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This is why I love the auction format

78 Yanks team


My BIN would have been 250.


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  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,566 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd be like Ted Knight and the Billy BaRooo with that close.
    Mike
    Bosox1976
  • GoDodgersFanGoDodgersFan Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭
    Wow. That is one tough card.

    Sounds about right especially with the yankees going to the playoffs.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭
    Have you seen the opposite end of the spectrum where a $250 card sells for $100 via the "auction" format??? I personally have!
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Have you seen the opposite end of the spectrum where a $250 card sells for $100 via the "auction" format??? I personally have! >>



    Yes, I've seen that too
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,832 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Time to bust some 78 wax, LOL!


    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.
  • ill take a nice 9 lol


  • << <i>Have you seen the opposite end of the spectrum where a $250 card sells for $100 via the "auction" format??? I personally have! >>




    With my luck I would get one bid and sell it for $9.99. image
  • ymareaymarea Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Have you seen the opposite end of the spectrum where a $250 card sells for $100 via the "auction" format??? I personally have! >>



    Yes, I've seen that too >>



    That's why I always use "safety bids." JUST KIDDING everyone!

    Congratulations on the big sale.
    Brett
  • lbcoach20lbcoach20 Posts: 883 ✭✭✭
    Funny thing is that the high bidder was willing to go higher! Wow, congrats on that one.
  • SOMSOM Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭
    Holy mackerel,, Matt! Nice going!

    Nick
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,178 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice card...and a nice score.
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    image
    a powerful drug the registry is

    Congrats on the sale - wowsers!


  • winner probably could have gotten the card for a lot less if he had sniped his bid. the under bidder ran his bid up with multiple bids
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    didn't a '78 McCovey PSA 10 go for over $1300??.....someone got away cheap. image
  • looks oc to me!
    image
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, is right!!!

    Congrats on the big score, you definitely did good on the sale...image

    Donato
    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
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  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭

    EXCELLENT sale!!!!!!


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    T/B centering makes me like some 9s better.

    Does look perfectly bright and pack-fresh, tho.
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • NICE! What's the pop on that? I am now looking forward to selling my 1978 PSA10s from the group sub. I think one of mine is a pop 3.
    White Whales:
    1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold Ozzie Smith
    2006 Bowman Chrome Orange Refractor Chris Carpenter
  • schr1stschr1st Posts: 1,677 ✭✭
    Congrats on the sale. I can think of a lot better ways to spend $900, but hey, I'm glad you are the seller and not the buyer!
    Who is Rober Maris?
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    AWESOME PRICE! Congrats!!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • I love those 1978 Yankee cards.

    but, if anyone feels left out, i'll put my set up for sale - I'm sure there are a few 10's in there.

    congrats !
  • slantycouchslantycouch Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭
    Wow that's unbelievable. Nice sale.
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    Think I paid less than 10 bucks for a psa 9?


    Yup. A 9 sounds like a much better expenditure of money to me.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Have you seen the opposite end of the spectrum where a $250 card sells for $100 via the "auction" format??? I personally have! >>



    makes no sense. If it goes for $100 then it's a $100 card. I can't stand all the ridiculously priced buy it now's from sellers who have their stuff way overpriced. It clutters the searches. I wish ebay would do away with the BIN format altogether. The entire premise behind ebay is that it allows people/stores to sell their stuff at auction. If I wanted to buy something or sell something for a set price then I'd go to a store.
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Have you seen the opposite end of the spectrum where a $250 card sells for $100 via the "auction" format??? I personally have! >>



    makes no sense. If it goes for $100 then it's a $100 card. I can't stand all the ridiculously priced buy it now's from sellers who have their stuff way overpriced. It clutters the searches. I wish ebay would do away with the BIN format altogether. The entire premise behind ebay is that it allows people/stores to sell their stuff at auction. If I wanted to buy something or sell something for a set price then I'd go to a store. >>



    This is incorrect. If it sells for $100 at auction the only thing you can say for sure is that the 2nd highest bidder was only willing to pay $97.50. You still have no idea what the first bidder was willing to pay. If this first bidder was willing to pay $300, then this would have been a '$300 card' if you'd used a $300 BIN.

    Auctions are just about always a failure for sellers if there is more than one bidder, because it's very unlikely that the highest bidder will end up paying close to his maximum for the card. This is less true for items that have a clearly defined market value, but for lightly traded items it's almost a given. This is why a high BIN, or auction with a high starting bid, is almost always the best way to sell something if you have a commodity that doesn't come up for sale very often.ney
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