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Originally Posted by Woundedduck
Gorgeous cards everyone. I know a lot of people don't like to share how much they pay for their pick ups but I wish they would. Being still new to vintage I'm always trying to gauge how much I should be paying and what a good deal is.
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I agree the inclusion of prices would be a helpful in determining current values, but I don't think many posts will include them.
One reason is to protect sellers who might be friends. If I know that a seller/dealer gave me a better price than what he was willing to do for other interested buyers, I don't want to throw him under the bus by making others aware of that fact.
Plus, and this reason is more of a factor, you're probably going to see a lot of these cards on the B/S/T within the next few months -- some possibly this week. Posting a price paid here would prevent the 400 percent profit some would hope to make. VintageCardPrices.com and eBay have dealt a blow to guys who flip with the hope of making 3x or 4x their money. They're not going to sabotage themselves.
If it helps, I paid $130 for the Matty and $200 for the Lajoie in my post above.