OT New $22,000.00 set from Topps..

KingFisk · #1 12-19-2016, 08:45 PM

Set break was tonight, streamed online. I had never done one before. It was pretty thrilling, which I wasn't expecting. The host was engaging with a touch of Don West DNA. The two biggest pulls in the case featured baseball icons Tupac Shakur (cut auto from a personal check) and Daisy Ridley (1/1 autograph...which gets the kids excited). I actually did very well with my two slots, getting limited parallel autographs of a soccer legend and a Cubs wunderkind. I checked ebay and both are currently going for crazy prices...So if I cashed in now, financially I could make a really nice gain and buy vintage with the profits. That sounds like a plan to me. This experience was like I imagine bungee jumping is like...a lot of fun to try once but kinda stupid and not worth the risk.

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swarmee · #2 12-19-2016, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KingFisk

Set break was tonight, streamed online. I had never done one before. It was pretty thrilling, which I wasn't expecting. The host was engaging with a touch of Don West DNA. The two biggest pulls in the case featured baseball icons Tupac Shakur (cut auto from a personal check) and Daisy Ridley (1/1 autograph...which gets the kids excited). I actually did very well with my two slots, getting limited parallel autographs of a soccer legend and a Cubs wunderkind. I checked ebay and both are currently going for crazy prices...So if I cashed in now, financially I could make a really nice gain and buy vintage with the profits. That sounds like a plan to me. This experience was like I imagine bungee jumping is like...a lot of fun to try once but kinda stupid and not worth the risk.

You're looking at it the way many who play in those circles do: for a nominal amount, it's possible to get a card worth thousands (sometimes tens of thousands) or at least break even or make money with a high draft slot. Congrats on hitting a Pele auto. The Daisy Ridley would probably go for a couple thousand.

KingFisk · #3 12-19-2016, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by swarmee

You're looking at it the way many who play in those circles do: for a nominal amount, it's possible to get a card worth thousands (sometimes tens of thousands) or at least break even or make money with a high draft slot. Congrats on hitting a Pele auto. The Daisy Ridley would probably go for a couple thousand.

Thanks! I can see the allure of participating in these now having done one (and batting 1.000). God bless those who do them all the time but for me it felt just a few steps away from a casino game. Definitely fun though for a one shot...I would probably feel differently if I walked away with a Dwight Gooden sketch and a Harmon Killebrew base.

bnorth · #4 12-19-2016, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by KingFisk

Thanks! I can see the allure of participating in these now having done one (and batting 1.000). God bless those who do them all the time but for me it felt just a few steps away from a casino game. Definitely fun though for a one shot...I would probably feel differently if I walked away with a Dwight Gooden sketch and a Harmon Killebrew base.

From someone who was in on 2 set breaks and got commons you would have felt different.

Like the lottery there are a few winners a boat load of losers and the person running it makes out like a bandit.

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