COMC Flipping Successes

[mjohnatgt]

Here are some from the last two weeks. Now that I bought a port, it's getting tough to see which ones I purchased to flip and which ones I got through the two ports (500, 4500 cards) I bought. Sales are doing good, though.

All straight flips:
1968 Topps Game Card McCarver Bought $0.75, SOLD $1.22
1968 Topps Game Card Dean Chance Bought $0.38, SOLD $0.58
2014 Topps 5x7 Major League Ricky Vaughn Bought $7.60, SOLD $8.50. Should have raised the price on this card even higher.
2004 UD Rivals DiMaggio, Grove Bought $0.82, SOLD $1.75
1972 Topps Tom Seaver (IA) Bought $0.75, SOLD $1.36
1986 Fleer Gerald Wilkins Bought $1.15, SOLD $1.80
1967 Topps Ruben Gomez (Stat Line Missing) Bought $3, SOLD $19.50 *History points helped me out here; saw it when it was uploaded to site, checked that previous sales were above $20, and repriced to sell*
4x 2011 PSA 10 Bryce Harper cards FREE From PSA Renewal, SOLD $15/each
1953 Topps Bob Kennedy Bought $5.50, SOLD $8.15
1985 Star Moses Malone Bought $0.80, SOLD $2.00
1993 Leaf Gold Chipper Jones Bought $0.71, SOLD $1.97

Worthwhile port pickup mentions:
1960 Topps Nellie Fox, Harvey Kuenn Bought $0.66, SOLD $6 in one day. Not sure why it wasn't purchased before I bought the port, because I think I raised the price after purchase due to its better condition than other cards on site.
2011 Blaine Gabbert AUTO Bought $1.49, SOLD $5.75

[elijahdf11]

Seems like this thread has died down a little bit. Let's try to keep it up. I had a few flips lately.

2012 Topps Update Andrew McCutchen SP: Bought 1.60, SOLD 2.75
2015 Topps Eric Hosmer Home Run Medallion: Bought 1.88, SOLD 2.55
2014 Bowman Chrome Mini Noah Syndergaard: Bought .15, SOLD .20

[Rabs]

2008 Topps Finest Red Refractor #32
Carlos Zambrano #25/25 [edit] [share]
Item: 9525028

Sold 5/24/2015 8:09:45 AM for $2.25 Bought for $1.75

[OLDPAPER]

2012 Panini Black NFL Equipment Combo Prime
Christian Ponder #4/20

Bought for $3.69 Sold for $9.74

[mjohnatgt]

1963 Bart Starr Bought $7.43, SOLD $8.75
2012 Bowman Sterling Auto Tyrone Taylor Bought $1.50, SOLD $1.63
1960 Topps Ernie Banks BVG 3 Bought $9.78, SOLD $20
1992 Gridiron Joe Paternon Bought $0.25, SOLD $1.50
1975 Topps Joe Morgan Bought $1.00, SOLD $1.94
2014 Topps Pro Debut Silver Ketel Marte Bought $1.25, SOLD $2.50
1939 Dogs Tobacco Card of Corgi Bought $1.20, SOLD $4
2010 Bowman Platinum Jon Singleton Auto Bought $2.55, SOLD $3.14
1975 Topps Mini Tony Perez Bought $0.75, SOLD $1.36

Not too bad, still running a 20% off sale right now with a lot of bargains in the vintage to be had!

[88horsepower]

1994 Topps Special Effects Larry Allen

Bought for $1
Sold for $10

[fezziwig]

Originally Posted by 88horsepower

1994 Topps Special Effects Larry Allen

Bought for $1
Sold for $10

Is that a highly collected set, or just because of Larry having few cards?

[trogdor]

What does everyone look for in a card when they're flipping? I've done fairly well flipping but am always looking for tips

[sonnyday]

Originally Posted by trogdor

What does everyone look for in a card when they're flipping? I've done fairly well flipping but am always looking for tips

I look for cards that are priced to low.

[trogdor]

Originally Posted by sonnyday

I look for cards that are priced to low.

Ya ya ya

[sonnyday]

Originally Posted by trogdor

Ya ya ya

But I know what types of cards I like to flip...don't want to give it away...

But stick to what you know. If you like modern basketball cards and know that market, then focus on modern basketball cards. If you like vintage baseball and know that market, then focus on vintage baseball.

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by sonnyday

But stick to what you know. If you like modern basketball cards and know that market, then focus on modern basketball cards. If you like vintage baseball and know that market, then focus on vintage baseball.

Very true. You also have to be wary of some sellers who keep a lot of duplicates on reserve (marked Not for Sale) and then when you pick up a cheap one and reprice it, they list another for sale at the price you previously paid, wiping out your margin effectively. Here are some tips:
1) Check the number of cards sold before; if the card sells 20 times a quarter and you can reflip for 50% more, I normally grab that card. Someone is going to buy it, and soon.
2) I generally do not flip cards that just came out, because who knows how many are being processed and will flood the market. (You can see most of my flips are vintage semi-star/star cards.)
3) Scour the [Missing] and [???] cards for ones that aren't properly identified yet, buy them, and then report the errors to have them fixed. I got the Paterno for a quarter since it was on sale 75% off, and not IDed. Then I reported the set and player name, and it sold a day later for $1.25.
4) Turn on sales to Amazon. For some of the obscure tobacco cards I buy, I only buy them because I expect them to sell on Amazon.
5) I normally only buy cards I plan to double my money on. Otherwise I save up money to buy a port, now that I've got the hang of it.

[cwgross144]

2012 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Chrome Refractor #37
Dallas Keuchel #148/300 Item: 9712468
Sold 5/23/2015 10:11:57 AM for $9.99 Bought for $2.50

2014 Bowman Sterling Prospect Autographs Refractor #BSPA-ERO
Eddie Rosario #112/150
Item: 18100088

Sold 5/12/2015 7:33:29 PM for $5.25 Bought for $3.25

2012 Topps Heritage Minor League Edition #165
Joc Pederson Item: 14229995

Sold 5/12/2015 2:39:44 PM for $3.25 Bought for $2.45

2014 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Top Prospects Chrome Gold Refractors #CTP-41
Corey Seager #40/50 Item: 18358875
Bought $15.25 Sold $32.77

[NobodysXHero]

For you guys looking for cheap cards, I am practically giving some of my cards away. Like, under $0.50. Just trying to clear out inventory before I send some more in. Take a look.

[cwgross144]

2014 Bowman Platinum Chrome Prospects Japan Fractor #BPCP64
Joey Gallo #32/35
Item: 18705208
Sold 6/3/2015 7:20:24 AM for $20.25 Bought for $11.05

[mjohnatgt]

More flips to report:
2013 Topps Heritage Venezuelan Solis/Kelly Bought $0.75, SOLD $2 (same day)
Sportscasters Bruce Jenner autographed PSA Bought $10 (when listed), SOLD $35 - relisted by new owner at $199!
1993 Jurassic Park Hologram Velociraptor Bought $2 SOLD $3

[88horsepower]

Originally Posted by fezziwig

Is that a highly collected set, or just because of Larry having few cards?

It's a nice set, but the real value is in Larry Allen having very few rookie parallels. A 1994 Special Effects Larry Allen is $10 just about every time it sells on eBay. Same for the 1994 Stadium Club 1st Day Larry Allen. They just don't pop up all that often, so for $1 it was a total steal.

Bought a 1996 Topps Laser Rookies Brian Dawkins for $1.25. That should sell for $8-$10, easy.

[phillies347]

Chris Archer Museum Auto Relic /299 Bought $7 a week or so ago, just sold $16

[mjohnatgt]

Another interesting week:
1974 Topps Mike Schmidt Bought $3.75, SOLD $5.49
1992 Gridiron Steve Spurrier Bought $0.25, SOLD $2.50 (900% profit)
Nolan Ryan Auto Jersey card Bought $50, SOLD $58
2010 Topps Update Mike Stanton Bought $1.65, SOLD $2.25
1977 Star Wars C3PO Schlong error Bought $2.50, SOLD $22 an hour later (800% profit)

[BBallCT]

2013-14 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Next Day - Bought $10.50, SOLD $14.50

[brandonlec]

Originally Posted by BBallCT

2013-14 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Next Day - Bought $10.50, SOLD $14.50

I could see someone flipping this further.

I always like to see a solid basketball flip. Thanks for sharing

-Brandon

[jefflasvegas]

So far during the spring cleaning sale, I have sold 105 cards. 65 of the cards were flips. My cost of the flips were $71 resulting in $77 in sales. Outside of a Byron Buxton sale, I broke even on them. Many of which, I sold less than my cost.

I'm just glad to move 100 cards off my port and hope to be under 10,000 cards by Sunday!

[MattDMC]

Just had my quickest flip (guess I should have asked for more).


2013-14 SPx 1996-97 SPx Retro Autographed Rookies #AR-AG - Alex Galchenyuk
Courtesy of COMC.com

Bought 6/16/2015 5:19:00 PM for $11.00
Sold 6/16/2015 5:20:30 PM for $15.75 Bought for $11.00

Flipped in 1 minute and 30 seconds.

[mjohnatgt]

Flips sold during Spring Cleaning Week:
2014 Topps Update Black /64 LaTroy Hawkins Bought $0.75 SOLD $2.00
2014 MTG Khans- Bloodstained Mire Bought: $4.72, SOLD $6.83
2013 Leaf Genetic Matrix Yasiel Puig Bought: $2.50, SOLD $4.73
1999 Topps Tek Pat Burrell Bought: $0.86, SOLD $1.75
1981 OPC Ray Bourque Bought: $3.23 SOLD $3.70
2014 Panini Purple Die Cut Andrelton Simmons Bought: $0.80 SOLD $1.19
2002 Press Pass Autos Kyle Johnson Bought: $0.31 SOLD $0.87
1969 Topps Ron Santo Bought: $3.00, SOLD $4.00
2014 Topps ManuPatch Bryce Harper Bought: $3.95 SOLD $5.60
1955 Topps AA Football Bob Odell Bought: $1.50 SOLD $3.15
1978 Topps Eddie Murray RC Bought: $5.00, SOLD $6.76
1988 Panini Sticker Lou Whitaker Bought: $0.10, SOLD $0.53
1965 Topps Robin Roberts Bought: $1.94, SOLD $2.43
2015 Bowman Yellow Kris Bryant Bought: $4.12, SOLD $4.90
1957 Topps Bobby Richardson RC Bought: $18, SOLD $25
1985 Topps Mark McGwire RC Bought: $3.45, SOLD $4.73
1991 Pro Line Autos Joe Bugel Bought: $1.65, SOLD $2.50

Sold 168 total cards for $184.91, lots of 10-20 cents cards that I bought in port sales, so it was good to see those go as well.

[Ditka Collector]

I really would like to get better at this... I've only done 2 flips through COMC... don't have anything for sale now, but trying to learn. I always see a cheap card and think "oh there must be a reason it's so cheap... Stay away" so who knows how many deals I may have missed out on. lol...

anyway these are my 2 flips thus far...

2006-07 Topps Luxury Box Silver Ronnie Brewer #'d 2/9
Bought: $5.25 Sold: $6.25

2007 Topps Chrome White Refractor Robbie Gould
Bought: $0.50 Sold: $0.75