Overpaid - let 's see em

[atx840]

Let see some cards you went well over your budget on or overpaid for at the time and are happy you did

Edited - To clarify, I mean overpaid at the time but looking back you are happy you went for it vs not picking it up.

Hunted this one for a while.

[AMBST95]

How do I post a scan of every card I own?

[RobertGT]

Originally Posted by AMBST95

How do I post a scan of every card I own?

Priceless!

[Leon]

For me this could be almost an endless post . I overpaid, at the time, for many....but over time, most have become pretty good buys!! I usually had to scramble to come up with the funds but always have......

[Leon]

Looking back, I was only 2 for 5 on good buys . Fortunately those 2 were decent...

Originally Posted by Leon

For me this could be almost an endless post . I overpaid, at the time, for many....but over time, most have become pretty good buys!! I usually had to scramble to come up with the funds but always have......

[edjs]

Originally Posted by Leon

Looking back, I was only 2 for 5 on good buys . Fortunately those 2 were decent...

Which 2, Leon?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by edjs

Which 2, Leon?

The first 2 I did pretty good on, the second 3 not so much...Rarity doesn't equal value. I have been trying to tell myself that for close to 20 yrs now...

[Sean]

Yeah, I remember bidding on those two, and getting blown away long before extended bidding began.

[sreader3]

Originally Posted by Leon

Rarity doesn't equal value.

There should be a Net54 "great quotes" section with this one near the top!

I have lost some money thinking along those lines as well.

Rarity means low supply, but there's that other nasty price component called "demand"!

[Runscott]

What an odd twist - Moriarity is usually the one doing the hunting

If I overpaid for a card, I might be glad I owned it, but I wouldn't be glad that I overpaid.

Sometimes I pay more than market value for 'in action' RPPC postcards. This is one that has 'Bloomer Girls' in action, plus it's extra-long. I couldn't resist.

[auggiedoggy]

Can't say I've gone over budget but I probably spent more than I should have on most cards I own or have owned.

[Runscott]

Almost forgot, Leon's brown-back-Buck reminded me...yesterday I received the entire raw 1911 OBAK set from Lew Lipset's auction.

I was hoping to keep the Weaver and dispose of the rest, but it looks like while I'll still be doing that, end the end i will have overpaid for the Weaver...and will be happy to have it.

[z28jd]

Probably the one that stands out the most is paying $900 for a PSA2 t206 Cobb green portrait in 2003 because it was the last card I needed for my set. Now it is worth more than that, and it is a real nice 2, could probably get a 2.5 under the new system, but back then it was not a $900 card. More like $650-700, but I was too anxious to finish the set and that was the only reasonable one I could find for sale that day. All the others were too low grade, too high or they were Ebay auctions that weren't ending for 5-7 days. Instead of waiting, I paid the extra and got it shipped next day(seller threw that in)

[DeanH3]

I just could not resist the over-sized borders, centering and color/focus on this card. Could not be happier and one of my overall favorites.

[Zone91]

I have for sure just see my other topics!!!

[g_vezina_c55]

i overpaid for this card .

I overpaid many time because i buy with my heart instead into buy with my head....

But no regret

[Cardboard Junkie]

Nelson That is by far my favorite "Plank", and from Lionels collection too! What ever you paid, It would be a bargain at twice the price. Curious...any paper loss on the back? Dave.

[t206hound]

I'm budget conscience when it comes to my collections... in many cases I sell (or flip) in order to support the habit. I picked up the Rossman double name on eBay at a pretty hefty sum (for me), but what an oversized beauty it was. I haven't seen a comparable one come to market since then. I saw the next Rossman in an H&S lot, but again had to have it. Unlike most two namers, this one showed ALL of both names.

After that I tried hunting down the Rossman-Thomas two name when I realized that there was ANOTHER Rossman-McBride. Again, I had to have it. Definitely "overpaid" (or overtraded in this case), but definitely happy to have it.

Still haven't found that Rossman-Thomas. Have some good miscut tradebait available. Or any T206 Rossman miscut will do.

[deadballfreaK]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

i overpaid for this card .

I overpaid many time because i buy with my heart instead into buy with my head....

But no regret

I'd probably give my left one for that card.

[T205 GB]

I could give and endless post on the t205's I sold and bought. It the love of the hobby and chase that makes it worth it though

[ValKehl]

Jim - Thanks for your kind comment and for showing your SGC-graded Hooker card. My eyes are apparently deteriorating as rapidly as my memory, because I checked the PSA & SGC pop reports just before I did my post, and I didn't see your Hooker card (BTW, very nice card - I really like the color of it!).

Brent - Your comment is PRICELESS!

Val

[Matthew H]

Jim, nice card.

[pbspelly]

Overpaid for this, but since Sullivans are the only cards I collect, I have to overpay sometimes since it's not like I can just move on to another player's card

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

I just could not resist the over-sized borders, centering and color/focus on this card. Could not be happier and one of my overall favorites.

Cool! Love those BIG FAT (PHAT) borders!

Once traded a 33 Goudey Ruth 149 (Red) for a 54T Kaline rookie..doh THAT qualifys as overpaying. Dave

[Exhibitman]

I was ready to post until I saw the "and happy" part

I paid top prices for these but did I overpay? Hard to say. I do know that they're gonna have to pry them from my cold, dead fingers [or make me a hell of an offer]:





Victor "Young" Perez autographed PC. He was a flyweight champ of Tunisian descent who lived in France. Come WWII, as a Jew he was betrayed to the Nazis and sent to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland where he was forced to fight gladiatorial contests for the amusement of the guards. If he won, he was fed. If he lost, he would be executed. He never lost. He was finally murdered during a death march near the end of the war when he shared some bread with a fellow prisoner in defiance of a guard's orders. Perez's cards--there are a few--are sought after because of his story.

I bought a terribly overpriced near set to get this card: 1968 Atlantic Oil prize-winner Claude Osteen. I've never seen another of the prize-winners from the issue offered for sale in many years of working the set.

[atx840]

Great cards so far.

To clarify, I mean overpaid at the time but looking back you are happy you went for it vs not picking it up.

[E93]

What can you do when it is the only one known and you "need" it?
JimB

[chaddurbin]

Originally Posted by E93

What can you do when it is the only one known and you "need" it?
JimB

ahh the n167 expert has been de-masked. nice card jim!

[Manny Trillo]

$150

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[steve B]

One of the guys I learned a lot from about hobbies in general once told me
- You can't pay too much, but you can pay too soon.

For most things that just means that you'd have to hold on to an item a while to get any profit at all. Sometimes a couple years, sometimes longer. There are few exceptions, although most commons from about 1980 till now were probably paid for generations too soon.

Steve B

[JoeyFarino]

Not a card but thought id add mine. 1932 Type 1. Overpaid but it was worth it