If you're at a card show...

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 12:43 AM

If you're at a card show and going through some bargain boxes, what types of cards/players do you expect or look for?

Looking to start setting up and trying to organize my inventory. Just curious what types of players/cards are common in each types of boxes listed below. Thanks!

$.10 boxes
$.25 boxes
$.50 boxes
$1 boxes

tjforce · 01-10-2017, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by nepatsfan12dt

If you're at a card show and going through some bargain boxes, what types of cards/players do you expect or look for?

Looking to start setting up and trying to organize my inventory. Just curious what types of players/cards are common in each types of boxes listed below. Thanks!

$.10 boxes
$.25 boxes
$.50 boxes
$1 boxes

$1 boxes: I'll expect to find common auto's and jersey cards of common to semi star players. Please don't try to get $5 for you Rhett Bomar auto's.

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by tjforce

$1 boxes: I'll expect to find common auto's and jersey cards of common to semi star players. Please don't try to get $5 for you Rhett Bomar auto's.

Unfortunately I don't have much in the way of cheaper GU and autos. Was hoping to get an idea of the RC/insert/base stuff for the cheaper boxes.

tjforce · 01-10-2017, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by nepatsfan12dt

Unfortunately I don't have much in the way of cheaper GU and autos. Was hoping to get an idea of the RC/insert/base stuff for the cheaper boxes.

Ok, I always like to search the $.25 cent bins for base RCs of decent players from the 90's or 00's. It's hard to pass up an impulse buy of some RC I just never hit busting packs years ago or some easy to find insert.

The thing I don't like is when someone fills up anything more than the $.10 box with just pure commons out of a case they busted of 2007 Score or something.

Branesergen · 01-10-2017, 01:22 AM

I have my boxes broke down as quarter box, dollar box (6 for $5) $4 box (3 for $10) and $10 box (3 for $25). In my quarter box are rookies and inserts that are commons and base semi stars. Dollar box has rookies and inserts that are semi stars and star commons. My $4 box has GU, autos and super stars (Brady, Manning, Favre), my $10 box has $10 to $20 cards in it. I do really really well with this set up. Have many return customers, there's always someone going thru them and often times 4 or 5 people going thru them and make anywhere from $100- $300 a show out of them. The trick is make them good values where people are willing to take the good with the bad. Someone will take that Rhett Bomar auto to get the 2 Bradys cheaper

lol

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 01:29 AM

Appreciate the replies! I guess I have trouble when people say commons or semi stars etc.

Example, a bunch of 90s and 2000s base cards of Terrell Davis, Aikman, Bettis, etc. Where do those go?

Branesergen · 01-10-2017, 01:45 AM

Aikman in the dollar box (as I'm in Texas lol) the rest would go in my quarter box. The main question you need to ask yourself is do you want to make more money slowly or move inventory and make less money faster. I want to make less money faster and move my "junk" that I cant move anywhere else. Use that money to buy deals that I can make more money on.

Best piece of advise I got when I started was don't use the show to make money, that's what ebay is for (Its cheaper in the long run), use shows for buying deals and making connections.

Cost of the show is ~$50 for 1 table, 2 for $90, plus your gas and your time. So at $90 just for 2 tables you need to make $900 to make your fees 10% of your sales (Ebay fees). If you pay $90 and only made $200 then you paid 50% in fees. So move your junk mostly so you don't lose too much highend (unless of course you can make $900 or more) and use your time there to make connections and move low end stuff that's hard to sell elsewhere.

I have a collector that buys all my Emmitts. I charge him $10 to buy and sell him an Emmitt. So I do nothing but cover cost for a week and he picks it up and I get $10. Also have a Biggio collector and a Boba Fett collector. I also have people bringing me stuff in that I can flip on ebay for a profit.

Oh and if you think you're going to do this then get Beckett price guide. I use the online guide. Not necessarily for the shows (But a LOT of people still go off Beckett) but to help you sort your stuff. It really helps get a general value for low end stuff and helps knowing which box to put it in. If it books for $1 you know to put it in your quarter box. If it books for $10 you know your $4 box. It helps so you're not putting a $1 card in your $4 box lol

Seahawks fan · 01-10-2017, 01:51 AM

If you're looking to move stars of 90s junk era wax then don't just have them in the 0.25 bin have them at 0.25 each or 6 for $1.00 that way you can get rid of it in bigger quantities.

Grab bags work well too that way you can get rid of even no name base.

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Branesergen

Aikman in the dollar box (as I'm in Texas lol) the rest would go in my quarter box. The main question you need to ask yourself is do you want to make more money slowly or move inventory and make less money faster. I want to make less money faster and move my "junk" that I cant move anywhere else. Use that money to buy deals that I can make more money on.

Best piece of advise I got when I started was don't use the show to make money, that's what ebay is for (Its cheaper in the long run), use shows for buying deals and making connections.

Cost of the show is ~$50 for 1 table, 2 for $90, plus your gas and your time. So at $90 just for 2 tables you need to make $900 to make your fees 10% of your sales (Ebay fees). If you pay $90 and only made $200 then you paid 50% in fees. So move your junk mostly so you don't lose too much highend (unless of course you can make $900 or more) and use your time there to make connections and move low end stuff that's hard to sell elsewhere.

I have a collector that buys all my Emmitts. I charge him $10 to buy and sell him an Emmitt. So I do nothing but cover cost for a week and he picks it up and I get $10. Also have a Biggio collector and a Boba Fett collector. I also have people bringing me stuff in that I can flip on ebay for a profit.

Oh and if you think you're going to do this then get Beckett price guide. I use the online guide. Not necessarily for the shows (But a LOT of people still go off Beckett) but to help you sort your stuff. It really helps get a general value for low end stuff and helps knowing which box to put it in. If it books for $1 you know to put it in your quarter box. If it books for $10 you know your $4 box. It helps so you're not putting a $1 card in your $4 box lol

Well Id be doing it to move out a lot of inventory just sitting around but at the same time, I dont really wanna just give the stuff away.

I have a huge variety of just simple base of HOFers/Legends/Stars (eli, Big ben, Ryan, Calvin Johnson, etc, just not sure how to price those guys being its just simple base)

Then I have some cheaper inserts the same guys and guys like Emmitt, Aikman, Moss, Rice, Sanders, Marino.

Branesergen · 01-10-2017, 12:32 PM

I would say get Beckett then. Easy to look up prices and give a general idea where to put them. $2 and under, quarter box. 5 and under $1 box etc etc. Or however you want to split it. Put the hot players in a higher box to compensate beckett being slow and you should do fine. Being a new dealer you'll get quite a bit of customers looking for new stuff. If you sell a lot then you know you have good value, if you sell a little then you know you're over priced and then you can judge by that. Local teams sell better so can be priced higher, stars that aren't really collected (Let's say people like Andy Dalton and Jamaal Charles) need to be priced lower if you want to move them. If you up sell you'll also get more sales. Just remember it's easy to replace. Most rookies, stars, semi stars and commons can be had for $25- $30 for a 5000 count box pretty easily.

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Branesergen

I would say get Beckett then. Easy to look up prices and give a general idea where to put them. $2 and under, quarter box. 5 and under $1 box etc etc. Or however you want to split it. Put the hot players in a higher box to compensate beckett being slow and you should do fine. Being a new dealer you'll get quite a bit of customers looking for new stuff. If you sell a lot then you know you have good value, if you sell a little then you know you're over priced and then you can judge by that. Local teams sell better so can be priced higher, stars that aren't really collected (Let's say people like Andy Dalton and Jamaal Charles) need to be priced lower if you want to move them. If you up sell you'll also get more sales. Just remember it's easy to replace. Most rookies, stars, semi stars and commons can be had for $25- $30 for a 5000 count box pretty easily.

I appreciate the input and your advice. The stuff I have the gentleman whom I bought it all from had it all put in beckett and has BV stickers on each card..even the base so that works already done for me.

k13 · 01-10-2017, 12:37 PM

Lowest box I have is $1...10 for $5...
Usually really popular.

But half the time I could put a $50 card in a $10 box and no one would notice/buy it anyway lol

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by k13

Lowest box I have is $1...10 for $5...
Usually really popular.

But half the time I could put a $50 card in a $10 box and no one would notice/buy it anyway lol

What type of stuff is in the $1 box? Players/types of cards?

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 04:37 PM

Also, do you guys top load everything or just the $1+ stuff?

Branesergen · 01-10-2017, 06:57 PM

I don't topload the quarter box jut penny sleeves. I price and topload all the others. Pricing is important to me incase the contents of the boxes get messed up, and they do.

Whodey14 · 01-10-2017, 07:18 PM

I have setup a few times lately relatively unsuccessfully. Pretty much everything I would setup with is $5 and up. Everything under $75 or so in a box on the table and mixed across loosely. Two displays full of $75 and up. I never get interest in the stuff in the cases. Just not the high end buyers around me and at this time I dont have the time or patience to get into the super cheap stuff.

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Whodey14

I have setup a few times lately relatively unsuccessfully. Pretty much everything I would setup with is $5 and up. Everything under $75 or so in a box on the table and mixed across loosely. Two displays full of $75 and up. I never get interest in the stuff in the cases. Just not the high end buyers around me and at this time I dont have the time or patience to get into the super cheap stuff.

It seems that most dealers, not all, have a lot of success with the $1 and below boxes. I have tons of it already and it's just sitting here so figured I'd go through it all and see what I can do with it.

I have a lot of mid-highend but like you said, it seems like a tough task.

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Branesergen

I don't topload the quarter box jut penny sleeves. I price and topload all the others. Pricing is important to me incase the contents of the boxes get messed up, and they do.

That's what I was thinking. Penny sleeves for quarter cards and top loaders for $.50- $1 cards. I'm thinking maybe using colored stickers to differentiate the prices.

k13 · 01-10-2017, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nepatsfan12dt

What type of stuff is in the $1 box? Players/types of cards?

# stuff
Star players
Inserts
Cheap autos
Base rcs

Anything not good enough for the $2 box..

But each show is very different.

preakness · 01-10-2017, 08:18 PM

Dime boxes not worth the time or space

Stifle · 01-10-2017, 10:29 PM

Nepatsfan12dt, if you are looking for roughly a hundred base cards of each player -Davis, Aikman, Bettis ? Let me know.
Doug

nepatsfan12dt · 01-10-2017, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Stifle

Nepatsfan12dt, if you are looking for roughly a hundred base cards of each player -Davis, Aikman, Bettis ? Let me know.
Doug

I have probably 15-20k cards to go through so I don't need any for inventory, just curious if that kind of stuff moves.

Branesergen · 01-11-2017, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by nepatsfan12dt

I have probably 15-20k cards to go through so I don't need any for inventory, just curious if that kind of stuff moves.

That depends on you. If you want a dollar each for your Davis base because they're worth 3 (just an example) there's no one who will pay that. But if you price them at a quarter people think they're getting a $3 card for 25 cents and they will slowly dissipate.

matt roberson · 01-11-2017, 11:03 AM

donate your base to schools.

altaeria · 01-11-2017, 11:55 AM

As someone who tries to complete some parallel and insert sets,
I prefer to see inventory organized by year/company ...
but I do realize that that is unrealistic nowadays, especially for a card show.

01-10-2017, 12:43 AM	#1
nepatsfan12dt Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,774	If you're at a card show... If you're at a card show and going through some bargain boxes, what types of cards/players do you expect or look for? Looking to start setting up and trying to organize my inventory. Just curious what types of players/cards are common in each types of boxes listed below. Thanks! $.10 boxes $.25 boxes $.50 boxes $1 boxes __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/139578045@N08/

01-10-2017, 01:22 AM	#5
Branesergen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Montgomery Texas Posts: 6,901 Branesergen	I have my boxes broke down as quarter box, dollar box (6 for $5) $4 box (3 for $10) and $10 box (3 for $25). In my quarter box are rookies and inserts that are commons and base semi stars. Dollar box has rookies and inserts that are semi stars and star commons. My $4 box has GU, autos and super stars (Brady, Manning, Favre), my $10 box has $10 to $20 cards in it. I do really really well with this set up. Have many return customers, there's always someone going thru them and often times 4 or 5 people going thru them and make anywhere from $100- $300 a show out of them. The trick is make them good values where people are willing to take the good with the bad. Someone will take that Rhett Bomar auto to get the 2 Bradys cheaper lol __________________ I will never buy a used car. I knew this one guy who bought a used car once and 10 years later...BAM!...Herpes. Did you eat the whole bowl of stupid this morning?? Last edited by Branesergen; 01-10-2017 at 01:25 AM.

01-10-2017, 01:29 AM	#6
nepatsfan12dt Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,774	Appreciate the replies! I guess I have trouble when people say commons or semi stars etc. Example, a bunch of 90s and 2000s base cards of Terrell Davis, Aikman, Bettis, etc. Where do those go? __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/139578045@N08/

01-10-2017, 01:45 AM	#7
Branesergen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Montgomery Texas Posts: 6,901 Branesergen	Aikman in the dollar box (as I'm in Texas lol) the rest would go in my quarter box. The main question you need to ask yourself is do you want to make more money slowly or move inventory and make less money faster. I want to make less money faster and move my "junk" that I cant move anywhere else. Use that money to buy deals that I can make more money on. Best piece of advise I got when I started was don't use the show to make money, that's what ebay is for (Its cheaper in the long run), use shows for buying deals and making connections. Cost of the show is ~$50 for 1 table, 2 for $90, plus your gas and your time. So at $90 just for 2 tables you need to make $900 to make your fees 10% of your sales (Ebay fees). If you pay $90 and only made $200 then you paid 50% in fees. So move your junk mostly so you don't lose too much highend (unless of course you can make $900 or more) and use your time there to make connections and move low end stuff that's hard to sell elsewhere. I have a collector that buys all my Emmitts. I charge him $10 to buy and sell him an Emmitt. So I do nothing but cover cost for a week and he picks it up and I get $10. Also have a Biggio collector and a Boba Fett collector. I also have people bringing me stuff in that I can flip on ebay for a profit. Oh and if you think you're going to do this then get Beckett price guide. I use the online guide. Not necessarily for the shows (But a LOT of people still go off Beckett) but to help you sort your stuff. It really helps get a general value for low end stuff and helps knowing which box to put it in. If it books for $1 you know to put it in your quarter box. If it books for $10 you know your $4 box. It helps so you're not putting a $1 card in your $4 box lol __________________ I will never buy a used car. I knew this one guy who bought a used car once and 10 years later...BAM!...Herpes. Did you eat the whole bowl of stupid this morning?? Last edited by Branesergen; 01-10-2017 at 01:50 AM.

01-10-2017, 01:51 AM	#8
Seahawks fan Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: USA Posts: 7,846	If you're looking to move stars of 90s junk era wax then don't just have them in the 0.25 bin have them at 0.25 each or 6 for $1.00 that way you can get rid of it in bigger quantities. Grab bags work well too that way you can get rid of even no name base. __________________ Always looking for Kam Chancellor and Rare Marcus Trufant cards. I will buy or trade just message me.

01-10-2017, 12:32 PM	#10
Branesergen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Montgomery Texas Posts: 6,901 Branesergen	I would say get Beckett then. Easy to look up prices and give a general idea where to put them. $2 and under, quarter box. 5 and under $1 box etc etc. Or however you want to split it. Put the hot players in a higher box to compensate beckett being slow and you should do fine. Being a new dealer you'll get quite a bit of customers looking for new stuff. If you sell a lot then you know you have good value, if you sell a little then you know you're over priced and then you can judge by that. Local teams sell better so can be priced higher, stars that aren't really collected (Let's say people like Andy Dalton and Jamaal Charles) need to be priced lower if you want to move them. If you up sell you'll also get more sales. Just remember it's easy to replace. Most rookies, stars, semi stars and commons can be had for $25- $30 for a 5000 count box pretty easily. __________________ I will never buy a used car. I knew this one guy who bought a used car once and 10 years later...BAM!...Herpes. Did you eat the whole bowl of stupid this morning??

01-10-2017, 12:37 PM	#12
k13 Banned Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 12,617	Lowest box I have is $1...10 for $5... Usually really popular. But half the time I could put a $50 card in a $10 box and no one would notice/buy it anyway lol

01-10-2017, 04:37 PM	#14
nepatsfan12dt Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,774	Also, do you guys top load everything or just the $1+ stuff? __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/139578045@N08/

01-10-2017, 06:57 PM	#15
Branesergen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Montgomery Texas Posts: 6,901 Branesergen	I don't topload the quarter box jut penny sleeves. I price and topload all the others. Pricing is important to me incase the contents of the boxes get messed up, and they do. __________________ I will never buy a used car. I knew this one guy who bought a used car once and 10 years later...BAM!...Herpes. Did you eat the whole bowl of stupid this morning??

01-10-2017, 07:18 PM	#16
Whodey14 Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 9,760	I have setup a few times lately relatively unsuccessfully. Pretty much everything I would setup with is $5 and up. Everything under $75 or so in a box on the table and mixed across loosely. Two displays full of $75 and up. I never get interest in the stuff in the cases. Just not the high end buyers around me and at this time I dont have the time or patience to get into the super cheap stuff. __________________ thesportcardking on IG

01-10-2017, 08:18 PM	#20
preakness Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: In Johnny Ryno's soul Posts: 21,077	Dime boxes not worth the time or space

01-10-2017, 10:29 PM	#21
Stifle Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: I've met great collectors throughout MI and N. Indiana / CHI. Posts: 9,359 Stifle	Nepatsfan12dt, if you are looking for roughly a hundred base cards of each player -Davis, Aikman, Bettis ? Let me know. Doug

01-11-2017, 11:03 AM	#24
matt roberson Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: wisconsin Posts: 4,166 robeythe1	donate your base to schools. __________________ PCing....Rice,AR12,Giannis,RW3,Packers/Badgers and shiny stuff.

01-11-2017, 11:55 AM	#25
altaeria Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: CenterCityPhiladelphia Posts: 1,934 altaeria altaeria	As someone who tries to complete some parallel and insert sets, I prefer to see inventory organized by year/company ... but I do realize that that is unrealistic nowadays, especially for a card show.