Seriously, who is cleaning out Burbank's Credentials??

[RudyGayExquisite]

Here are a few that sold recently if you haven't checked it out yourself

00 Alex Rodriguez /1 -- $950
00 Mike Piazza /3 -- $575
99 Derek Jeter /9 -- $430
99 Scott Rolen /1 -- $410
99 Alex Rodriguez /3 -- $365
99 Nomar Garciaparra /2 -- $350
99 Tony Gwynn /4 -- $280
00 Mark McGwire /12 -- $270
00 Frank Thomas /17 -- $247
00 Chipper Jones /10 -- $227
00 Nomar Garciaparra /12-- $217
00 Vladimir Guerrero /7 -- $197
00 Roger Clemens /20 -- $197
00 Manny Ramirez /24 -- $137
00 Mo Vaughn /9 -- $127
00 Carlos Beltran /19 -- $127
00 Ivan Rodriguez /30 -- $88.20
00 Randy Johnson /21 -- $88.20
00 Shawn Green /18 -- $88.20
00 Carlos Delgado /23 -- $88.20
00 Jose Canseco /49 -- $83.10
00 Scott Rolen /32 -- $73.50
00 Freddy Garcia /25 -- $58.80
00 J.D. Drew /34 -- $58.80
00 Magglio Ordenez /31 -- $58.80
00 Larry Walker /28-- $53.20
00 Raul Mondesi /29-- $50.80
00 Roberto Alomar /50 -- $44.10
00 Mark Grace /43 -- $44.10
00 Rafael Palmeiro /41 -- $44.10
00 Jim Thome /37 -- $44.10
00 Barry Larkin /36 -- $39.90
00 Todd Helton /60 -- $36.75
00 Kevin Brown /59 -- $36.75
00 Kevin Millwood /47 -- $36.75
00 Sean Casey /46 -- $36.75
00 Gabe Kapler /42 -- $36.75
00 Curt Schilling /39 -- $36.75
00 Jeromy Burnitz /45 -- $31.75
00 Orlando Hernandez /40 -- $31.75
00 Brian Giles /58 -- $29.40
00 Jacque Jones /57 -- $29.40
00 Ben Grieve /55 -- $29.40
00 Jeff Cirillo /44 -- $29.40
00 Erubiel Durazo /38 -- $25.40
00 Troy Glaus /56 -- $25.40
00 Robin Ventura /54 -- $25.40


GRAND TOTAL = $6589

It's absolutely insane to think that someone paid $6600 for all these cards.

 

[DaveH]

wow. so... same guy bought all of these?

 

[Gwynn545]

Especially considering Burbank prices. I have no problem with them charging what they do. I am just saying that I would find it hard to believe someone could "flip" something from Burbank.

That being said, anything #'d under 10 is really special. Even though they paid high, if it's a set collector, oh well, it is what it is. Even the Gwynn (#'d/4) was at $280, which was out of my range, but was an okay price. (I offered $200 once and no dice!)

I agree with you about the others, though. Who would buy a FreddyGarcia /25 for $60??? Congrats Burbank!!!

 

[HPC]

I am just saying that I would find it hard to believe someone could "flip" something from Burbank.

Who would buy a FreddyGarcia /25 for $60??? Congrats Burbank!!!

Not everyone is in the hobby to flip cards.

A set collector or Freddy Garcia collector would play $60 for a tough 2000's insert that rarely pop up.

 

[Fandruw25]

This almost makes me wanna put my two Andruw's up at a high BIN to see if they get hit.

 

[thenumberonemetfan]

Crazy

This is like a 20.00 card on auction(at most)

00 Carlos Beltran /19 -- $127

 

[Gwynn545]

I am just saying that I would find it hard to believe someone could "flip" something from Burbank.

Who would buy a FreddyGarcia /25 for $60??? Congrats Burbank!!!

Not everyone is in the hobby to flip cards..

I never said that, but thanks for the enlightenment.

A set collector or Freddy Garcia collector would play $60 for a tough 2000's insert that rarely pop up.

Obviously. It just happened. Again, thanks for the enlightenment.

By the way, way to cut out eveything I said around those quotes to make up your own meaning. It gives me a good idea for a lesson for my 6th graders on Monday!

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

The Travis Lee Future 1/1 from '98 was recently purchased as well (BO for $350/BIN at $399). I was POed because I was about to pull the trigger, as I already have the Future 1/1 from '99.

I know a couple people were trying for entire sets years ago, maybe one of them resumed their quest. I assume the stock Burbank had came from the guy in Hawaii who passed away, maybe it is this guy's main competitor who is picking them up again.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

The only people who are crazy are sellers with their crazy bins nobody hits.

The amount for that card is LOW to a collector going for that set.

Crazy

This is like a 20.00 card on auction(at most)

00 Carlos Beltran /19 -- $127

 

[bozemanbreaker]

Obviously. It just happened. Again, thanks for the enlightenment.

By the way, way to cut out eveything I said around those quotes to make up your own meaning. It gives me a good idea for a lesson for my 6th graders on Monday!

Dude relax, it's Friday.

 

[HPC]

I am just saying that I would find it hard to believe someone could "flip" something from Burbank.

Who would buy a FreddyGarcia /25 for $60??? Congrats Burbank!!!

Not everyone is in the hobby to flip cards..

I never said that, but thanks for the enlightenment.

A set collector or Freddy Garcia collector would play $60 for a tough 2000's insert that rarely pop up.

Obviously. It just happened. Again, thanks for the enlightenment.

By the way, way to cut out eveything I said around those quotes to make up your own meaning. It gives me a good idea for a lesson for my 6th graders on Monday!

No, I didnt cut up anything.

Unless you mean the part where you said "I agree with you about the others, though. Who would buy a FreddyGarcia /25 for $60??? Congrats Burbank!!"

and... "Especially considering Burbank prices. I have no problem with them charging what they do. I am just saying that I would find it hard to believe someone could "flip" something from Burbank."


Yeah, that changed the whole meaning of what you said around

::facepalm::

Notice the underlined parts are originally what you said, and the part I left out.

I wasnt trying to be a smartass, but thanks for your remarkably intelligent comments. Im glad todays youth are getting such great educations from the older generation.

 

[brouthercard]

Maybe a resurgence of other 90's inserts?

These cards have been on fire in the basketball market, particularly Jordan, with many rarer inserts going for 2-6 times book value (i'm talking about a $120 insert selling for over $800!!!!!!!).

Perhaps speculators are guessing the trend will spill over into the baseball market as well.

 

[Gwynn545]

I wasnt trying to be a smartass, but thanks for your remarkably intelligent comments. Im glad todays youth are getting such great educations from the older generation.

The apostrophe and it's many uses. Lesson for Tuesday! Thanks!

And thank you for the compliment. I agree! I only wish there were more great teachers out there!

 

[HPC]

I wasnt trying to be a smartass, but thanks for your remarkably intelligent comments. Im glad todays youth are getting such great educations from the older generation.

The apostrophe and it's many uses. Lesson for Tuesday! Thanks!

And thank you for the compliment. I agree! I only wish there were more great teachers out there!

All hail his royal majesty!

I'm sorry I'm not as perfect with punctuation and grammar as yourself and miss an apostrophe in a sentence



Please, spare my poor ignorant excuse of a life

::facepalm::

 

[Gwynn545]

I wasnt trying to be a smartass, but thanks for your remarkably intelligent comments. Im glad todays youth are getting such great educations from the older generation.

The apostrophe and it's many uses. Lesson for Tuesday! Thanks!

And thank you for the compliment. I agree! I only wish there were more great teachers out there!

All hail his royal majesty!

I'm sorry I'm not as perfect with punctuation and grammar as yourself and miss an apostrophe in a sentence



Please, spare my poor ignorant excuse of a life

::facepalm::

Hey, HPC, don't be so hard on yourself. It's an on-line message board. No one is perfect. Look, even I made a post that wasn't totally clear. Plus, I make spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes all the time when I am in a hurry or I don't go back and check it.
By the way, do you live in/near Avondale? I taught there for a few years a while back. Avondale Middle School (I think it's Lattie Coor, now). Great school! Great area. Many people would call it a "rough area", but many of those kids just needed someone to show that they care about them. I loved it there!

 

[thelesquad]

I wasnt trying to be a smartass, but thanks for your remarkably intelligent comments. Im glad todays youth are getting such great educations from the older generation.

The apostrophe and it's many uses. Lesson for Tuesday! Thanks!

And thank you for the compliment. I agree! I only wish there were more great teachers out there!

By the way, "it's" should be "its" since you are referring to the possessive pronoun of "it."

Tai

 

[Gwynn545]

I wasnt trying to be a smartass, but thanks for your remarkably intelligent comments. Im glad todays youth are getting such great educations from the older generation.

The apostrophe and it's many uses. Lesson for Tuesday! Thanks!

And thank you for the compliment. I agree! I only wish there were more great teachers out there!

By the way, "it's" should be "its" since you are referring to the possessive pronoun of "it."

Tai

touché !

 

[Donutme]

Insane prices !
That is alot of cash for those cards !

 

[maxpower]

No one who's buying from Burbank is looking for a "flip". Burbank's entire pricing model is predicating on pricing out everyone except the one guy who wants to keep a particular card in his PC. It's pretty smart actually, although it must be infuriating to any bargain-hunting buyer who is looking for a steal.

I'm not sure what's particularly 'crazy' about the prices those cards sold for. Obviously, there was at least one buyer, so by definition, Burbank was only asking what the market would bear.

"At auction" is quickly becoming to buyers what "Beckett HI" was to LCS dealers 10-15 years ago.

 

[Fandruw25]

No one who's buying from Burbank is looking for a "flip". Burbank's entire pricing model is predicating on pricing out everyone except the one guy who wants to keep a particular card in his PC. It's pretty smart actually, although it must be infuriating to any bargain-hunting buyer who is looking for a steal.

Burbank listed a bunch of steals when they first switched to eBay. There pricing model didn't account for highly collected sets but instead just a multiplier from high BV. For a couple months everything they listed was getting hit up by player/set collectors and filling many collection holes. Now most everything just sits there.....it's kind of sad.