My life and times in sports and baseball cards
I was browsing Ebay this afternoon not really looking for anything in particular when I landed on the Cut Autograph card of Thurman Munson. “Thurm” is one of my All-Time favorite players so I had to check out this auction. The first thing I noticed about the card wasn’t the price which was at $500 [...]
Have you ever just been trolling around Ebay and just decided you had to have something? That happened to me awhile back when I stumbled upon some 2008 Stadium Club Beam Team Autographs. The cathedral style backgrounds intrigued me I guess so I kept bidding on some trying to get a deal.
I was focusing [...]
Continuing with last weeks late night pack searching on Ebay I have the second lot in hand now. This lot was for three hobby packs of 2008 Topps Baseball Series 2. This will be the first packs of Series 2 in either Retail or Hobby for me. This lot came from Ebay seller Power Play [...]
After Wednesday nights surfing trip through Ebay I had identified some lots I wanted to bid on. I placed bids on six different lots and all of them have closed except for one. I ended up winning three of the lots that closed today and I am the high bidder in another. The remaining two I [...]
Last night I spent about an hour on Ebay just browsing around in no particular fashion. The only direction I took was in Sports Cards though. I started out just browsing through about 20 pages in the main sports memorabilia, cards and fan shop category page that said there were over 620,000 listings. I then [...]
I was just browsing around Ebay this weekend not looking for anything in particular but just checking out some listings. I got interested in the listings where someone is selling off their entire collection or huge lots they purchased somewhere. I have never bought one of these but I have bid on a few. How [...]
Sometimes you just never know when you will be reminded about a card you need for your collection. I was looking at the sell sheet for 2007 SP Rookie Edition Baseball when I noticed that the Rookie cards will be issued in four different versions. Three of which will be the popular designs of the [...]
Well it has been just over ninety days of selling cards on Sportlots. The initial results are not overwhelmingly in favor of staying on the site. However, I have sold 125 cards during the trial period. I currently have two other orders in pending status as the buyers are probably mailing payment to Sportlots. I [...]
I finally opened the box of 2006 Bowman Heritage Baseball I got last week. This Heritage release is based on the 1949 Bowman issue. This was a Hobby Box I purchased from Blowoutcards.com for $39.95. There are 24 packs in the box with 8 cards per pack. Also included is a box loader pack with [...]
As expected the price of the 2007 Topps Derek Jeter #40 card featuring cameos from George Bush and Mickey Mantle is settling under $10 on Ebay. The early buyers that paid triple figures for the card when it was discovered are now seeing prices realized for the card anywhere from about $5 to $10. I [...]
My First Sale on Sportlots.
With every fee increase by Ebay I find myself searching harder to find another outlet to market my surplus cards. I have been selling on Ebay for a few years and have had an Ebay store for the last couple of years. This week I have my first sell on the [...]
I was browsing rookie card listings on Ebay tonight and I came upon some listings for Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Red Sox. It made me wonder what will be the long term collectibility of Dice K? We have seen such media frenzy over the slightest appearance by the former Japanese league pitcher. Then comes his [...]
Ebay has a new offering that I have been dabbling with lately. It’s called Ebay Deal Finder. The premise is that you can find items that haven’t been bid on yet with less than 4 hours left and no reserve. It sounds like an opportunity to sneak under the radar and get some really good [...]
A Guide for Shipping Baseball Cards
I have been selling sports cards on Ebay for several years. One of the questions I am most often asked is, aren’t mailing the cards a huge hassle? My answer is, not really. Let’s take a look at some shipping practices I really believe in.
Mostly what I sell are singles [...]
