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Best Deal you ever got????
willsohl
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Just a conversation piece....
Whats the best deal you ever got or gave away...
Not been collecting for to long but here are my two:
16X20 Robinson Cano signed photo with Cano hologram $35 when he was a rookie (public signing)
Derek Jeter Signed replica stiched home jersey that later passed JSA signed on back in Silver paint pen $75.00 (Garage sale if you could belive that).
Dont really have anything to sell/give yet.
Looking forward to hearing from you guys that have been in for a while.....
Whats the best deal you ever got or gave away...
Not been collecting for to long but here are my two:
16X20 Robinson Cano signed photo with Cano hologram $35 when he was a rookie (public signing)
Derek Jeter Signed replica stiched home jersey that later passed JSA signed on back in Silver paint pen $75.00 (Garage sale if you could belive that).
Dont really have anything to sell/give yet.
Looking forward to hearing from you guys that have been in for a while.....
wsohl
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A year or so ago, a '99 Bowman Chrome International refractor of Ken Griffey Jr was listed as a $40 BIN. I purchased it, got it slabbed, sold it for $400. A couple years before that, I purchased an '06 Finest Gold Xfractor of Griffey for $175, got it slabbed and sold it for $1200
Nice job on the 7K flip.
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about 1,000 commons from 1958-1969
The complete 1959 Fleer Ted Wiliams set
About 85% complete 1964 Topps coins all in almost mint condition with no rust on them
2- 1963 Topps Pete Rose rookies
1960 Mantle and 1959 topps all star mickey mantle
1969 Topps Nolan Ryan
and numerous star cards like Bob Gibson, Roger Maris, yogi Berra...
It was a good day.
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Me Too......Oh and by the way, Honey come over here and let me show you what is on this Chat board! Oh did I really...Yep that was me, I know I am so sweet......................!!!!
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Actually,
About 5 years ago saw this guy list 5 full sets of 1966 Batman Black Bat on E-bay and then a bunch of lots like 47 different, then 36 different, the 32 different...ect.
Light bulb goes off...490+ cards...VENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I call the guy off his E-bay page, its a Pawn shop in New York City, says some kid walked into his store with a 500 count Topps Vending Box with Batman stamped on it. Sealed, he opened it!
So I told the wife I was going to invest a little money and win most of this. I let 3-4 guys bid it out for the first set, goes for $300+ I then get serious and win about 380 of the rest of the cards, spent right at $1000.00.
Over the next few weeks I invested another $900 in PSA, subbed about 275 of the cards.
I kept a log of what I sold over the next year, I sold:
82 MINT 9's for $10,875
155 NM-MT 8's $7,300
5 NM-MT 8 #1's $900.00
Misc. Raw. & NM 7's #1's others $700.00
#1 registered set with one of only 4 GEM MINT 10's (At the time) $16, 777.00
Total invested with shipping everything $2K
Sold total: $36,552
Not Bad !!! YeeFrickin'Hah
Neil
Paid $160 for 4 Ullman Postcards, sold them individually for over $3500 total
paid $75 for 50 1911 Zeenuts with Weaver (non-eBay), sold them years ago before they jumped and still made 15X more than I paid
Paid $150 for the only known Holland Ice Cream #16, sold it for $3000
Paid $20 BIN on a R316 (rare "Made in USA" variation) Babe Ruth, sold it for about $350
Paid $150 for a victorian tradecard scrapbook with 4 Scrapps Diecuts in it (2 Brouthers), removed them and resold the scrapbook for roughly the same $$ I originally paid for it, then sold the 4 Scrapps for $1500 total
Paid $100 for the only known 1933 Blue Bird Babe Ruth (side view), sold it later for about $2500
Paid $400 for a scrapbook with over 75 R316s glued in (with Ruth etc.), removed them and am still selling them off but will easily make 5X more than I paid
this year I won a D316 Stockton Ports card for $1 (+$2 shipping) sold it within a week for $175
last week I won a 1940 Diamond Dust Hartnett for 99 cents, have sold them in the past for $40+
today I won a 1939 Sporting New Premium of Bob Feller (autographed) for $8.49, books for $150 unsigned
these are just a few of the hundreds of good deals, but they are not as easy as they were ca.2000
I was shocked that the guy actually sent it . --- Sonny
The '86 Fleer baskeball came out about the same time I started focusing on the sport more. My folks used to take me to Detroit for Tiger games and right down the street was a great memorabilia store that sold baseball cards. For some reason, I decided that summer that I was going to start collecting basketball cards instead of baseball, so I bought a ton of '86 Fleer basketball. I think at the time, my parents would give me a ten spot and I'd go buy probably most of a box.
Since I had no idea who most of the players were I would end up going home and putting the cards straight in a storage box. When the fall arrived, and football season started, I brought a 3200ct box loaded with '86 Fleer into the local card store to trade for some ('87 if I remember correctly) football wax. I remember getting about $200 in "trade" and I thought I robbed the guy blind.
The only positive of the story is that I managed to pull 1 complete set of the '86 before donating the rest.
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<< <i>I'll go with the best deal I ever gave....
The '86 Fleer baskeball came out about the same time I started focusing on the sport more. My folks used to take me to Detroit for Tiger games and right down the street was a great memorabilia store that sold baseball cards. For some reason, I decided that summer that I was going to start collecting basketball cards instead of baseball, so I bought a ton of '86 Fleer basketball. I think at the time, my parents would give me a ten spot and I'd go buy probably most of a box.
Since I had no idea who most of the players were I would end up going home and putting the cards straight in a storage box. When the fall arrived, and football season started, I brought a 3200ct box loaded with '86 Fleer into the local card store to trade for some ('87 if I remember correctly) football wax. I remember getting about $200 in "trade" and I thought I robbed the guy blind.
The only positive of the story is that I managed to pull 1 complete set of the '86 before donating the rest. >>
Im sorry to call BS, but werent 1986 Fleer BKB boxes selling for as low as $10 each in 1987? Dealers couldnt give the stuff away. A 3200ct box represents about 6 boxes worth. I find it odd that any dealer would give $200 in trade on something most dealers couldnt sell for $60.
bought 15 boxes of 1990 opc hockey for $35, busted 3 sold the rest for $167
I was looking for 1991 Bowman baseball boxes to bust and came across a seller who had 2 cello boxes, 2 90 topps cello boxes, which i also needed, 1989 fleer factory set, the skydome stadium club set, and a lot of about 500 cards. Got it for about 20 bucks and paid 35 shipping to get into Canada. The 89 fleer set was the glossy varity sold for $90, the stadium set was The Jack Murphy set with the Jeter!! which i saved, and the lot had about 30 jersey cards from the Mets, that i sold in the 2-3 dollar range.
For comic book fans Daredevil 180 & 181 for $3.50 and a run of sweet mint Batman 401-517 for $45
Makes up a bit for all i spent on the rest of the junk i bought
Vintage cards - PSA 6 Fergie Jenkins rookie for about $14 on ebay (including shipping). After receiving it, I realized it was a Topps Venezuelan that had not been properly labeled (I'm sure the original submitter didn't realize it). They have since corrected it. It's a pop 2, with none graded higher by PSA (BMW has a SGC 86 that he's asking thousands for).
Nick
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<< <i>Im sorry to call BS, but werent 1986 Fleer BKB boxes selling for as low as $10 each in 1987? Dealers couldnt give the stuff away. A 3200ct box represents about 6 boxes worth. I find it odd that any dealer would give $200 in trade on something most dealers couldnt sell for $60. >>
Maybe he drove up in his Vette, showed him his pay stub and told him how much bullion he was holding...
1935 National Chicle
1961 Golden Press
1962 Bell Brand Dodgers
Top 200 cards in the hobby
Top 250 cards in the hobby
All time lakers
All time Dodgers
1957 Disney Characters
1965 Donruss Disneyland
1966 Get Smart
Brian
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Im sorry to call BS, but werent 1986 Fleer BKB boxes selling for as low as $10 each in 1987? Dealers couldnt give the stuff away. A 3200ct box represents about 6 boxes worth. I find it odd that any dealer would give $200 in trade on something most dealers couldnt sell for $60. >>
You could be right. I can't really remember the specifics and it's quite possible that I kept them a year or two longer than I'm thinking. I just remember trading them for a bunch of Topps football wax, and I remember getting $200 in trade.
I was a teenager and probably focused more on tail than my cards at the time, cut me some slack.
Also bought a lot of 66 BB for $100 where the Seller described taking out all the listed stars, so I was happy to see that there was a complete run of high numbers with all SP's except for those listed in a Tuff Stuff.
69-70 Topps Hockey Set for $150 BIN. Nicest vintage set I've ever seen for any sport. Every card except for the Gump Worsley will grade 8 easy.
Kiss me twice.....let's party.
Dimes: 54S, 53P, 50P, 49S, 45D+S, 44S, 43D, 41S, 40D+S, 39D+S, 38D+S, 37D+S, 36S, 35D+S, all 16-34's
Quarters: 52S, 47S, 46S, 40S, 39S, 38S, 37D+S, 36D+S, 35D, 34D, 32D+S
74 Topps: 37,38,46,47,48,138,151,193,210,214,223,241,256,264,268,277,289,316,435,552,570,577,592,602,610,654,655
1997 Finest silver: 115, 135, 139, 145, 310
1995 Ultra Gold Medallion Sets: Golden Prospects, HR Kings, On-Base Leaders, Power Plus, RBI Kings, Rising Stars
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I was a teenager and probably focused more on tail than my cards at the time, cut me some slack.
Now see??? This is what is killing the hobby!!!
Working on the following: 1970 Baseball PSA, 1970-1976 Raw, World Series Subsets PSA, 1969 Expansion Teams PSA, Fleer World Series Sets, Texas Rangers Topps Run 1972-1989
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I was a teenager and probably focused more on tail than my cards at the time, cut me some slack.
Now see??? This is what is killing the hobby!!!
I've always though the greatest invention would be to some how fuse a strip club and a card shop together. The dancers wear clothing made of wax packs and as they take it off they throw it in the crowd. You could stuff commons in their g-strings instead of dollar bills 'cause, well, you're spending your dollars.
1956 and 1961 Complete Topps Baseball Sets for $100.00 each on a garage sale. I sold the 1961 set and still have the 1956 set.
1915 PM1 pin of Eppa Rixey for $1.00 at a garage sale. Sold it for either $550.00 or $600.00.
Two boxes full of old programs and magazines from the 1930's and 1940's. I paid $60.00 for both boxes and sold some of the stuff for over $7000.00. There were 10 or 12 PCL football programs from the 30's that went for $300.00 to $400.00 each.
1952 Red Man Tobacco Complete Set with Tabs for $900.00 in an Antique Shop. I sold this one a couple of days later to 707 for something like $2700.00 but I sure wish I had this one back.
Purchased 1 20 set case and 1 10 set case of the 1997/98 Grand Slam card sets with Tiger Woods in it. I bought them for $180.00 in total and sold them for $9000.00. This is both good and bad in that I was happy to make that but I had the chance to buy a few thousand of the sets for that price and didn't pull the trigger.
I have purchased numerous 4/13/62 Life Mags with the Mantle and Maris cards in it for under $1.00. I found out about this issue 35 years ago or so and would always look for it. At one time I had over 40 of this issue but when PSA started grading them I sold the majority of them.
1. A large lot of autographs posted with a starting bid of $300 on eBay with no picture and a list that included Jackie Robinson, Roger Maris, Bartlett Giamatti, Wilt Chamberlain, and a bunch of commons. I made custom cards of the Maris and Robinson and had them slabbed at PSA/DNA for $75 each in the blue flips (this was before any $10 special came about). The Robinson sold on eBay for like $650, the Giamatti item sold for $100+, Chamberlain $30 or so (my mistake, low buy-it-now), and I still have the Maris.
2. Antique shop box of 1967 Topps commons & semi-stars for $1-$2 each - I found a Dick Williams card that looked great and sent it to PSA and it came back a 9 (Pop 3 or 4 or something like that). The card sold for $400 or so a few years ago...
------- OH, and best investment!
The night Tony Romo took over for an injured Bledsoe, I purchased his two best rookie cards for $50 each (SP Authentic & Contenders). The cards graded PSA 8 and PSA 10 - I held on to them for years and cringed when I didn't sell them when Romo dropped the snap, then when they went up again and lost in the first round of the playoffs the next year. I sold them at the beginning of the following season in which everyone was picking them as one of the Super Bowl favorites (they actually didn't even make the playoffs that year!) - $500 for PSA 8 SP Authentic - and $800 for PSA 10 Contenders.
UNFORTUNATELY, I am still far behind from all the money I spent on my Ryan Leaf collection - which has to be the best in the world at this point. Anyone want to buy it for $100? There's probably enough cards at 10 cents each to make it worth that....
On the positive side I bought a box of about 500 vintage cards from an antique store for about $30 back in 1981. Not the greatest shape but quite a few Jim Browns and other stars. There were about 40 1961 Topps Baseball high numbers included and since I didn't collect much BB at that point I traded them to a dealer at a show...one card for one 1981 Topps FB Wax Box. I remember he had them for $4 each. I got about a case worth until he ran out and got 1980 FB wax boxes for the remainder. I had about 15 Montana RC's out of that one but as fate would have it lost those in an apartment robbery about 8 years later.
One other one was from an estate sale find which I never go to but was tipped off about it that there would be tons of cards there. Picked up a 1800 box of 93SP BB for $20 which had 6 Jeter RC's but the best was a shoebox for $10 and a smaller card box for $2. In the shoebox were super clean FB cards from the 60's as well as a bunch of inserts like Topps BB decals (3 Mantles), etc.. I ended up grading about 300 of them and even though I still think I got the grader from death I scored mostly 8's and a few 9's. Sold off alot of those for nice profits. The smaller $2 box had mostly stars from 60's FB including a few Namaths that graded 8 and 8.5.
Keep em coming.....
The latest one I got was as Jeter Siginutures Rookie card that was signed in Spring Training for 60. Later passed JSA. Not bad I guess. Nothing like you guys with the thousands of dollars earned.
Great Stuff.
Best profit ever was I pulled a Jordan Autograph from 1999 spx with his jersey and shoe on it #'d to 23 and sold it two days later for 7K
Since then have bought tons of collections and found great stuff, even bought a 1991 Topps Desert Shield entire set for like $600, graded the stars and did very well.
I think we all regret the ones that got away more than we appreciate the ones we catch.
That being said I did have one amazing deal that beats them all for me.
I was at college in 1982 and selling gold coins on the side to make some cash and pay for school. I had collected coins since I was about 6 and had a
nice collection of U.S. Type coins. I had a collector that wanted to buy 11 MS-60 Half Eagles from me for just under $9,000. He said he didn't have
the cash but would I be willing to trade the coins forunopened sports cards. We went back and forth after I did some research and I decided to trade
the coins for $10500 in trade value.
I ended up with wax and vending boxes of 1970-1977 Topps basketball.
Now in 1982 Basketball was definately the ugly stepchild of card collecting. The boxes sold back then for next to nothing so I loaded up.
I opened a bunch to make sets and sold some and traded others for coins and cards I needed.
I worked a card show in Tysons Corner, Va. (My first show ever) and made $8,000 in one day selling mint sets and singles.
I was selling mint 1970 sets for around $500.
The show sales were about 5% of my cards. I bought my fiance' (now wife) an engagement ring with the money.
Over the years I have sold almost all of the cards off. I still have some 72 wax boxes left ( love Doctor J ) and vending boxes from each year.
I saved 4 of each year for the members of my family to have as an investment for the future.
Not counting what I have left that $10,500 in trade ended up making me about $250,000 over the years.
Definately think the Lord was looking out for me that day.
Now if I only had made another deal a few years later with the same guy for some fleer sets he had ...
<< <i>I found a babe ruth card once in a dumpster >>
That was an awesome thread!!
When all was said and done I profited a little over $2,000.00
1. Bought 20+ 1989 French Bray Orioles Team Set for about 2.25 each. Busted about half, submitted
6 Ripkens for grading and received 2 PSA 10s. The 10s went for 32.00 and 33.00 on ebay. I'll sell
the remaining sets. Overall, nice transaction.
2. Purchased 1997 Topps Gallery Peter Max Derek Jeter printer's photo slide. Unreal for 20.00
as a BIN on ebay. This unique item will go for $$$ next May/June as Jeter chases for hit 3000.
I am not giving this item way...too rare.
3. Purchased Michael Jackson's rookie card for 4.00 at the Chantilly Show. Got it graded (PSA 8) and
sold it for $80.00.
I'll mention one real bad. My investment in 'Juan Gonzalez' 1991 Fleer Ultra card years go. I bought like
40 of them between $20-25 each. That's about 1K down the drain ! You live and learn.
Happy Holidays
450+ 1952 Topps Baseball
250+ 1953 Topps Baseball
400+ 1954 Topps Baseball
2 complete sets of 1960 and 1961 Topps Baseball
and approx 200+ cards from misc years of all the major Baseball HOF's from 1953 to 1969
I paid $6,000.00 for the collection and have sold off all the duplicates for over $15,000.00.
Matt
<< <i>The good deals seem to be greatly outnumbered by the bad in my memory bank.
I think we all regret the ones that got away more than we appreciate the ones we catch.
That being said I did have one amazing deal that beats them all for me.
I was at college in 1982 and selling gold coins on the side to make some cash and pay for school. I had collected coins since I was about 6 and had a
nice collection of U.S. Type coins. I had a collector that wanted to buy 11 MS-60 Half Eagles from me for just under $9,000. He said he didn't have
the cash but would I be willing to trade the coins forunopened sports cards. We went back and forth after I did some research and I decided to trade
the coins for $10500 in trade value.
I ended up with wax and vending boxes of 1970-1977 Topps basketball.
Now in 1982 Basketball was definately the ugly stepchild of card collecting. The boxes sold back then for next to nothing so I loaded up.
I opened a bunch to make sets and sold some and traded others for coins and cards I needed.
I worked a card show in Tysons Corner, Va. (My first show ever) and made $8,000 in one day selling mint sets and singles.
I was selling mint 1970 sets for around $500.
The show sales were about 5% of my cards. I bought my fiance' (now wife) an engagement ring with the money.
Over the years I have sold almost all of the cards off. I still have some 72 wax boxes left ( love Doctor J ) and vending boxes from each year.
I saved 4 of each year for the members of my family to have as an investment for the future.
Not counting what I have left that $10,500 in trade ended up making me about $250,000 over the years.
Definately think the Lord was looking out for me that day.
Now if I only had made another deal a few years later with the same guy for some fleer sets he had ... >>
Gotta love this one... keep 'em coming.
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I bought my fiance' (now wife) an engagement ring with the money. >>
With the sale of the Gretzky cards above I bought my girlfriend a diamond emerald pendant for Christmas last year.
Sometimes it is the best way to get them to understand, and accept, all of the cards and memorabilia hanging around
I've had a few good ones over the years - this is a pretty good one - I paid either 550 or 650 for this card in 1994 - auction at the National hosted by Greg Manning.
Happy Holidays.
Last month....bought 52 1999 Topps Flats, including a bunch of the variations for $0.99 plus $10 shipping. Sold one of the Emmitt and one of the Flutie variations for about $20 within a couple hours of listing.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
still have my ticket stub with Reggie White's auto on it.
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
If you don't count the side effects of smoking this was by far the best deal I have gotten.