Hockey Cards - Part III

[miscs75]

Glad I decided to tell my LCS I wanted a box. Only spent $225 USD on it:


*His auto is a mess sadly

 

[Rorschach]

Glad I decided to tell my LCS I wanted a box. Only spent $225 USD on it:


*His auto is a mess sadly

That's above average.

 

[miscs75]

That's above average.

Still better than most are charging. Atleast the auto made up for it. Also Hit a Lacombe retro auto.

 

[Rorschach]

Still better than most are charging. Atleast the auto made up for it. Also Hit a Lacombe retro auto.

I meant the Bedard hit, lol

 

[tmlms13]

Glad I decided to tell my LCS I wanted a box. Only spent $225 USD on it:


*His auto is a mess sadly

Nicely done, sell it now unless you want it as a PC.. Given how he's not exactly dominating this year, he might turn out to be more like a Tavares/Stamkos/Kane than CM/AM

 

[miscs75]

Nicely done, sell it now unless you want it as a PC.. Given how he's not exactly dominating this year, he might turn out to be more like a Tavares/Stamkos/Kane than CM/AM

I plan on selling but my main issue comes selling to somewhere not in the USA. The last time I did that (Nuge Ice /99), some guy from QC tried pulling a fast one (stated it never came but magically had the same card for sale) until his eBay inbox got blasted and he revoked his dispute with me. Magically appeared 2 days after the chaos started for him.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

If you want a quick sale, I'll buy it off you for what you paid for the box. You can even keep all the base cards!

 

[miscs75]

If you want a quick sale, I'll buy it off you for what you paid for the box. You can even keep all the base cards!

You’ve got a better chance of the Leafs winning 2 playoff rounds in the same season.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

I plan on selling but my main issue comes selling to somewhere not in the USA. The last time I did that (Nuge Ice /99), some guy from QC tried pulling a fast one (stated it never came but magically had the same card for sale) until his eBay inbox got blasted and he revoked his dispute with me. Magically appeared 2 days after the chaos started for him.

Don't sell something like that on your own if you're not a "professional" eBayer who knows the dispute process and all the scams to watch out for. Look for a consigner. Odds are, someone will give you a great rate because it's a Bedard card and it's easy money for them and it also gets lots of eyeballs on their other auctions.

eBay does have the Authenticity Guaranteed program now, which makes it a bit safer for the seller. If they have that in the US, that might be an avenue to go down.

You could also take to your card shop owner and see if he knows any big money hockey card collectors who are looking to buy one. Depending on how community oriented your shop is, he might have a few guys he knows and can point you in the right direction, or he might even be willing to buy it from you.

Keep in mind that straight up eBay fees work out to being about 14-15 percent because they also charge fees on the sales tax and shipping. So if this is a $5000 USD card, you're getting somewhere around $4000-$4250 after eBay fees. I'm just using $5000 as an example, I'm not saying it should sell for $5000. In this scenario, if your local shop owner comes in and offers you $3500, while that might seem like a lowball, it's $3500 against $4250, not $3500 against $5000. Also figure in that if he pays you cash and you're smart enough not to put it in the bank, well you can figure the rest out there.

With all that said, consignors usually charge much less than 15 percent on eBay because they have lower rates of negotiated fees, and if you have a Bedard Future Watch card they may go even lower. For example, Slab Shark in Canada at one point was offering to consign Bedard cards for 1 percent. I assume because it gets them so much traffic, it's basically marketing.

 

[miscs75]

Don't sell something like that on your own if you're not a "professional" eBayer who knows the dispute process and all the scams to watch out for. Look for a consigner. Odds are, someone will give you a great rate because it's a Bedard card and it's easy money for them and it also gets lots of eyeballs on their other auctions.

eBay does have the Authenticity Guaranteed program now, which makes it a bit safer for the seller. If they have that in the US, that might be an avenue to go down.

You could also take to your card shop owner and see if he knows any big money hockey card collectors who are looking to buy one. Depending on how community oriented your shop is, he might have a few guys he knows and can point you in the right direction, or he might even be willing to buy it from you.

Keep in mind that straight up eBay fees work out to being about 14-15 percent because they also charge fees on the sales tax and shipping. So if this is a $5000 USD card, you're getting somewhere around $4000-$4250 after eBay fees. I'm just using $5000 as an example, I'm not saying it should sell for $5000. In this scenario, if your local shop owner comes in and offers you $3500, while that might seem like a lowball, it's $3500 against $4250, not $3500 against $5000. Also figure in that if he pays you cash and you're smart enough not to put it in the bank, well you can figure the rest out there.

With all that said, consignors usually charge much less than 15 percent on eBay because they have lower rates of negotiated fees, and if you have a Bedard Future Watch card they may go even lower. For example, Slab Shark in Canada at one point was offering to consign Bedard cards for 1 percent. I assume because it gets them so much traffic, it's basically marketing.

I’m not worried about all of that. I’d rather try to make a deal through one of the FB groups I’m in. I just wish hockey was more popular locally so I can move out quite a bit of stuff without resorting to COMC for quite a bit of it. For the LCS portion, he doesn’t buy singles. I’ve left bulk random Isles/Rags cards in there and let them go just for the heck of it. I leave the cash and put it towards deposits on my next pickup.

 

[tmlms13]

I was watching some YouTube rips of SPA

Saw two incredible things. Single box videos

Guy got a hot box with 3 autos in it. Still maybe $50 at most in vale, no actual fwa.

Guy got a cold box with 1 auto and it wasn't even a FWA retro or real. Absolutely got f***ed

 

[CutOnDime97]

Will we see this paid for?

 

[Rorschach]

I was watching some YouTube rips of SPA

Saw two incredible things. Single box videos

Guy got a hot box with 3 autos in it. Still maybe $50 at most in vale, no actual fwa.

Guy got a cold box with 1 auto and it wasn't even a FWA retro or real. Absolutely got f***ed

I remember 06/07 where a guy doing a case break got like 8 autos in one box.

I almost got that in one box of 07/08 but it was because one card, Toronto Maple Leafs SOTT 6x HOFers autos... 5/5.

 

[CutOnDime97]

The Gauthier 1/1 was sold and paid for

 

[Rorschach]

The Gauthier 1/1 was sold and paid for

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Not very much money.

 

[tmlms13]

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Will we see this paid for?

If he plays for Utah that goes for $1000 at most. Canadiens fans act like he's the next Cale Makar

 

[CutOnDime97]

If he plays for Utah that goes for $1000 at most. Canadiens fans act like he's the next Cale Makar

More than that but yeah, probably around what Cutter went for.

 

[Mr Kot]

oh...ok then

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

I remember 06/07 where a guy doing a case break got like 8 autos in one box.

I almost got that in one box of 07/08 but it was because one card, Toronto Maple Leafs SOTT 6x HOFers autos... 5/5.

I once opened a box of Pacific Atomic and got a minimum of one jersey/patch card in every pack, which was pretty fun! Noting particulary rare but still fun.

 

[Rorschach]

I once opened a box of Pacific Atomic and got a minimum of one jersey/patch card in every pack, which was pretty fun! Noting particulary rare but still fun.

I think I opened that too. Unfortunately like just about all of Pacific cards, they are worth very little. I did pull a Datsyuk RC though.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I haven’t collected cards since I was a kid but every now and then I think about getting an affordable box to take a trip down memory lane. What are some boxes that are good entry level ones? I wouldn’t be selling any of the cards

I don’t know if it still exists but I used to get Tough Stuff (I think that was the name) magazine and in the back they had the addresses of a bunch of sports teams. I used to send out some cards to individual players asking them to sign it. Most cards I sent out were gone in the wind but I always gained respect and took a liking towards the players who returned the cards signed. Even if the cards weren’t worth a ton of money they had personal value

 

[Rorschach]

I haven’t collected cards since I was a kid but every now and then I think about getting an affordable box to take a trip down memory lane. What are some boxes that are good entry level ones? I wouldn’t be selling any of the cards

I don’t know if it still exists but I used to get Tough Stuff (I think that was the name) magazine and in the back they had the addresses of a bunch of sports teams. I used to send out some cards to individual players asking them to sign it. Most cards I sent out were gone in the wind but I always gained respect and took a liking towards the players who returned the cards signed. Even if the cards weren’t worth a ton of money they had personal value

Almost all of the 90-91 and 91-92 sealed products are still cheap, with the exception of 90-91 OPC Premier. If you're trying to go earlier, 89-90 Topps/OPC is somewhat affordable but after that, the boxes are all triple digits to five digits in price. And the magazine name was Tuff Stuff. 90-91 Upper Deck HI numbers is a good box to start with.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

If he plays for Utah that goes for $1000 at most. Canadiens fans act like he's the next Cale Makar

No it doesn't.

Gauthier, who's done nothing at the NHL level so far sold for 4k, so that card would likely got for close to double that, if not more.