It amazes me that some channels spend 11k opening a modern product full of fake jersey patches when you can spend the same amount on this much history. Really great video!
It's a combination of not every collector being into vintage, and the gambling aspect of ripping packs. In the case of vintage, you're paying the value of the cards. In the case of modern box opening, you're paying for the chance to get back many times what you paid. You can spend a few bucks on a pack and have the chance to pull a 6 figure card. If you're buying a 6 figure vintage card, you're paying 6 figures. For me, if I had the money right now to buy. I would invest in modern unopened wax. Meaning boxes from 2003 or so (Lebron, Wade RC) to maybe 2019. I would buy vintage Yankee and Nolan Ryan singles for my pc. And I would rip Bowman and Topps flagship/chrome for fun.
It is amazing isn't it? I bought a 54 topps w mays for $250 that is in great shape, meanwhile some guy was buying a $300 box of modern baseball with only 4 cards. He lost bigtime. It's sad.
Thanks for sharing this amazing pickup!! These are some awesome cards!! When you buy a collection such as this how do you decide which cards to keep for your own collection and which cards to sell? You were going to crack certain cases and resubmit to PSA or SGC. How do you decide which grading company to send certain cards to? Thanks for the great content and for your feedback!!
I was fortunate enough to get first dibs on Christians collection. (I snagged his 1949 Jackie and Duke, t206 Rube Waddell, and a beautiful 38 Goudey Bob Feller among a few others). Hes a true collector that primarily obtained cards raw within his budget then later on sent them in for grading. He has/had an amazing vintage collection. Nicest guy you could meet, too!!!
I keep saying this - as I'm sure others do - but thank you for the transparency in walking us all through bought amount, market value amount, and what you look to do with each card. I'm no expert in card values, but if those percentages of market values are correct, then you've been extremely fair with the seller. If you can quickly turn the ones you want to sell over, then it's understandable that you'd accept paying as close to market value as you can for them (and if they are predicted to sit for the 'right buyer', then obviously that percentage of the market price you'll be willing to pay will decrease). Anyway, thanks for taking the time to put this all together, Chris. Much appreciated! 👍
Chris, I give you a lot of credit as that’s a very fair deal. With the exception of iconic cards like the ‘54 Aaron, I wouldn’t expect more than 60% return on anything else if I were selling. I think you’ve built up so much cred that this will help you with more sellers in the future. I know if I were ever selling, I would choose you over the ‘lowball’ Chasing Cardboard guys. And that is an exact quote from Mike to me when I commented on one of his videos. He said his first is always a lowball offer.
Hi Chris. You picked up some great cards there and offered a fair price. My favorite is the Hank Aaron rookie. Thank you for the video, it was fun seeing those classic old cards.
Not to be a fly in the ointment Chris, but Lou Boudreau's rookie is in the 1941 Double Play set. 1948 is when he won the AL MVP and World Series, so his Leaf is still pretty important and a nice card! George Kell also as a 1947 Tip Top Bread and Bobby Doerr's rookie is a 1937 R314 C Type 4 Goudey Wide Pen. When you get the chance, check out Hank "Machine Gun" Thompson's career and life. Rick Swaine of SABR did a really good article on it, This has been really great seeing all this vintage, thanks for showing these cards. Really impressive collection!
Love the Home Run Baker card. Got his nickname in 1911 after leading the league and hitting 2 big homers in the World Series. Such an underappreciated player.
Another great video Chris. I always enjoy your breakdown from the collector, investor, seller point of view. Always looking forward to your next video.
I love the Goudey Heads Up Jimmie Foxx. The Heads Up were some of the very first vintage cards I had ever seen at a card show in Concord California back in 1988. I was 9 years old and they were THE coolest cards I had ever seen. Eventually I will own a few but I gotta put two kids through college first. Great video Chris!! What an amazing collection!!
Homerun Baker got his name because he'd hit about a dozen homeruns per year. That was during an era with an extremely dead ball and the pitcher's hadn't even been moved yet. So anything around or over ten would be a lot.
Chris, What a GREAT VIDEO! Wow! You bought some cards I would love to own someday... I really love the Dizzy Dean and the Hack Wilson. I actually have a Dizzy Dean autographed Baseball! Awesome stuff..
The moral to this story is this: Collectors - when selling cards to a dealer, you HAVE TO LEAVE SOME "MEAT ON THE BONE". The dealer HAS costs...so HE has to MAKE SOME MONEY. Frankly, Chris, and all of you can call me CHEAP if you like, but I think your offers were MORE THAN GENEROUS and EXTREMELY fair to the collector. I would have offered less..but THAT's me... The collector in this case, should be quite pleased.
As a returned ex-patriate like yourself, I spent a decade living outside the US. Most of that time was in Nicaragua; a lovely country blessed with a passion for beisbol. Señor Clemente is venerated as a saint in that country for his abundant aid, and tragic end lending his time and money to a stricken country on its knees. I even saw a few of his cards kept in collections by rabid older fans who spoke lovingly of "Bob" [kinda sounds like "Boab"]. Insomuch as Bob himself was just an ex-patriate, trying to fit in, angliticizing his name for a segment who didn't roll their R's, maybe taking umbrage in his name isn't worth it. Because at the end of the day, some of his biggest fans for whom he perished, still call him Bob.
Great way to spend your money!!! Hope I can find that Mantle for $200. I’ve been a Yankees fan and a Mantle fan since I was old enough to know who they were, but yet to own one! When I do it will definitely be a life long priced piece of my collection!
Wow! Awesome cards. What city is named on that 1887 A&G? I have one with Richmond, VA, but it isn’t a sport related card. I just had to have it ( a long-standing problem of mine).
I all of a sudden love 38 Goudeys. That McGraw is the fire. How can you turn down any player named "Rabbit"? 🐰 That guy cornered the market on low grade eye appeal.
Kiki Cuyler - it's pronounced with a long I sound - not key-key but kai-kai. The nickname came from the first syllable of his last name Cuyler, as if the fans were shouting Cuy-cuy Cuyler! Also, it's long A Averill - not short A. He had a son with the same name with cards from the early 60s who the unwary buyer might mistake for the HoF father. Just extraordinary cards. The Tim Keefe is amazing - well over 300 wins. Hodges may still have some upside. His cards got a big boost when he made the Hall last year.
…and Chris, never sell that Jimmy Foxx card because it’s unlikely you’ll ever see it again. I know a lot of Red Sox fans that would kill for that card. AND how in the hell do you drive in 191 players in a single season? That’s mind blowing! Love the Gil Hodges card, the last of the “boys of summer” to finally make it home to the HOF.
I suppose a few of these will be difficult to part with given this is what you collect HOF rookies. I understand however it's not like you can just spend 11k on cards to keep. On a card like that Aaron rookie will that go to ebay or an auction house? I know there is a little risk with an auction house, but they do typically get more money than an eBay auction.
Love this buy and collection! When you make purchases like these that will have slim margins do you still send to a consignor or do you sell yourself? Seems with a ebay cosigner you would be giving up almost 30% (eBay fee and cosigner fee) of the final sale and really eat into the already slim margin.
Home run Baker lead the league in home runs during the 1911,1912 and 1913 seasons but hit only 11, 10 and 12 home runs in those respective years… strange to think Babe Ruth lead the league with 54 only 7 years later
Question: What sets would be good starting points for new pre-War collectors on a budget? We often hear about 1933 Goudey and T-206 and Cracker Jacks... but there seem to be some good lesser known sets out there too.
Take a look at the 1939-1941 Play Ball sets. Very reasonably priced, especially outside of the Williamses and Dimaggios (which are still cheaper than the Ruths, Gehrigs, and Cobbs of earlier sets) and which still have legendary pre-war players like Foxx, Ott, Grove, etc. 1940 even has cards of retired players - Walter Johnson, Joe Jackson, etc.
Hello, I'm trying to send cards to psa my question is when I'm filling out on the website would I have to make two different order one for cards and one for auto cards. Would the need to be shipped separately? Thanks for any help
You talk about your PC a lot, I’m curious to know two things. 1. How many cards approximately do you have in your PC and 2. How many of those cards are of your man Cal Ripkin Jr lol 😊. Thanks for the vid btw love your stuff!
My true PC is only about 300 cards with about 75 of them being Ripken. But I always am holding on to additional cards simply Because I don’t want to sell them yet
I love you as a collector more then I love you as a seller. That’s the reason why I mentioned CAL. I love that you have a guy. It puts a smile on my face.
My guy is Ken Griffey. I got some buy back cards in topps chrome, and I used it to get my Ken Griffey Jr 1989 UD graded by PSA. I pulled the card from a pack in 1989. I can’t wait to see what happens. The grade won’t matter. I just can’t wait to have it slabbed and in my hand.
When you buy a collection are guys Ok with you only picking what you want? I know if I wanted to sell my collection I want them to take it all. Most of the time what is left will be hard to sell after someone buying part. I know when you bought from me I was fine with you buying my individual PC. I don't have any junk (commons, semi stars and stars that aren't rookies). But if was getting out of the hobby I would want to move it all.
His father was a Democrat, and Alexander was born during the first term of President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, so his parents named him for Cleveland.
Went by the nickname Ol' Pete - I've done online quizzes where if you put in Grover Alexander it doesn't recognize him but if you put in Pete Alexander it does. #3 all time in career W.
Possibly the most undeserved nickname in sports history. "Home Run" Baker. He got the name in 1911 after hitting a world series homer... A series winner? Nope. A game winner? Nope. A huge game 7 homer that shifted momentum leading to a win? Nope. OK, must have been a 9th inning game tying homer to send it to extras, right? Nope. Game 2, 6th inning. It broke a tie and the A's won the game. That's how the nickname "Home Run" was bestowed.
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