Card(s) you wish you purchased

Ricky · #1 09-05-2021, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Foo3112

I remember seeing some cards for sale at the below prices which felt like a lot you had to be rich in order to acquire. Now looking at prices today, seems like even the most average collector can put just a handful of cards together and easily come up with 10K of value/sales. In fact, if you didn't have a card that was valued at even 10K during the pandemic hike, then you were perhaps collecting the wrong thing lol. Seriously though, looking back, I wish I would have picked these up but the reality also is that I didn't have the funds to purchase most even back then unless I was willing to sell some stuff and the stuff I did sell went towards other cards in my collection. I really like my small collection today so I cant complain as I realize I cant buy everything I want. I am happy with what I have and staying debt free is perfectly fine with me.

1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC PSA 8 10K (I had the chance to purchase one)

1981 Topps Joe Montana PSA 10. At 10K prices.

1982 Cal Ripken Traded when they were about $1,200. This card is still do-able today but they have begun increasing in price again. I believe they are around 7K today but they were even much higher during the spike.

1986 Fleer Jordan PSA 9 at $1,100 all day and the PSA 10's when they were just hitting 10K back around 2013/14. I thought 10K was a crazy amount of money.

2000 Topps Brady Chrome PSA 10 were at about $1000 back around 2016/17.

2003 Topps Chrome Refractor Lebron PSA 10 were at about 7K around 2017. Stupid me is all I can say.

2009 Bowman Chrome Refractor Mike Trout PSA 10 was at 17K on eBay back in late 2019. The last one I remember seeing sold at about 58K.

Where are you seeing 1982 Topps Traded Ripken�s for 7k? I see a 10 on eBay for $750 right now..

sbfinley · #2 09-05-2021, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky

Where are you seeing 1982 Topps Traded Ripken�s for 7k? I see a 10 on eBay for $750 right now..

That�s a BCCG and is probably at best an 7 under the absolute best circumstances.

glynparson · #3 09-05-2021, 04:19 PM

One was in 1984 and would have been every penny in my 12 year old bank account. I was allowed to get it verified by experts for authenticity. I am very confident it was real. And in 1997 I was offered a second one and given the opportunity to pay for it in installments. I greatly regret passing in both of these. For all the obvious reasons. This one was authenticated by PSA.

glynparson · #4 09-05-2021, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky

Where are you seeing 1982 Topps Traded Ripken�s for 7k? I see a 10 on eBay for $750 right now..

Ripken topps
Traded is way closer to 7k in a PSA 10 than 750. Bccg is an absolute joke. The fools on here that constantly bitch about PSA but don�t say squat about this Beckett travesty are a joke.

Seven · #5 09-05-2021, 04:46 PM

A 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle before the price Jump. A 52 Topps Mays as well.

egri · #6 09-05-2021, 04:50 PM

I passed on picking up Mantle for my project several times over the years. It's still doable, but went from being a 'There goes my card budget for the month' to something I'll need to budget for for a while.

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