.
Murphy has been one of the biggest, if not the best known, of the old packs and wax dealers around the country and recently started grading unopened vintage packs. Murphy in a statement said he was thankful to get out alive.
"I thank God both my dogs and I got out safely…it's times like these when you remember what is most important, and that is life itself. Everything we lost is replaceable and that's the lesson to be learned for me."
Murphy was in good spirits considering the circumstances.
"Most packs and boxes are in unopened pack Heaven now."
No, he comes from an extremely wealthy family. his dad was one of my best customers in the early 1990s and had a beautiful collection.
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I don't know why, but this picture always struck me as comical. >>
Do ya know what that photo is? It is him in the same pose as the 52 mantle! >>
That's Mickey Murphy, the new M&M kid!
<< <i>Wow.
I am in awe! Amazing..simply amazing.
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