Noteworthy flips?

[patchgenie]

Originally Posted by griffan15

Late 2021, bought a raw 2021 Bowman Chrome Cristian Hernandez Red auto, all in for $18,200 (grading fees included).

Sold early 2022 for $61k on Goldin.

a .261 hitter with 5 HR's

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by patchgenie

a .261 hitter with 5 HR's

that is amazing.

[Brady7799]

i just want to say that i love this thread.

[JohnnyAppleseed]

Originally Posted by Poorboy

as a newbie i have to ask.....
people don't get upset seeing the card they bought featured in a brag thread ?
seems like begging for trouble.....?
this forum gets lotsssssssssss of lookers....lol
the deals are done but seems like a risk for sour grapes....
or it doesn't work that way?

If someone else finds a card I very badly want at a great price for them and I buy it at a price I'm comfortable with, I'm not going to be upset with them for making money off of my purchase.

If a seller is bragging about blatantly ripping off someone who didn't know better, that's another story entirely.

I say this as someone who collects and buys to flip. Almost all of my buys are from eBay or card show dealers.

[Triple B]

Everything I sold during the pandemic was a massive flip. One major buyer here in Toronto banned me from selling to them because they bought a ton of slabs from me and held thinking the pandemic boom was permanent, only to lose their asses on it.

[NYRE2PECT]

Originally Posted by Triple B

Everything I sold during the pandemic was a massive flip. One major buyer here in Toronto banned me from selling to them because they bought a ton of slabs from me and held thinking the pandemic boom was permanent, only to lose their asses on it.

It is a grown up game of hot potato at the end of the day.

[steg22]

I was lucky enough to purchase the 2019 Topps NOW Rookie Cup 1/1 Gold Auto of Fernando Tatis Jr. for $1499 from the Topps site. I had it graded and it came back PSA 10. I sold it in 2021 (I think) for $10,000. I was actually hesitant to sell it at the time. If not for this sale, I would've lost about $3,000 on my Tatis collection.

[MasonAsher]

Originally Posted by mikejones

You'd probably laugh at me if I told you I got almost 6k for the zions. Not pictured are 2 silver prizm psa 10 at 2500 each. In total, 11k. I got an early start before the covid boom.

Oh, also got 250 each for the tatis. I must have had 40 or so psa 10s. Half I sold early and the other half, got 250 each.

Also came up on the donovan Mitchell. Bought about 300 or so optic rcs off and on through comc. They were 2-3 dollars. Graded the good ones. Probably had about 50 psa 10s I recall selling for over 100 each. I also had around 100 tatums but sold this raw for a profit. Good times during covid.

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I remember buying up Tatis PSA 10's and Vlad PSA 10 NNO's during Covid for like $80 each and $40 each...I probably had 20 of each.

Sold the Tatis for an average of $257 per and the Vlad's right at $160 per over a few month span lol. What a time.

[base set]

Then there is the opposite. The other day I pulled off the ultimate, closest-without-going-under flip:

You got
$0.61!
Bought for
$0.60

[ScooterD]

In 2012, I purchased a lot of 100 1990 Topps Major League Debut cards of Alex Fernandez for $10 dlvd off eBay. When the cards came, they were not as described - they were all 1990 Topps Golden Spikes cards.

I still have all 100 of them - they sell raw for $50-$75 each.

[sauceboy]

Originally Posted by griffan15

Late 2021, bought a raw 2021 Bowman Chrome Cristian Hernandez Red auto, all in for $18,200 (grading fees included).

Sold early 2022 for $61k on Goldin.

That's crazy. How did you first get your hands on the card? Did the hype around Hernandez explode within a few months, or did you just manage to buy the card at a really low price? I've had mixed luck selling on Goldin.

[griffan15]

Originally Posted by sauceboy

That's crazy. How did you first get your hands on the card? Did the hype around Hernandez explode within a few months, or did you just manage to buy the card at a really low price? I've had mixed luck selling on Goldin.

Hernandez was the main guy for awhile and had comps of Trout, Arod and Bo Jackson, so people were falling over themselves for anything of his at the time. Some kid in FL got it in a group break, posted on Facebook.

I don't even have facebook, but a customer of mine was picking up an order and let me know. That night, we got on a call and he wanted $20k. We negotiated $15k and if it got a 10, I would send him another $2k. Grading cost $1200.

Had it on ebay for a couple of months, best offer I received was $36k.

Contacted Goldin as they were about to run one of their elite auctions. I was not expecting the card to go as high as it did, but I wasn't complaining. I even thought I might not get paid, but the check showed up at my door about a month after the auction ended.

[Rage]

Originally Posted by griffan15

Hernandez was the main guy for awhile and had comps of Trout, Arod and Bo Jackson, so people were falling over themselves for anything of his at the time. Some kid in FL got it in a group break, posted on Facebook.

I don't even have facebook, but a customer of mine was picking up an order and let me know. That night, we got on a call and he wanted $20k. We negotiated $15k and if it got a 10, I would send him another $2k. Grading cost $1200.

Had it on ebay for a couple of months, best offer I received was $36k.

Contacted Goldin as they were about to run one of their elite auctions. I was not expecting the card to go as high as it did, but I wasn't complaining. I even thought I might not get paid, but the check showed up at my door about a month after the auction ended.

That's awesome. Just curious, is that normally how long it takes to get paid from a Goldin sale, 1 month?

[bub838]

2022 Topps 1st Edition Wander Franco RC Orange /75 for $3,000.

[bad0165]

Mine isn't anything crazy like some here but my quickest was a Joey Gallo Bowman 1st PSA 10. Bought for $20 BIN on ebay, sold the next week for $100 (2021 I think).

On a side note, there's deals to be had on eBay. Buying in lots is one way to do it, as well as looking for serial #ed autos about to end


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[bigdog2003]

2011 UD MLS boxes right as the Covid boom was kicking off. Found around 30 boxes at a vendor mall for $25-30 a box, was selling them for close to $200 a box. Opened some to pull the Alex Morgan RC. Was selling them for $80 each raw and had maybe 25 of them from the boxes I opened. Stopping at that vendor mall was a great decision. Also bought several 2001 UD Golf boxes from the same guy for less than $40 a box.

[eastbayak]

Not exactly "noteworthy" but here's a fun flip that occurred within the past ~2 weeks (from purchase to flip).

2/4: Purchased 2024 TC Olympics Caity Simmers Red Refractor Auto /5 PSA 9 for $125 via eBay. Transferred to PSA vault so no sales tax and paid $5 to have it shipped to me.

2/11: Received card from PSA and listed onto eBay.

2/16: Received initial offer from buyer.

2/19: After a few days of negotiating, settle on a price. Sold for $350.

Many assert that there's no opportunities in the current market (singles or wax) but there's abundant opportunities IMO.

[sauceboy]

Originally Posted by Rage

That's awesome. Just curious, is that normally how long it takes to get paid from a Goldin sale, 1 month?

They pay you a few days after the buyer does. If the buyer takes a long time to pay, you'll need to wait a long time to get paid. A couple of years ago, I had an awful situation in which a buyer never paid and my card ended up being relisted (against my will, too). Sold for almost 5k less on the second go-around because the player ended up with a season-ending injury shortly after the first auction ended. So yeah, Goldin kinda sucks. There's no reason bidders' credit cards shouldn't already be on file before they're allowed to bid.

[LVDan]

Just chasing crumbs for fun these days but back when I had a LCS I had a few biggies.
around 2007 I was able to buy 4 full boxes + some loose packs of 86-87 Fleer Hoops for just under 2k total and was able to turn 3 full boxes into around 20k at the time
There was a great buy of Ramly tobacco cards that netted me around 15k

[f2tornado]

Originally Posted by Poorboy

as a newbie i have to ask.....
people don't get upset seeing the card they bought featured in a brag thread ?
seems like begging for trouble.....?
this forum gets lotsssssssssss of lookers....lol
the deals are done but seems like a risk for sour grapes....
or it doesn't work that way?

I don't fault anyone for wanting to share a "win the lottery" type flip story. Human nature. Folks just need to be careful not advertising too loudly where they're regularly finding stuff else they will have people "jumping the claim". If anything, it's the person who initially sold it cheap that would potentially be cringing. The final buyer knew what they were getting and at what cost. Often, in this hobby, it goes both ways for most where it's a combination of finding a deal/buying at the right time and also selling too early/late. In short, you win some, you lose some.

[griffan15]

Originally Posted by Rage

That's awesome. Just curious, is that normally how long it takes to get paid from a Goldin sale, 1 month?

Not really sure what's normal for them. I've only used them twice and both times it took about a month and was paid via check in the mail. Both were years ago before they became what they are today, so who knows.

If wanting to consign to Goldin, I would only use them for high end items ($10k+). They have a ton of high end buyers who only look for high end items.

Even if you have a $3k card, put it on ebay.

[boxbuster7]

Originally Posted by Poorboy

depending on the card i would imagine quite high.
my question was one of etiquette .......
and clarification.....
and as i mentioned there is a lotttttt of folks who view this forum......

do you realize how many thousands of cards are sold a day?

[towerymt]

Originally Posted by Big35Hurt

Nice flip for you, but how does this even happen? I still can't believe how much faith people put into grading companies.

Human opinion. Or human error.

If they measure every card precisely and accurately, then there must be an opinion (or error) made when the N6 card doesn't N6 the next time.

If they don't measure every card, well then, the N6 designation becomes pretty untrustworthy.

I've re-submitted 3-4 N6 cards and gotten a number grade the second attempt each time.

I've resubmitted one N9 card (for missing Topps Foil) and after several attempts, it slipped through finally and got a number grade.

I bought this card raw a long time ago and submitted it twice. Imagine giving up after the first attempt? There's no grading fee charge for N6, so just try again!

[Poorboy]

Originally Posted by boxbuster7

do you realize how many thousands of cards are sold a day?

okay okay uncle lol

[BoSoxFan1999]

Originally Posted by griffan15

Late 2021, bought a raw 2021 Bowman Chrome Cristian Hernandez Red auto, all in for $18,200 (grading fees included).

Sold early 2022 for $61k on Goldin.

OOOOF (for the Goldin buyer if they are still HODL'ing).

Though he's still relatively young (21) so has a chance to turn things around. But odds are unless he's the next Soto, his red auto above will never come close to what you sold it for.