The 1st card(s) you bought/sold on Ebay

tombo · September 12, 2007 11:30PM

Does anyone remember when they purchased/sold their first cards on Ebay?

1st card I sold was an ungraded Maris rookie (probably about a 5 or 6) back in 1999 for $50. I had 0 feedback and didn't even have a scan.
1st card I finally won was an ungraded 1971 Aaron which became a PSA 6. I paid $22 back in 2001.

frankhardy · September 12, 2007 11:46PM

I don't remember the first card sold. I do remember the first that I bought. I bought a 1987 Fleer Update Set for $4 plus shipping. I thought that was an absolute steal. By the way, I still have it just for nostalgia's sake. That was 2001.

baseballfan · September 12, 2007 11:56PM

i don't remember the exact card but i remember buying a psa 7 pudge heffelfinger 1955 all american as one of my first cards. i had bought a raw bertelli earlies from an auction, but this heffelfinger was sharp and beautiful and got me started on completing the set in graded condition. i still love that card
great set

thedutymon · September 13, 2007 12:10AM

Good morning,
Bought some 1962 Topps Mars Attacks back in 97 when I first sarted on E-Bay.
Neil

rube26105 · September 13, 2007 12:17AM

1999 and almost 40,000 transactions later,no clue, im sure i want it back though whatever it was
randy
after thinking about it i believe the 1st thing i ever sold was a 1932 cavete island license plate for 400.00 to a philippino doctor

i was right-I WANT IT BACK lol!!!

itzagoner · September 13, 2007 12:23AM

first sales i think were a handful of PSA mid-grade 50's Bowman baseball commons i got from a friend, i remember it like it was yesterday, my first eBay auctions WOO-HOO! but i had forgotten to activate the part of my PayPal account which accepts the payments, and someone tried to pay immediately after they won an item so that was kinda funny

i purchased a raw '62 Topps Drysdale All-Star around that time for like 9 bucks + shipping, and got a PSA 8 on it.....sold for 40 bucks or so....i was thrilled with this accomplishment and ran out to put a down payment on a yacht, as i knew that the future was bright and there should be plenty of great raw material to buy on eBay for years to come!

Piman58 · September 13, 2007 12:30AM

My first purchase was in 2005 when I bought a lot of raw 1964 Topps Giants. My first card sold on eBay has not occurred yet, but I am currently going through my collection and will start selling some soon.

I have only sold two cards from my collection by any means. I sold a 1950 Babe Ruth card used to advertise Connie Mack's book for $300 at a local show and I sold a 2004 SPX Albert Pujols Superscripts card at the National this year.

BunchOBull · September 13, 2007 12:46AM

I had to check my eBay account to see when I joined, apparently February 27, 1998. That would have made me 14, I must have fudged on my age a little bit.

I can't truly remember what my first eBay purchase was, but it was most certainly a modern Frank Thomas card of some sort. I do, however, remember my first sell.

I put together a 900 count box full of modern inserts and rookies, sold the lot as one. I made a whopping $22 and decided never to sell in that large of a lot ever again.

BunchOBull · September 13, 2007 12:53AM

I remember, as a young teen, begging my father to invest in eBay when it went public. It was somewhere around $1.27 a share if I remember correctly, most certainly under $2.00. He didn't invest. I kick him in the ass for that whenever possible.

jamesryanbell · September 13, 2007 1:17AM

<< <i>Does anyone remember when they purchased/sold their first cards on Ebay?

1st card I sold was an ungraded Maris rookie (probably about a 5 or 6) back in 1999 for $50. I had 0 feedback and didn't even have a scan.
1st card I finally won was an ungraded 1971 Aaron which became a PSA 6. I paid $22 back in 2001. >>

It's up for auction right now. Hideki Matsui No Number (2007 A & G)

ArchStanton · September 13, 2007 2:36AM

I am not sure about the first card I bought. I think the first card I sold was a Hand Aaron Heritage auto.

The first thing I bought on ebay was a 1:24 scale Buckshot Jones Aquafresh diecast in July 1998.

hotmush · September 13, 2007 2:54AM

Sold an ungraded Steve Yzerman OPC rookie in 1998.

xbaggypants · September 13, 2007 2:56AM

First card bought was a 1967 Topps Lance Alworth in 1999, the last card I needede for my set. This was the first card I had purchased for at least 5 years. Ever since then I'm a full-on collecting addict again.

Ryan

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · September 13, 2007 4:32AM

Dont remember my 1st, but in my 1st dozen buys was this (my favorite)

Estil · September 13, 2007 5:10AM

1993 Flair set back in 2000.

jmbkb4 · September 13, 2007 5:18AM

1993 refractor of Kenny Lofton, 1998, $35!!!

ldferg · September 13, 2007 6:14AM

don't remember the first sold but one of the first purchased was an alcindor rookie raw. i sent it in for grading (was on my first 6-card submission and of course i wasn't supposed to send that size card in with the membership subs). however, it came back a 3. i complained to the seller because it was listed as NM. seller offered refund, i sent the card he kept it all and was eventually naru'd....

looking back, that was pretty quick turnaround on a membership sub.

oh well, live and learn. i regret sending it back to the seller as i would like to have it for my collection. i do remember, some of the card was "colored" on with an ink pen and i did not receive an MK qualifier nor did i notice it until it was returned from psa....and it did have a faint crease.

mosaic · September 13, 2007 8:06AM

I've been a member of eBay since the beginning (when it was www.ebay.com/auctionweb), but I didn't delve into card purchases until 1999. And even then it was sparing. I bought some A-Rod 94/95's. Don't recall all of them, but there was an SP and SP diecut RC in there.

A money crunch in 2000 led me to slab them with Beckett and resell them. Made a couple hundred bucks in profit on 9's, but in hindsight, I wouldn't mind having them back *grin*

Bosox1976 · September 13, 2007 9:52AM

I think my first buy was a 1973-74 Topps Bobby Orr. Always liked that card.

SDavid · September 13, 2007 10:03AM

Just looked it up in my paypal account - first card bought was a '57 Topps Ted Williams from some guy named Dennis Skerbe, lol. Never realized I bought that card from a hobby 'somebody' (or a relative of hobby somebodies). Card was listed as EX-MT and was later mistakenly sent to BVG, who gave it a 4 (murdered me with the centering sub-grade). Probably should have been a 5.

nearmint · September 13, 2007 10:05AM

<< <i>Member since Jan-09-99 >>

I don't remember what I bought first, but it was most likely a lot of raw vintage football cards. At some point I started selling my excess cards, and I remember one of my first buyers was wolfbear. I didn't have a scanner at first, and at some point I thought it would be a good $49 investment.

I started my web site in 2001, after eBay raised its fees. Wow, was that only 6 years ago?

alifaxwa2 · September 13, 2007 11:17AM

First sale was some sort of Magic The Gathering card. First buy, I have no idea.

PasadenaMudSlide · September 13, 2007 11:32AM

Bought a '69 Topps Carew PSA 6. Had no idea how to get the thing out of the holder. After a month or so, I guess I realized it was supposed to stay in the plastic thing.

Also bought '72 and '73 partial sets. Still have 'em. Very nice cards.

rube26105 · September 13, 2007 11:36AM

haaa-i like it rick-i cracked a beckett one today to send out to get autographed of a 50 bowman guy,good grief,think next time ill use a bandsaw,10 times harder to crack than psa slabs!!!!!
Randy

milbroco · September 13, 2007 12:30PM

The first card I sold on ebay was a T206 Honus Wagner in nrmt condition....................only kidding. The first card I sold was a 1989 Michael Jordan Come Fly With Me promo card. Sold it for about $35.00 I think. I still have about 5 more of them.
Nice topic for a thread.
Bob

djspann · September 13, 2007 1:25PM

I bought a couple lots of 1948 Bowman football first. My first individual card was a 1948 Bowman FB Mac Peebles. I think that was in 2000.

The first card that I sold on eBay was a T206 Bud Sharpe SGC 50, maybe in 2004?

Doug

NYYanks23 · September 13, 2007 3:05PM

First card was a 85 topps Clemens, bought in 1999, don't remember what I paid. Haven't sold anything yet, but will be starting soon.

The 1st card(s) you bought/sold on Ebay

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