Your best buy

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Posted By: <b>T Engle</b><p>Any stories out there of your best buy of all time?<br /><br />Maybe off Ebay, a garage sale, or a friend, and they had no idea of the actual value.<br /><br />I know this has been brought up before, but I am interested in reading some new stories.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>In once bought from MastroNet a collection of 25 identical 1984 Chicago Cubs Phantom World Series tickets. I put one of the tickets on eBay and it sold for more than I paid for the entire 25.

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>I bought two cards together, an E card I wanted and a rare W card I did not want. I then traded the W card for several T cards I needed to someone who was a specialist in the other cards. The Ts are probably "worth" more than what the other card is; we'll never know since I'm not selling them anyway. A "best buy" in my book.

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Posted By: <b>Joe Jones</b><p>I recently bought 24 Raw T206's for vg pricing. Just got the report back from PSA that they are all 5's 6's and 7's.One of the 7's happened to be a SLer which is an extra plus!

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Posted By: <b>Despres Louis</b><p>A few years ago, at a small show in New England, I purchased a T206 brown backed Old Mill from a dealers "pick through it yourself" box for $7.<br /><br />Louis

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Posted By: <b>Martin Neal</b><p>Hey Joe, Great purchase! Where did you find such a fine group of cards?

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Posted By: <b>daryle</b><p>I stumbled across some cards at a card shop back in 1995. The owner had an album full of tobacco cards (T205/T206) and caramel cards (probably 50-75 E90-1, E90-2, E90-3, E102, etc.... and 10-20 Goudeys)probably 200-250 cards total (should have bought all the caramels but at the time.....)Anyway, I thumbed thru one day and found these......E90-1 Speaker, T206 Marquard, follow thru w/Lenox back, T206 Herzog w/Lenox back, T206 O'Hara, St.Louis (trimmed, three borders, bottom name plate still there) and a 1933 Goudey Moe Berg. Got all them for $50....Then 8 days later, back in the shop.....same album.....E90-1 Fromme, T206 Abbaticchio w/EPDG backs and Hugh Duffy w/Tolstoi back....all 3 for $40......also got this card that came from album but he had it in showcase......N172 Pud Galvin ($150). Also, found a pack of Pirate Cigarettes at a flea market. Had 9/10 cigarettes in pack.....$25

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Posted By: <b>daryle</b><p>Forgot one......I did a deal with a major card dealer back in 1995. Traded something (can't remember what is was) anyway, "it" had a market value of about $400-$500......got these.....(7) W600 Sporting Life Cabinets (Magee, Camnitz, Konetchy, Tannehill, Milan and Sparks) and......this is the "goodie" an N172 DUMMY HOY in probably VG-EX or so with staining........not a bad trade

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Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>man, I want to hang out with Daryle when he goes shopping - nice pickups. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Joe Jones</b><p>Thanks Martin! I purchased them from an oldtime dealer that occasionally lets me wander through his inventory.

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Posted By: <b>Andrew Parks</b><p>I bought 61 cards 2 years ago:<br /><br />39 E102's which ranged in SGC 30 to 60 and consisted of two Miller Fieldings, a Cobb, and a ton of HOFers. The only cards it lacked for a complete set was Doyle bat, Wagner Fldg., Schmidt, Smith, and Matty.<br /><br />21 T206's with 2 Red Cobbs and a Baker and others...ranging in sgc 40-60.<br /><br />1 T202 which graded an SGC 84.<br /><br />I sold one of the Miller Fieldings and the T202 for what I paid for the whole lot.

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>I bought it raw in 1995 for a tiny fraction of what it is worth today.<br />JimB<br /><br /><img src="http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1387/t206johnsonpsa98ca.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p><br />Twenty years ago I picked-up a raw T206 Lajoie Portrait at the National for $30; now sits in a PSA 6 holder.<br /><br />Recently I picked up a raw T205 Bender ebay-listed as "old tabaco card" for $53; now sits in a PSA 6 holder.<br /><br />Unfortunately I have nothing in the same league as Jim's PSA 9 of The Big Train ....

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>easily my best buy is the name famous Hofnlan card. I got it on eBay and it sold for more than 200x what I paid for it <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Jay<br><br>Growing old is not optional, growing up is.