Umm, You may want to see the Harper I stole. Need advice!

So on Friday I was doing my random ebay search when I came across this Harper.
Blue's were selling for $850-900 at the time so I knew I had to get this somehow. The BIN was set at $1200 which I thought was a steal by itself. Already had 4 offers before I made an offer of $1100 that was automatically accepted. I have no clue how this lasted as long on ebay as it did.

THANK YOU SO MUCH BOOMO FOR LENDING ME THE MONEY ON THIS!
I didn't have nearly enough to pay for this so was going to have to sell a huge portion of my collection but Boomo to the rescue! He is going to sell it for me and i'll make sure he gets a nice reward

Paid friday night, seller sent it out saturday morning. Got it today. Great service!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400251376531?ss ... 500wt_1287







Ok guys, I need some advice. I checked the card and it looks amazing and should easily get a 9.5 with a 10 auto if graded. Do you think its worth the $90 it will cost me to get this 2-day graded and sent back asap and list it sometime next week graded? Or would it be best to list is raw now at auction and just take whatever I can get for it? Any opinions would be really helpful as i'm not quite sure what to do yet.

What do you think this would sell for right now raw and what do you think this would sell at next week if it was graded a 9.5 with a 10 auto?

Thanks guys!

I'm calling the cops. That's not a steal, that's a heist. Lufthansa style.

Is it already in hand?

Wow.

In contrast, a Paul Goldschmidt PSA 10 just sold for $760.

His blue auto sells for $125 lol

SeattleSports said:

Is it already in hand?

Wow.

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yea I just took those pictures. Wasn't expecting it to get to me that quick.

ran the numbers and couldnt help out soon enough.
i think its 2g ungraded, but not sure how long the window stays
open.

obviously, if you want to make the most $ possible sell it FAST!

I agree on the window. Needs to be resold asap

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ran the numbers and couldnt help out soon enough.
i think its 2g ungraded, but not sure how long the window stays
open.

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Nice card at a great price. What happens if it doesn't grade at a 9.5 and is only a 9? Do you take it? Mint 9 is still a great grade. Good luck with that & congrats!

Two days before another orange sold for $1,550, so I really dont see it getting $2k on a quick flip. Nice card at a nice price, I just dont see a $900+ profit on it(yet!).

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Just saw wrong year on the Harper I was talking about!!

shepsspot said:

Two days before another orange sold for $1,550, so I really dont see it getting $2k on a quick flip. Nice card at a nice price, I just dont see a $900+ profit on it(yet!).

EDIT!!

Just saw wrong year on the Harper I was talking about!!

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wasnt the same card shep.
that was a b owman non chrome

EDIT, i didnt see your edit

boomo said:

shepsspot said:

Two days before another orange sold for $1,550, so I really dont see it getting $2k on a quick flip. Nice card at a nice price, I just dont see a $900+ profit on it(yet!).

EDIT!!

Just saw wrong year on the Harper I was talking about!!

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wasnt the same card shep.
that was a b owman non chrome

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Yeah I saw that, check out my edit.

HARPER!!!!!

Sell it now before the hype train stops.

I'd grade it. $90 to take it from a $2k card to a $3k card is a no brainer. I'm not even sure I'd do a rush on it, I don't see it losing value anytime soon.

Wes said:

I'd grade it. $90 to take it from a $2k card to a $3k card is a no brainer. I'm not even sure I'd do a rush on it, I don't see it losing value anytime soon.

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harper has so many auto's out there I wasn't sure that this would hold up long enough. even if it is bowman chrome.

just overnighted it to boomo. i think were doing 5 day listing at auction starting at $.99 and will let it ride. end it on sunday night

this seem like a smart move?

numba1yankeefan said:

Wes said:

I'd grade it. $90 to take it from a $2k card to a $3k card is a no brainer. I'm not even sure I'd do a rush on it, I don't see it losing value anytime soon.

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harper has so many auto's out there I wasn't sure that this would hold up long enough. even if it is bowman chrome.

just overnighted it to boomo. i think were doing 5 day listing at auction starting at $.99 and will let it ride. end it on sunday night

this seem like a smart move?

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You should've got that card in a BGS slab and listed it when it got back...

But your sending the card to someone else to sell for you raw..... That seemed like the worst option IMO considering boomo probably had the most money paid on this card(meaning you have to pay him back somehow now and that'll most likely be your profit money) BGS slab would've got YOU to make the most money you possibly could on the card.

Edit 1& 2..Spelling

numba1yankeefan said:

Wes said:

I'd grade it. $90 to take it from a $2k card to a $3k card is a no brainer. I'm not even sure I'd do a rush on it, I don't see it losing value anytime soon.

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harper has so many auto's out there I wasn't sure that this would hold up long enough. even if it is bowman chrome.

just overnighted it to boomo. i think were doing 5 day listing at auction starting at $.99 and will let it ride. end it on sunday night

this seem like a smart move?

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No and no.

Wes said:

numba1yankeefan said:

Wes said:

I'd grade it. $90 to take it from a $2k card to a $3k card is a no brainer. I'm not even sure I'd do a rush on it, I don't see it losing value anytime soon.

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harper has so many auto's out there I wasn't sure that this would hold up long enough. even if it is bowman chrome.

just overnighted it to boomo. i think were doing 5 day listing at auction starting at $.99 and will let it ride. end it on sunday night

this seem like a smart move?

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No and no.

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okay i can understand the first no, but why the second?

numba1yankeefan said:

Wes said:

numba1yankeefan said:

Wes said:

I'd grade it. $90 to take it from a $2k card to a $3k card is a no brainer. I'm not even sure I'd do a rush on it, I don't see it losing value anytime soon.

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harper has so many auto's out there I wasn't sure that this would hold up long enough. even if it is bowman chrome.

just overnighted it to boomo. i think were doing 5 day listing at auction starting at $.99 and will let it ride. end it on sunday night

this seem like a smart move?

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No and no.

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okay i can understand the first no, but why the second?

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I would have overnighted it to BGS, got it slabbed ASAP, then listed it BIN/BO. Especially if nothing new gets listed by then you would probably get some insane offers rather than an auction. BIN/BO is almost always the best way to go imo

mredsox89 said:

numba1yankeefan said:

Wes said:

numba1yankeefan said:

Wes said:

I'd grade it. $90 to take it from a $2k card to a $3k card is a no brainer. I'm not even sure I'd do a rush on it, I don't see it losing value anytime soon.

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harper has so many auto's out there I wasn't sure that this would hold up long enough. even if it is bowman chrome.

just overnighted it to boomo. i think were doing 5 day listing at auction starting at $.99 and will let it ride. end it on sunday night

this seem like a smart move?

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No and no.

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okay i can understand the first no, but why the second?

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I would have overnighted it to BGS, got it slabbed ASAP, then listed it BIN/BO. Especially if nothing new gets listed by then you would probably get some insane offers rather than an auction. BIN/BO is almost always the best way to go imo

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damn thats what i wanted to do before i was talked out of it ::facepalm::