How much would you pay?

[cobblove]

Can you get that many real tobacco packs? or would they be remakes?

[deebro041]

Does Charlie Bucket get a shot at this?

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

repackaged in boxes that look like a Piedmont pack

Originally Posted by cobblove

Can you get that many real tobacco packs? or would they be remakes?

Answered in OP

[wake.up.the.echoes]

my two cents (barely)...

to avoid people revealing what they got inside their packs prior to all being sold (thus overvaluing or devaluing remaining packs), you could hold off sending ANY of the packs until ALL are sold. maybe some sort of trusted clearinghouse could hold the packs until all have been paid for? then you could send all out at once.

just a thought...

I would pay $100. And I also wanted to add a +1 to the suggestion that you scan ALL the cards and put them on a website for viewing prior to sale, and also that you leave the cards in the holders for protection/etc.

[rainier2004]

This is a sweet idea. As a CJ guy, if you did the same thing and guaranteed all cards a numerical grade with most cards falling in the fr-vg category somewhere, the pack, or box in scenario, would run you aroun $150 to break even...I dont think I could drop 175-200 on a box, but maybe I would in the end if I had some wine or a long island in me!

[bbcard1]

I am finding the financial prospects dubious, through I don't think we are the guys for high risk packs but after some though, here is how i think I would do it (theoretically speaking). 1) Buy a solid G-VG set 2) cut a deal with one of the grading companies to both grade the set and custom header it (much like Nelson's Plank which describes it as part of the Carter Collection). 3) Scan every card and put it on a website. 4) Presell the entire set...not one pack goes out until all 520 are sold. Allow people to log on to the website and "claim" the card they got. They could even upload a picture of themselves with it...Depending on what happened, if someone kept a few packs, they could actually increase in demand on the secondary market. I am not sure that the numbers would ultimately work, though.

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I am finding the financial prospects dubious, through I don't think we are the guys for high risk packs but after some though, here is how i think I would do it (theoretically speaking). 1) Buy a solid G-VG set 2) cut a deal with one of the grading companies to both grade the set and custom header it (much like Nelson's Plank which describes it as part of the Carter Collection). 3) Scan every card and put it on a website. 4) Presell the entire set...not one pack goes out until all 520 are sold. Allow people to log on to the website and "claim" the card they got. They could even upload a picture of themselves with it...Depending on what happened, if someone kept a few packs, they could actually increase in demand on the secondary market. I am not sure that the numbers would ultimately work, though.

Not a bad idea, what is stopping someone from claiming a Ty Cobb, when they got a Snodgrass?