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Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
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Recently I've been bidding on some vintage card lots on eBay. These lots attract a lot of bidders, and the price usually goes very high. Is there a better place to buy vintage lots? Maybe BST message boards or Craigslist? Here are a couple of examples of lots I've bid on recently:

1951 Bowman baseball, lot of 32

1957 Topps baseball, lot of 113

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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    send a PM to nam812, he might be able to put some lots together for you at a reasonable price

  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Yeah, you can buy from me. I've got a ton of vintage lots for sale from 58-75.
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
  • BarfvaderBarfvader Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭✭
    Is this the 1957 Topps lot?

    Jeff

    Miscut Museum

    My Mess

  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    Thanks for the responses. I will send out some PMs, and maybe post something on the BST board. I mainly buy cards in the G to VG range. A few creases, pinholes, and rounded corners are OK, as long as the price is reasonable.
  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    Barfvader:

    Yes, I was the high bidder for a while on the 1957 lot. When too many people started bidding, I dropped out. I usually search for items with 9 or less bids.
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Barfvader:

    Yes, I was the high bidder for a while on the 1957 lot. When too many people started bidding, I dropped out. I usually search for items with 9 or less bids. >>



    It will be tough to beat ~$1 a card for those years, even in low grade.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    I agree, most of the older lots cost more than one dollar per card. Yesterday I paid two dollars per card for this lot:


    1953 Topps lot
  • fattymacsfattymacs Posts: 2,581 ✭✭✭
    I've got a small lot of 51 Bowman dupes (good to ex condition) , LMK what #'s you are looking for and I'll shoot you some scans
  • BarfvaderBarfvader Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1953 Topps lot >>



    I'm weird but I find it funny when full book value is put in descriptions for lower grade cards.

    Since the seller states the cards are in VG (and that could be debatable on some of them) and has went through the time to look up book value then why not put the book value in the stated condition? I know if you look up prices on Beckett you can get the price for VG condition and the Standard Catalog gives book price in various conditions as well so I why list prices for higher grade?

    Just one of those things that bother me. I know when I have sold cards in the past many around here would want to know book value so I would do my best at grading the card and list the book value based upon the condition and then usually would sell whatever it was at 50% of that.

    Oh well. Rant over. image

    Jeff

    Miscut Museum

    My Mess

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