1948 Leaf Satchel Paige - blank back - on eBay....

[Meenman]

Thanks. The cards that I have been selling come from a Lady's husband who sadly passed away. He had collected these cards as a child in bubble gum packs from 1948 to 1955. They sat in a box at his Moms house until she passed and have been sitting in her closet for about 40 years untouched. She consigned them with me to sell on EBay. And that's what I have been doing. The strange thing is that out of all the cards, there was no 1952 Topps Mantle. But there was a 48 Paige blank back and others. I'm not disappointed.

[PiratesWS1979]

Welcome to the net54 family. That is quite a find with the nice Paige Blank Back and THREE '51 Mantle's...truly awesome!

[Meenman]

Thank You.

[pokerplyr80]

If it's real that is quite a find. Curious as to why you would sell the other fairly high end cards raw. You and your consignor would most likely net a lot more if the cards were authenticated and graded.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

If it's real that is quite a find. Curious as to why you would sell the other fairly high end cards raw. You and your consignor would most likely net a lot more if the cards were authenticated and graded.

+1

Smart move would be to consign them to a trusted auction house like Love of the Game, REA or Heritage or even PWCC who will then get the cards graded resulting in the best possible outcome.

Heritage has a PSA 7 in their next auction estimated to go for $80k+.

[Meenman]

I think I've done pretty good selling them like I have been selling them.Some nice results without paying for the grading or sending them to auction. The Paige is the one that I will get graded soon.The others are getting good results. Most of my cards are in the top prices sold ungraded. And are selling better than a lots of graded ones. Its fast, easy and uncomplicated. Thanks

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Meenman

I think I've done pretty good selling them like I have been selling them.Some nice results without paying for the grading or sending them to auction. The Paige is the one that I will get graded soon.The others are getting good results. Most of my cards are in the top prices sold ungraded. And are selling better than a lots of graded ones. Its fast, easy and uncomplicated. Thanks

Sometimes simple is best. I don't blame you a bit. As for the Paige it's good you are getting that one graded to maximize the value.

[murphy8276]

Originally Posted by Meenman

I think I've done pretty good selling them like I have been selling them.Some nice results without paying for the grading or sending them to auction. The Paige is the one that I will get graded soon.The others are getting good results. Most of my cards are in the top prices sold ungraded. And are selling better than a lots of graded ones. Its fast, easy and uncomplicated. Thanks

You may be right about some assumptions, but you do not know how much value was lost unless they were to actually be graded.

The ease of doing it this way for you could be just ignorance more or less, not to be disrespectful. Put it this way, most of the people who are buying from you are likely not buying to hold and they are buying to capitalize on the value you left on are the table. One grade could make all of the difference where your high RAW card sale was actually a gift to someone landing an 8 or higher holder in some of the cards. I suggest to swallow pride a little and at least test the waters of a real auction house who will grade and submit the cards for you with PSA or whomever. You will then have less work to do (no listing) and you collect thousands more in the long run. It really is the best thing you can do for your consignor too since they hit you with the "gift horse" by asking a person who never sold cards to sell them for them. Kudos to you though for being the one we are all jealous of. xD

GL in the auctions otherwise. Very nice cards you have, hence my post.