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Just made a trade for something non-card related. UPDATE for all the guys knocking the Vette'.

A guy just came in with a 1985 Corvette, Red w/black interior, Targa Top, 73K miles. He was looking to trade or sell it. He was from Atlanta and just happen to be up here visiting family. When he came into my office he noticed some vintage cards I had behind my desk on the shelves. He said he had a huge collection and used to own a shop back in the 80's-90's. We started talking about cards, collecting, etc...

Well, to make a long story short. I ended up trading him my '64 Topps Set (96 graded including most of the stars) averages around NM with all the stars graded 7 or 8, for the Corvette straight up. The car has had a little paint work but I figure it will bring $4500-$5000 on ebay, or around $6000 easy if I could retail it.

What is the strangest trade anyone has ever made for some of their collection?

UPDATE: Car brought $5200.

1985 Corvette

Comments

  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    Not a card related trade, but....
    A few years ago I was selling off the last parts I had from my Outlaw drag car. I put the list of things online and got a call from a guy in Utah who had a very nice 93 Harley Electra Glide Classic and he was looking for the same transmission I was selling. When I talked to him on the phone he said he was so confident I would like his bike he would deliver it to Los Angeles without a commitment from me. A week later he came down and we did the trade....I game him the trans and $1000 cash for the bike.

    The trade worked out for both of us.

    I've done some trades in the past with some of my movie autos for cards.

    Brian
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    cool story
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Freshman year, this girl who lived on my floor needed a 12 page term paper on Booker T. Washington's Autobiography. I read most of the book and wrote the paper in five hours and she gave me five hours in return. It worked out well for everyone. True story.
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    What did you do for the other 4:55? OOHHHHHH SNAP!! image (couldn't resist)

    Nice 'vette story though!
  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    I left out one thing to my story....

    When I sold the Harley I used some of the money to buy lots of unopened wax and rack packs, plus I started a collection for my son.

    brian
  • dizzledizzle Posts: 1,051 ✭✭
    I traded fandango a jock strap that I told him was game worn by Pujols for a 1990 topps chilli davis PSA 10

    The Jock was actually worn by Vladguerro when he had a severe case of the runs and ran out of underwear. good thing I was able to talk Vlad into directly sending it too fandango, But that ended up costing me BBQ lid.

    Good trade and all parties were happy in the end.
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭
    I was going to post a story - then read the one that Allen posted. No one will top it. Why try? image
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Freshman year, this girl who lived on my floor needed a 12 page term paper on Booker T. Washington's Autobiography. I read most of the book and wrote the paper in five hours and she gave me five hours in return. It worked out well for everyone. True story. >>



    See? Nerds can get action too.


  • << <i>Freshman year, this girl who lived on my floor needed a 12 page term paper on Booker T. Washington's Autobiography. I read most of the book and wrote the paper in five hours and she gave me five hours in return. It worked out well for everyone. True story. >>



    On a scale of PSA1 to PSA10, how would she rank? Or, a pic or Facebook link would suffice, as well.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Freshman year, this girl who lived on my floor needed a 12 page term paper on Booker T. Washington's Autobiography. I read most of the book and wrote the paper in five hours and she gave me five hours in return. It worked out well for everyone. True story. >>



    that's the exact way I used to get girls to write my term papers.
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    Damn good thread. I was about to say Allen wins... but Vette you topped him. Nice work!

    Funny stuff guys.

  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    I traded an auto'd hockey card for four bags of taco flavored Doritos that they do not sell in my area
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I traded an auto'd hockey card for four bags of taco flavored Doritos that they do not sell in my area >>



    lol, I think I remember that trade on here a while ago.
  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    Allen, Thanks very much for the short and clean version...I think your winning. lol
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    She was hot, I could have landed her without doing the paper for her, but writing the paper for 5 hours was cheaper than pouring drinks down her at the bar. I would have helped her anyways cause she was cool, but she was dumb and it would have taken three days to help her write page one.

  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    How many months did it take you to use up the 5 hrs.?


    Steve


    image
    Good for you.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>How many months did it take you to use up the 5 hrs.?


    Steve


    image >>



    lol, yeah. I would have definitely made her agree that you could use the 5 hours up like a Wal-Mart gift card. Each time you just swipe it and then get a receipt for the remaining balance.
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    About 16 or 17 years ago I traded a 90 minute Maxell tape of Jimi Hendrix to my friends brother for a 1976 Volvo that ran fine. Drove it for a year or so until a motor mount broke. I then sold it back to the original guy to erase a 7 dollar debt.

  • I traded 4 cases of toilet paper for about 50 Kobe/Garnett/Iverson assorted rookie cards
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    Corvette now on ebay if anyone is interested.

    1985 Corvette
  • PROMETHIUS88PROMETHIUS88 Posts: 2,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ten years ago, I traded a Franklin half dollar set.... I know... coins... for a WWI Savage Lewis machine gun with the bipod. The complete set was worth about $400. I parted out/sold the gun, when you could sell that stuff on Ebay, for more than $4k. Honestly, wish I still had the gun! Awsome piece of history!
  • richtreerichtree Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭
    thats an awesome life, you can trade cards for cars....lol
    Buying:
    Topps White Out (silver) letters Alex Gordon
    80 Topps Greg Pryor “No Name"
    90 ProSet Dexter Manley error
    90 Topps Jeff King Yellow back
    1958 Topps Pancho Herrera (no“a”)
    81 Topps Art Howe (black smear above hat)
    91 D A. Hawkins BC-12 “Pitcher”
  • Real US Dollars for cardboard pictures of men
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    Corvette brought $5200. Not bad for a '64 set that I had $2000 in.

    1985 Corvette
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
    That car brings me back! My dad bought one brand new back in the day exactly like that...mom put sugar in gas tank during divorce so he sold it in '89 At about that time the Viper was a prototype and he planned to buy one of those, but I beat him to it image

    Nice trade! I'm glad both parties were happy!
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That car brings me back! My dad bought one brand new back in the day exactly like that...mom put sugar in gas tank during divorce so he sold it in '89 At about that time the Viper was a prototype and he planned to buy one of those, but I beat him to it image

    Nice trade! I'm glad both parties were happy! >>



    lol, sugar in the gas tank during the divorce was cold. By the way, I got the card, thanks my friend.
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    Way to go man!
  • OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    good going.. thats a nice looking car
  • Cool little flip........However, who would buy a corvette that's an automatic? Just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
  • I didn't trade anything, but back in the early 80's, after the bar closed in Charlotte. I was with the two bar owners at an all night restaurant. Well it was actually about 6 AM. There was a bus load of high school students having breakfast before going somewhere on a school trip. One of the kids came over and told me I looked familiar. One of the bar owners looked up and said well he ought to, he's the catcher for the Charlotte O's, Mel Oss. I was signing autographs for about half the kids from the bus. Ah youth was a wonderful time.

    Did I say we had been sampling various adult beverages since the bar closed at about 1 AM.

    Ron
    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.
  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations. I'm sure your profit will be appropriately filed with the IRS as income.
  • mccardguy1mccardguy1 Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Congratulations. I'm sure your profit will be appropriately filed with the IRS as income. >>




    It will be now!! image
    I am on a budget and I am not afraid to use it!!
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Congratulations. I'm sure your profit will be appropriately filed with the IRS as income. >>



    It was run through the car dealership, so yes it will be filed as income for my business as are all the cars that are sold through the dealership. I'm not really sure how you guys think a business is run. It was a guy from NC who bought the car but we would pay sales tax had it been from someone in state, hence the part of the listing where I stated that anyone from Georgia would need to pay 7% sales tax.
  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Congratulations. I'm sure your profit will be appropriately filed with the IRS as income. >>



    It was run through the car dealership, so yes it will be filed as income for my business as are all the cars that are sold through the dealership. I'm not really sure how you guys think a business is run. It was a guy from NC who bought the car but we would pay sales tax had it been from someone in state, hence the part of the listing where I stated that anyone from Georgia would need to pay 7% sales tax. >>



    Actually, you're right, I don't understand how your business is run. Did your business own the '64 set, or did your business purchase it from you in order to trade it for the corvette with the previous water damage? If your business purchased the set from you, will you be reporting the income from that transaction on your personal taxes?

    Please help me understand.
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    Do you file taxes for your profit from ebay?
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Do you file taxes for your profit from ebay? >>



    on personal stuff I sell like cards I don't, but all of the cars I sell go through the dealership so they all get filed. The ebay fees go into the cost on each particluar vehicle, much like clean up, oil change, etc...

    In this particular case, my cost on the Corvette was what I wanted to get for my set, so everything over that minus the fees/other costs is profit and gets filed as such.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Congratulations. I'm sure your profit will be appropriately filed with the IRS as income. >>



    It was run through the car dealership, so yes it will be filed as income for my business as are all the cars that are sold through the dealership. I'm not really sure how you guys think a business is run. It was a guy from NC who bought the car but we would pay sales tax had it been from someone in state, hence the part of the listing where I stated that anyone from Georgia would need to pay 7% sales tax. >>



    Actually, you're right, I don't understand how your business is run. Did your business own the '64 set, or did your business purchase it from you in order to trade it for the corvette with the previous water damage? If your business purchased the set from you, will you be reporting the income from that transaction on your personal taxes?

    Please help me understand. >>



    lol, Im not getting into a big drawn out argument over something that you don't even comprehend. You have no clue about previous title changes or anything in the car business so it is a moot point in speaking to you about it. You just want to try and demean me for some reason.

    Furthermore, I'd venture to say that I pay more personal taxes and business taxes in a year than you have in your life so I definitely do my fair share to provide for all of the government dead beats.
  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭


    << <i>lol, Im not getting into a big drawn out argument over something that you don't even comprehend. You have no clue about previous title changes or anything in the car business so it is a moot point in speaking to you about it. You just want to try and demean me for some reason.

    Furthermore, I'd venture to say that I pay more personal taxes and business taxes in a year than you have in your life so I definitely do my fair share to provide for all of the government dead beats. >>



    Actually, I do comprehend. Quite well in fact.
  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    I didnt realize Georgia's sales tax rate was 7% on automobiles. Wow that is high. It is only 3.5% in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

    Nice Trade.

    kirk
  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What is this filing of taxes thing you speak of ? image
  • earlycalguyearlycalguy Posts: 1,247 ✭✭


    WA state is over 10% on cars but there is no state income tax
  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    Alabama has on average 3.5% for automobiles 8% on general merchandise and 5% income tax. Our property taxes are very very very low. For example a 3000 sqft house would be around $700 a year.
  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,994 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Our property taxes are very very very low. For example a 3000 sqft house would be around $700 a year. >>



    Unbelievable! I pay more than that each quarter, and my house is just over 1700 square feet.

    Edited to add...My premium may be a bit higher due to the fact my back yard is full of unleashed, angered pit bulls jumping on trampolines.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    Georgia is 7% accross the board on sales tax. I wish it was a cut rate for autos because we could probably sell more. It doesn't matter to the buyer that over $1000 of their $16,000 out the door price is sales tax only that they are paying it.
  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the information on the 7%. If I ever buy a car in GA I will be filling out a Drive out Certificate.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks for the information on the 7%. If I ever buy a car in GA I will be filling out a Drive out Certificate. >>



    If you buy a car in Georgia but have residence in another state then you don't pay Georgia sales tax. You pay your home state's sales tax when the title is transferred. For example, the guy who bought the Corvette lives NC so he will pay North Carolina sales tax. All he has to bring me is $5200. However, if he lived in Georgia then he would pay the sales tax at the dealership.
  • jamesryanbelljamesryanbell Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭
    Just sold my '03 Z06 this past weekend.
    -- Ryan Bell
  • If the Vette is a rockin don't bother knockin
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