Most You've OVERPAID for a card.

julen23 · March 9, 2008 11:33PM

When I first started collecting '69 topps back in '04 I was horny to get every card I could get my
grubby little collecting hands on.

I once paid $65 for a psa 7 ron santo.

I don't know SMR, but I think it may be in the single digits however....

Please share, I know the PSA gods will get a kick out of seeing how much money we can throw at a number also!

J

hofautos · March 9, 2008 11:46PM

I am not sure what you mean by overpaid.....
I have never paid more than i wanted to pay for a card at the time i purchased it.
I have paid over book value many times, but book value means nothing.
I have also bought a lot of cards that depreciated a lot.
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One that depreciated the most i can think of is one of my first cards....1986 donruss canseco rookie for $40. It's probably worth about .50 cents now....which is 1/80th of the value i paid, but I was happy what I paid at the time of purchase.

Morgoth · March 9, 2008 11:48PM

I overpaid for a Manning RC last year, but I am from Indy so I wanted one

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The reverse is I could at multiple times purchased a 61 Joe Gibbon PSA 8 for under 200 but always felt it was too much. I guess I have been proven wrong.

Cardman222001 · March 10, 2008 9:39AM

In 1986 I bought a 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set. The book price was $170. I paid $510. It was a great buy !! I was excited to get the set. Just like was said before, I paid what I was willing to put into it no more and no less. The #68 card came back PSA 8.

jimq112 · March 10, 2008 9:45AM

I remember paying $900 for a ryan rookie that would probably need several tries to get better than a 6. Had a few extra dollars from selling a race motor and the money was burning a hole in my pocket. I probably would have paid more if they had let me!

perkdog · March 10, 2008 9:51AM

Paid $500 for a 1953 Topps Whitey Ford psa 7

Ugly night on ebay, put a bid I KNEW would win when I was shattered. For some insane reason I put a $600 max bid on it and the freakin thing won at $500 something.... I remember the next morning in my fog vagely remembering I bid something on the card and once I checked my auctions the hangover got much worse...

Tedw9 · March 10, 2008 9:54AM

$250 for a 1997 UD Tony Gwynn jersey card.

AlmostPerfect · March 10, 2008 9:57AM

<< In 1986 I bought a 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set. The book price was $170. I paid $510. It was a great buy !! I was excited to get the set. Just like was said before, I paid what I was willing to put into it no more and no less. The #68 card came back PSA 8. >>

and #68 is worth $1000 alone, right?

Allen · March 10, 2008 10:04AM

Good thread. I paid $600 for LaDainian Tomlinson Contenders Auto at the start of the 2007 season. I thought he was in for another MVP year, they still range from $390-$510 most of the time. That is the most recent I can think of.

Actually I paid $375 for a Reggie Bush Rookie Auto /25 that booked $750. I was to busy to list it and it has now dropped to $400 book value.

digicat · March 10, 2008 10:16AM

Back in 1990 or 1991, I bought a 1981 Topps Joe Montana rookie card for $200. Awesome corners (which was of #1 importance to me back then)... but when I had it graded a few years back:

perkdog · March 10, 2008 10:21AM

I remember seeing this card in a local card shop for $60 or $80 back in 1986/7 The years have not been kind to the guy who invested!!

AlmostPerfect · March 10, 2008 10:40AM

<< Good thread. I paid $600 for LaDainian Tomlinson Contenders Auto at the start of the 2007 season. I thought he was in for another MVP year, they still range from $390-$510 most of the time. That is the most recent I can think of.

Actually I paid $375 for a Reggie Bush Rookie Auto /25 that booked $750. I was to busy to list it and it has now dropped to $400 book value. >>

that will soar in value when the inevitable sex tape with that Kardashian hoe surfaces!

AlmostPerfect · March 10, 2008 10:41AM

<< Back in 1990 or 1991, I bought a 1981 Topps Joe Montana rookie card for $200. Awesome corners (which was of #1 importance to me back then)... but when I had it graded a few years back:

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very nice card! resubmit?

SportsItUpCards · March 10, 2008 11:00AM

I haven't overpaid for a card yet!

Giovanni

kimo75 · March 10, 2008 11:23AM

Mine is more a series of horrendous trades. In the summers of 1986-87 I got completely swept up in the rookie card craze. I ended up trading a collection of Clementes from 1956-73 including a GEM MT 1963 Fleer and most others in the 6-7 range for...............rookie cards of Eric Davis, Gooden and Strawberry! Maybe even a few Chris Browns,Danny Tartabulls and definitely a stack of Ruben Sierra's. Still makes me sick.

julen23 · March 10, 2008 11:26AM

kimo,

ouch, that bordered on TMI my friend!

j

kimo75 · March 10, 2008 11:30AM

Even sadder.....around 1993 I started to buy all of the Clemente's again.....of course they were significantly more expensive then!

Brick · March 10, 2008 11:40AM

In early 90s I took out a tax ID and license and bought straight from Fleer. I bought a case (50 sets) of 1991 Ultra Update Baseball for about $850. I paid about $350 for a case of 1992 Fleer Basketball 2nd series. I still have 45 sets of UU & the 92 case is still unopened. I will leave these items to my Great-Grandson with instructions not to open, but to give to his grandchildren.
Or I can put them in the attic and many years from now when they are found someone will think he has struck gold.

Brian48 · March 10, 2008 12:49PM

Let's put it this way. I hold the record for paying the most for this card. This is what happens when you get caught up in a bidding war with someone who was also shilling their own auction (can't prove it, of course)

I think I might have been on the same testosterone surge as the 'roid monkey here.

CDsNuts · March 10, 2008 1:03PM

Ask the registry Ryan, Yount, Trammell, and Montana collectors in 5 years and they will trump you all.

gumbyfan · March 10, 2008 1:10PM

<< Ask the registry Ryan, Yount, Trammell, and Montana collectors in 5 years and they will trump you all. >>

LOL! So very true. I got in fairly cheap on Yount and then sold when the steam picked up. I sold the 93 Finest Yount base PSA 10 for >$100 and recently replaced it for <$15. Gotta love the Set Registry!

CDsNuts · March 10, 2008 1:19PM

I seem to remember a 1992 Fleer Robin Yount PSA 10 bringing $150 or so. You could buy three 20-box cases of 1992 Fleer for $150. Hrbek was another guy that inexpicably brought triple figures for random PSA 10s from common sets.

plifter · March 10, 2008 1:19PM

I paid $3,300.00 for a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth (#181). It is graded by GAI at 4.5. Honestly I see very few flaws in it and I thought I could get it crossed over to a PSA 5. The grader didn't have the same opinion that I had regarding it's condition. However, it is my most prized card in my collection. I just love to look at it sitting in my fancy display case next to my PSA 6 1957 Mantle and a PSA 7 1957 Mays. Not too far away is my second favorite card, a 1952 bowman Mays, PSA 5.

I did a lot of shopping for that Babe Ruth card and I just could not find one that looks as good as mine for anything less than $3K. The way I look at it is that book values don't always mean anything. If it's a card that I must have and I can afford it, I will buy it even if the price is a little on the high side. Shoot, Levi at 707 Sports Cards makes a living selling cards over prices over book value but his selection in his inventory is incredible. If it's vintage stuff, odds are that Levi has it.

smtjoy · March 10, 2008 1:52PM

Paid $481 for a 1965 OPC Clemente GAI 8 hoping to crossover to PSA 7+, lol. Came back trimmed, ouch, just cracked it and sent it back to PSA for a second try, damn.

Crossing my fingers

gemint · March 10, 2008 1:57PM

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<< Ask the registry Ryan, Yount, Trammell, and Montana collectors in 5 years and they will trump you all. >>

LOL! So very true. I got in fairly cheap on Yount and then sold when the steam picked up. I sold the 93 Finest Yount base PSA 10 for >$100 and recently replaced it for <$15. Gotta love the Set Registry! >>

Or the Sandy Koufax collectors who are paying tens of thousands of dollars over SMR for many of his cards.

Buccaneer · March 10, 2008 1:57PM

Everything new I bought from 1985-1989.

gemint · March 10, 2008 1:58PM

For me, just about every card I purchased from the 80's to early 90s. Fortunately I learned my lesson and quit collecting the new stuff about 15 years ago. One I thought I overpaid for at the time was the 1969 Lou Brock in PSA 8. Back in 2000, I paid $232 for a nearly perfectly centered PSA 8NQ. It's turned out to be a solid investment.

julen23 · March 10, 2008 2:23PM

Back in 2000, I paid $232 for a nearly perfectly centered PSA 8NQ. It's turned out to be a solid investment.

Understatement of the year entrant #13415l090-45.

j

CDsNuts · March 10, 2008 2:28PM

I paid $20,000 for an upside down Zeppelin stamp and then mailed it to some lawyers. Luckily, I won $10 million in a lottery shortly thereafter.

Rogermnj · March 10, 2008 3:27PM

My first day back into cards last year i paid $400 for an arod auto/25 from 2006 finest.. sold for $200 on ebay AFTER the sick run he had in april. Might have been 2006.. Time is flying by waaay too fast..

Bought a couple of cards from vintage something on ebay around christmas time.. 41 double play dimaggio and reese..
Resold both and lost around $150-$200.

But then again at the same time i purchased a 35 goudey 4in1 ruth for $932 and just sold it for 1200 so I guess it evens out.

also paid $600 for a nicely centered sammy baugh 48 bowman psa7 but saw a psa8 recently sell for like $900? So i must have overpaid on that one too..

Lee- the yount and hrbek guys are the same people. Except couser's yount competition is different for hrbek. I sold a 87 opc hrbek psa 9 for $60..muahahah and a yount psa 9 for $79...

bigdcards · March 10, 2008 4:00PM

<< I paid $20,000 for an upside down Zeppelin stamp and then mailed it to some lawyers. Luckily, I won $10 million in a lottery shortly thereafter. >>

Brewster's Millions?

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · March 11, 2008 12:13AM

1989 Fleer Bill Ripken FF DDie Saw Cut $500, thinking I'd never see another.....

One showed up appx. 2 months later and it went for $100.....

julen23 · March 11, 2008 12:37AM

i bought a SWEET psa 9 '76 topps #1 hank aaron from fellow CU member here & thought it had honest shot at 10.

it came back a grade lower in my recent sub, so I paid about $100 over smr for psa 8.

sweet!

j

mbothner · March 11, 2008 12:40AM

I paid over $500 for a 1952 Topps # 12 Monty Basgall Black Back PSA 7. Not sure if I over paid but it is way over book.

RonBurgundy · March 11, 2008 12:47AM

Good question, let me check what I've bought from Kyle Boetel and I'll get back to you.

Ron

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