Posted By:
Tom Boblittsay.......1996...........
You could bid in and win large lots in Ron Oser auctions and do really well with them. I'd routinely buy $2-$5K lots, keep difficult pieces, and sell off the rest generally for AT LEAST what I paid for them and kept great cards for my collection. Sadly, with the marriage of Oser and Mastro, those days dried up pretty quickly in the late 1990's. Same for other auctions out there. There are still some deals to be had that way but you really have to study the lots. Its easier to do it with graded cards now because you have a list of all of them and the grades are more widely accepted. A lot like the one you listed from ebay is difficult unless you really know the seller and they do a good job picturing all the cards. What looks as EX may often be VG and the price differential is significant on something like that. But....it's a good way to add to your collection and defer a lot of the expense if you can do it......