On a related note...ever found any great deals in a $5 bin?

[Junior Griffey]

Thought I would piggyback off of the other topic about the Randy Johnson red crusade.

I once bought 5 or 6 Topps Black parallels for about $3 each, including a David Wright and a White Sox team card, at a card show. I remember only buying some of them, and the guy behind me snagged the rest. I made about $80 on those.

Another time I bought a Hong Chi Kuo (I think) gold refractor from 04 BC or Draft for $5. Sold it on ebay to some guy in Taiwan for $62.

Also bought a Griffey press plate for $75 that I later sold for $375.

It's ok, I've had my share of being on the other end of it too....it all evens out in the end.

Nothing huge, but a few extra bucks at the time. Anyone have anything else?

 

[Dpanthers14]

best finds in $5 bin
bowman Rc kenji Johjima auto
bowman Rc Cameron Maybin auto

$15 bin
Brian McCann logoman

 

[jarcar]

Only one time, it was a hockey card. Theo Fleury BAP Jersey card, I bought for $3 and I sold it for $22. Nothing great but I was happy.

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

Joe Cronin Jsy card w/stiching. 5.00, later gave to Scotty as he's a collector. Also picked up a Timeless Treasures Puckett Jsy/34 for 5.00. Still have it but could easily be sold for 25-50

Not 5, but just picked up a NM 79 Topps Ozzie Smith RC for 5.99 and 6.00 shipping. Its pretty OC/Miscut, but still a great deal.

 

[i43770]

At the a show this past weekend, I picked these up in a $5 box:

1998 Upper Deck Retro Quantum Leap #Q3 Nomar Garciaparra #d/50
2004 Donruss Timelines Recollection Autographs #1146 Harold Reynolds 88 #d/65
2004 SP Authentic Game-Dated #64 Corey Patterson #d/1
2004 Topps Cracker Jack Mini Blue #3B Albert Pujols Swinging SP

Before I woke up on Sunday, I sold the Nomar for $40 and Pujols for $10 on eBay.

 

[Junior Griffey]

I could use the CPatt...as sad as that may sound.

 

[scotty21690]

Joe Cronin Jsy card w/stiching. 5.00, later gave to Scotty as he's a collector. Also picked up a Timeless Treasures Puckett Jsy/34 for 5.00. Still have it but could easily be sold for 25-50

Not 5, but just picked up a NM 79 Topps Ozzie Smith RC for 5.99 and 6.00 shipping. Its pretty OC/Miscut, but still a great deal.

 

[Russ S.]

Another time I bought a Hong Chi Kuo (I think) gold refractor from 04 BC or Draft for $5. Sold it on ebay to some guy in Taiwan for $62.

?

So Taiwanes players sell well too? Did not know that.
Just pulled a Kuo (different dude) '09 BC WBC Gold Refractor the other day.

 

[Jastermereel]

Thought I would piggyback off of the other topic about the Randy Johnson red crusade.

I once bought 5 or 6 Topps Black parallels for about $3 each, including a David Wright and a White Sox team card, at a card show. I remember only buying some of them, and the guy behind me snagged the rest. I made about $80 on those.

Another time I bought a Hong Chi Kuo (I think) gold refractor from 04 BC or Draft for $5. Sold it on ebay to some guy in Taiwan for $62.

Also bought a Griffey press plate for $75 that I later sold for $375.

It's ok, I've had my share of being on the other end of it too....it all evens out in the end.

Nothing huge, but a few extra bucks at the time. Anyone have anything else?

What are the odds? One of my best bargain bin buys was a Hong Chi Kuo Gold Refractor RC also...

 

[beefycheddar]

It wasn't 5 dollars, but I got a Michael Jordan UDA signed baseball for 30 once.

 

[LaneyB]

I haven't been to too many shows in the last decade (all of 1 show) but haven found some sweet deals on ebay and have turned those around for huge profit.

 

[Pine Tar]

I haven't been to too many shows in the last decade (all of 1 show) but haven found some sweet deals on ebay and have turned those around for huge profit.

This one
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69142

 

[hive17]

Earlier this year I found a Pablo Sandoval EEE auto in a $5 pile. It was just a day or two after he hit a few HRs off the Brewers, so I knew the name. Went home to find out it was his only auto at the time (I realize I'm relating stuff as news that is actually very old news); I flipped that sucker on eBay for $50 DLVD.

 

[A_Pharis]

It wasn't 5 dollars, but I got a Michael Jordan UDA signed baseball for 30 once.

!!!

I don't think I've ever gotten that good of a deal.

 

[pujolsthomefan33]

Will post up my most memorable that come to mind.....

Antonio Gates Score Inscritions AUTO (1st AUTO) PAID $2 SOLD $80+
Jeremy Bonderman Topps Chrome Encased #d RC PAID $5 SOLD $120+
Oliver Perez Ultimate Collection RC AUTO PAID $5 SOLD FOR $80+
Carlton Fisk 1/1 AUTO/Button/MLB Logo PAID $125 BIN SOLD FOR $350
(3) 2001 Bowman Chrome Albert Pujols RC AUTOS PAID $2K-$2200 SOLD $3500 EACH


Also, not out of a bargain bin or anything, but bought a $5 Racing Pack and Pulled a Ryan Newman Car Cover AUTO #d/12 and sold it for $800+.....also bought 1 pack of 02 Upper Deck Golf and hit a Tiger Woods Shirt AUTO SP and sold it for about $1400 at the time.


Probably my biggest card show successes was a VERY small local show about 30 mins from me that had some small time collectors that would set up (Tables were like $15-$20 at most) and I would pull about 50 cards plus every show out of .10 cent boxes up to $1 boxes and sell them for $5-$20 EACH on ebay......basically paid for all my card money and going out money in college. They had the shows 1-2 times a month. Wish they still had them but I havent seen or heard about one for well over a year, so I think they died off.


TK

 

[rookie380]

$5 - 2004 Bowman Chrome Refractor of King Felix, other then that nothingelse

 

[ballerskrip]

Just this weekend

$.50 box - Randy Wells blue ref - Sell for about $15, Danny Duffy Ref, Danny Duffy Xfractor +45 more refs, x's, blues

$3.00 Box - Wade Davis Sp Prospects Auto /600

$5.00 Box - Jeremy Hellickson Blue ref, Ryan Kalish elite Auto /100, Roger Kieschnick Elite Auto /50

My BEST were from the Sun Times show a few back, from the same Seller as I hit this years $5.00 box, I plucked (2) 2007 Elite Extra edition CHRIS DAVIS Redemptions, and (1) RED STATUS Chris Davis Redemption for $20.00 total. Made about $350 on them.

Pretty solid stuff

skrip

 

[yanxyanx]

Back in 2000, I went to a show and was looking through a $10 bargain bin at different autos and there was a 2000 Fleer Fresh Ink Hideo Nomo Auto. I thought it was in the wrong box, but asked anyway, and the dealer said it was $10. There hadn't been any on eBay yet (product was just released), so I had no idea what it would bring. Flipped it on eBay for about $400. Still, my greatest card show purchase to this day.

 

[Fandruw25]

I picked up 3 2000 pacific invincible purples for $5. One of them was a Johan Santana /299. Traded it for around 100 worth of stuff when he was hot.