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Pricing Surprises
I thought I knew the values of my cards, at least roughly, but I'm finding out I'm often way wrong. Ever since I started shipping cards from my "list on ebay someday" boxes to COMC and pricing them there, I'm often surprised by the values, one way or the other. 2020 Topps Chrome F1, 2000s... -
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A Ridiculous Project
I just read about what Topps did with 2023 base set and the Golden Mirror parallel/variation set. If you didn't know, they created an image variation parallel for every card in the set, and presumably will for S2 and Update. This is right up my alley. I love collecting low-print-run... -
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Possible Shilling Seller
I was excited to see Grady Sizemore having his first new cards in 6 years (or 7 if you go by the calendar), but this one got bid up pretty quickly and higher than I'd expect. An exuberant bidder ran it up to $50. Sure enough, that zero-FB bidder has placed 243 bids all with the same seller... -
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Just Pants
If you were a supercollector of a retired player, and your wantlist is down to just a few cards with print runs greater than 1, and you have some game-used items (bats, jerseys, cleats) of your player, would you spend $35 on a pair of uniform pants only? -
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New sportscard selling platform: TCGPlayer
If you don't care about Magic: The Gathering, you might not have heard of tcgplayer.com. But it's the largest platform, other than ebay, where the general public can sell their Magic, Pokemon, Flesh and Blood, etc. Pretty much the primary platform over ebay, really, for that market. They had... -
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New Grading Companies
I'm curious what people think about the new grading companies that have popped up in the last year or so. Has anyone dealt with CSG (aka the comics grading company CGC), ECG, RCG, etc.? What do you think of their grading standards? As I've been accumulating my 2021 Heritage uber set, I've... -
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OT: Epson Scanner Help
I bought an Epson V370 last year and it works pretty well. One thing that's tremendously annoying is that I can't figure out how to scan one image after another. I use GIMP, and I click "Create from scanner", which makes me select the scanner, then opens the popup with the settings and the... -
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2021 Topps Checklist
The checklist can be found here: https://www.topps.com/checklists The set looks pretty typical. Lots of inserts, with accompanying parallels I'm sure, including exclusives for hobby, jumbo, retail and Target specifically. No Walmart specials on here. The main set is down to 330 cards this... -
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Doing things the right way may not be worth it
A resolution I made this year was not to go into debt to purchase cards. For decades now I've been thinking "Buy first, pay later," thinking if I make a significant purchase I would then sell some of the dross in my collection to pay for it. That rarely happened. I'd buy something, then only... -
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Questionable Pictures
Back in the day it was freshman art class airbrush skills. Today it's freshman art class Photoshop skills. I'm trying to figure out how many different photos have been finessed and Frankensteined together to make this image. I could be wrong but I think it's at least 4. -
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Eyepoppers
We've had threads previously that highlight cards that sold for surprising amounts, but I can't find any so I'm starting a new one. In this market there are probably quite a few surprising/shocking/stunning sales. 2011 Topps Update Hope Diamond Babe Ruth #/60 - $280. I had this on my... -
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You know what ebay needs?
A button you can click that's the opposite of the Watch button. I've searched "Grady Sizemore" about 50,000 times in the last 20 years and there are listings that I swear have been there just as long. Take those 2000 Bowman BCCG 10s and just obliviate them. -
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Anyone interested in a dud product break?
I've held onto several products for quite a while and they didn't turn out like I hoped. I'm kinda sick of looking at them and my wife is bugging me to liquidate stuff. I could just sell them and get what I get, but that's not fun. I've had the urge to just rip it instead. So I was thinking... -
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OK USPS has to step up
I am acutely aware of the issues with the USPS but they've suddenly gotten worse than ever. Since 12/8, none of my shipments show any movement, and they are all over the country. Currently have hundreds of dollars worth of cards in Edison NJ, Kent WA, and Dallas TX. But the $10 order I placed... -
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2005 Old Judge Gold Set Complete!
After 15.5 years, I finally received the last of 286 cards to finish this set. I've picked up some rare cards this year, either players I collect or to complete sets, and it feels great to finally finish this one. I started chasing it when the set came out in June-July of 2005 and fell in love... -
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PSA 1 Wagner Goes For Megabuck
With the ever-rising prices on top-end cards, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I actually was. A beat-up copy that earns it's 1 grade but is still attractive in the way only a true vintage card can be. It ended at $974,895 but with a 20% buyer's premium, the final price was $1,169,875.00... -
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Big New Springer Pickup
I slowed down on Springers as the Astros saga unfolded this winter, but I haven't stopped and will pursue ones I really like. The card in question was listed on ebay for months with a very high BIN and my offers were declined with no counter. Then in June it was listed for auction, and I was... -
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5% Ebay Bucks Delayed Offer
Apparently this started yesterday but I did not get it. However, this morning I got a notice that my offer on a big card was accepted, and when I opened ebay, I had the offer in a banner across the page. Once I activated it and went to my cart, I saw that it was applied to the offer I had won... -
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Old Supplies
I've been going through some old cards and reholdering them. I've got a few insert sets from the 90s, like 1993 SP Platinum Power and 1994 SP Holoview, that I put into screwdowns way back then and they have been in there ever since, so I've been taking them out and putting them in new, clean... -
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Ever see a card you used to own as a BGS 10?
When 2017 Topps came out I started chasing the silver pack promo rainbow set (of which I still need a handful so f you have any, please reach out). I bought one autograph, but decided I couldn't go that far in the project, so I sold it. In doing my searches today, I found this listing for a...
