Hey guys and gals. I haven't been on here in a while, since I posted stuff about possibly starting a small business in modern cards, essentially bowman draft product. I took the advice of more or less buy draft, grade the cards, sell, wash, repeat, and have done pretty well. In the last year...
Good evening everyone,
I just found out I will have a table at the 2014 Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club card show this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington MA. If you come to my table and mention FCB you will get an automatic 10% discount on whatever you...
No links or anything but very interested to see if Rusney Castillo is going to be on it. Lots of noise from the Red Sox that they're bringing him up before the end of the year.
Just got an email of how lucky I am to be offered this product at $79.99 a box or $374.99 for a 5 box case with each box containing 1-2 graded cards. From the email:
"Super Break has teamed up with Beckett to offer this exclusive baseball product...Here are some examples of what you’ll find...
When I list on eBay I try to put good pictures up and NEVER comment on the condition of non-graded cards. This is on a 2012 Topps Chrome Cespedes AUTO. As soon as this guy asked a question about card condition and was not satisfied by closer pictures I should've just stopped answering. So we...
David Price to Tigers D Smyly & Willy Adames & Nick Franklin to Tampa Austin Jackson to Seatlle
Replacement for Scherzer next year? Nice playoff rotation, although Price ain't so great when the stage gets big (except as a reliever his rookie year).
Finally a deal. I think O's would've been it if Harvey didn't get injured. Alex Speier of WEEI saying Cespedes for Lester & Gomes. That would be a lot for the Sox!
Ken Rosenthal is tweeting that Lester to the Pirates is imminent. Will be very interesting to see what my Sox get back. Kind of heartbroken, he's a great pitcher and he's going to mow down the NL on a salary drive.
****UPDATE THIS WAS A FAKE TWEET RETWEETED BY A BOSTON SPORTS WRITER WHO LATER...
I've had my share of pretty good success selling cards since I started doing it about a year ago, but my biggest fail so far was betting on the 2014 HOF Class of mainly Frank Thomas and Greg Maddux. I'd say I lost a good 30% on purchases made when I was first starting out, mainly on a 1990...
Wow, brings back memories and very cool to collect.
http://www.bbcexchange.com/
We just listed a full run of Topps baseball sets on the website. They start in 1954 and go through 1980. Have multiple sets from some years also starting in 1969.
I might hop in on something, but to me a rarity...
I just pulled off a trade where I am sending a 2013 Bowman AFLAC Kris Bryant AUTO 9.5 and getting back a 2014 Bowman Yellow Printing Plate Auto Mookie Betts. I live in MA and trade at shows there and also have another Kris Bryant 9.5 with slightly higher subs in reserve. My question is are 1/1...
In light of seeing that trade focused mainly on Jose Fernadez (my flippin' new 9.5 '11 Bowman Chrome Draft Auto will now have to marinate for a while!) for Trout that just went through before Jose went down for the next however long with TJS I remembered my own; trading Ryan Braun last year for...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-09-Bowman-Chrome-Draft-Prospects-Mike-Trout-Rookie-RC-AUTO-BGS-9-5-w-10AUTO-/281289061119?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item417e2272ff
I just sold one last week, I need the money so I'm hopping on the massive spike and trying to catch the wave.
I have no idea what it costs to get something graded by ISA but the fact they gave this card a 10 when clearly off center in that tilted way so many 75 topps minis are makes it so the seller can claim '10, pay me' and buyers are either suckered into it or annoyed and submit posts like this one...
Many thanks to those who have given me great advice as I've been getting off the ground with my card business. I have taken the advice of jbmm161 and concentrated on Bowman Draft, timing, staying cool in dealing with eBay and All The Hype on grading. What I'm looking into now is attempting to...
And I had such high hopes for my 15 '87 Donruss Palmeiro rookies in 1996. No more Raffy on the HOF ballot. Interesting that Bonds (34.7) and Clemens (35.4) lost support. Could be argued that it was just because of a loaded ballot, but they'll be loaded for the next couple years. Can't bode...