What are your greatest or most profitable raw card purchases?

corvette1340 · October 23, 2008 11:30PM

I'd like to know what are some of everyone's best raw card purchases. I'm not talking about great cards where you had to pay top dollar. I'm talking about the ones you bought at a great price and then submitted and got a grade that made the purchase very profitable. I've made a few while putting my '61 set together. Here is the most recent.

'61 Yastrzemski Auction

and it turned into this

6 1 15615126 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1961 TOPPS 287 CARL YASTRZEMSKI STAR ROOKIE

mtcards · October 24, 2008 1:13AM

Havent tried that on many. Bought a Topps Chrome Tim Duncan RC for $50 way back when and PSA graded it a 10, which I sold for just under $300.

I did buy roughly 300 Ryan Howard Bowman, Bowman Chrome, Bowman Gold rookies the year he was called up for an average of $4 each and have sold most of those off at a pretty nice profit. Never got them graded since I noticed they arent commanding a super premium.

PoppaJ · October 24, 2008 1:55AM

I paid a nickel each back in 1955 for my first 3 52 Mantles.

Still have 'em, but never got 'em slabbed.

They make nice Safe Deposit Box stuffers!

PoppaJ

corvette1340 · October 24, 2008 1:59AM

<< I paid a nickel each back in 1955 for my first 3 52 Mantles.

Still have 'em, but never got 'em slabbed.

They make nice Safe Deposit Box stuffers!

PoppaJ >>

I'll give you my '61 set for the 3 Mantles.

VitoCo1972 · October 24, 2008 2:04AM

Bought this raw for $80

sorry for the poor scan. I'm like 90% sure it would cross to a PSA 8 if and when I decide to do it.

PoppaJ · October 24, 2008 2:09AM

<< Bought this raw for $80

sorry for the poor scan. I'm like 90% sure it would cross to a PSA 8 if and when I decide to do it. >>

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Mike,

great looking card and a heck of a pickup for $80!

I agree it should be an easy 8 if the corners are sharper than they appear.

PoppaJ

PoppaJ · October 24, 2008 2:11AM

<< 

<< I paid a nickel each back in 1955 for my first 3 52 Mantles.

Still have 'em, but never got 'em slabbed.

They make nice Safe Deposit Box stuffers!

PoppaJ >>

I'll give you my '61 set for the 3 Mantles.

>>

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Tom,

Let me think about it for a second ......

Okay, I'm ready ..... NO!

PoppaJ

ezyshooter · October 24, 2008 2:20AM

Bought a KSA 7.5 1958 Topps Bobby Hull rookie about 3-4 years ago. Had perfect centering which was unusual for this card. Broke it out and sent it to PSA and came back a PSA 7. Would have got a 7.5 if they had half grades back then. I paid 900.00 Canadian for the card and sold it on e-bay for 3200.00 US.
Thing is this is one card i regret selling.
Steve

leadoff4 · October 24, 2008 3:11AM

A few purchases come to mind for me. I bought a '72 Tony Perez raw for $2 and it came back a PSA 9, that was about 4-5 years ago. Within the last year or so I've had most of my most profitable raw card purchases. 1st- '63 Topps Jim Coates, purchased raw for Beckett BV which was $5. Graded a PSA 9 and sold on eBay for $338. 2nd- '64 Topps Willie Mays purchased raw for $35. Graded PSA 8. I still have it. Should be worth around $200. 3rd- '63 Topps Don Drysdale for $25. Graded PSA 8 and sold for $150. 4th- '63 Topps NL HR Ldrs. bought for $25. Graded PSA 8, sold for $150(same seller as Coates). 5th- '63 Topps NL ERA Ldrs. #5, bought for $15. Graded a PSA 8. Sold for $150, same seller as Coates and NL HR Ldrs. I doubt I'll ever top the profit on the '63 Coates... but I'm still trying!!!

StopYurWhining · October 24, 2008 3:37AM

well, i didnt get them slabbed; just flipped them.... a huge lot of 1964 topps stand ups. this was a few years back and I wish i still had them though lol they would be mostly 6's 7's and 8's. nearly 3 full sets for about $500

1966CUDA · October 24, 2008 3:37AM

I think I've posted this in a few of these "best raw purchase" threads. Several years ago bought a 1959 Topps #470 Stan Musial 3000th hit card raw for under $40...sent to PSA and came back MINT 9 and sold on Ebay for just over $700 I believe. Also bought a Nap Lajoie 1913 Parker Bros. (red version) card raw for not much, prob. under $50...came back a PSA 10 and sold for over $800.....don't think I'll every top those ones!!!!

Claude

jeffcbay · October 24, 2008 3:45AM

My best was a 1982 Topps Traded Ripken for $9 back in 1987 when I was 11 years old. I sent it to PSA in April 2007 and it came back a 9! Not bad for a kid keeping his favorite card in good shape!

jrinck · October 24, 2008 4:06AM

1955 Bowman Russ Meyer, #196:

Purchased raw on Ebay for $1.00

Sent to PSA, and slabbed 8 (as part of a free sub).

Sold for $40.00

I'd say 40X isn't a bad return.

jivan · October 24, 2008 4:50AM

I bought a 55 all american set for 100.00 and had about 60 cards graded 5.5 to 7.5 and also a 61 basketball set for 20.00.. yes 20.00 and also a ton of nice gradeds, comparable to the 55 set.. ah, those were the days..

fattymacs · October 24, 2008 5:08AM

I bought (all 1961 topps) Mantle, Koufax, Banks, Musial, Killebrew, F. Robinson for $25.00 (1982 or 1983)

Mantle = SGC 84
Koufax = SGC 84
Banks = SGC 80

I sold the Musial and Killebrew here on the BST, and I still have the F Robinson raw.

a few months ago I won a raw 51 Bowman Campanella for $50.00 and it graded SGC 84.

RipublicaninMass · October 24, 2008 5:18AM

55 topps Podres GAi 7.5 for 50 bucks, sold as PSA 8 for 1500 (8's are now close to 2k)

55 topps Norm Zauchin raw 60 bucks, now PSA 8 second lowest pop in the set, should be 1500-1800 card depending on whose bidding

WinPitcher · October 24, 2008 5:26AM

8.00 grading fee for a 1954 bowman Wes Westrum that graded a mint 9.

it is a pop 2 card and it is the scarcer variety.

I'm hoping one of the whales needs/wants it.

Steve

Treetop · October 24, 2008 5:31AM

<< 8.00 grading fee for a 1954 bowman Wes Westrum that graded a mint 9.

it is a pop 2 card and it is the scarcer variety.

I'm hoping one of the whales needs/wants it.

Steve >>

You listing it on ebay? if so, when? I will probably do a little bit of whale watching..

obusek99 · October 24, 2008 6:44AM

About a year ago I bought a 1948 Leaf Bobby Layne RC- $87 raw off Ebay graded a NM 7 then sold on Ebay for $6,800.

WinPitcher · October 24, 2008 6:58AM

Tree

It is on its way back to me as we speak. I plan on ebaying it asap.

Steve

What are your greatest or most profitable raw card purchases?

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