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MW Although this is only tangentially related to vintage baseball cards, I still thought it might be interesting.
As the message title suggests, everyone can rake in the dough in only 4 easy steps:
Step 1: Purchase the #1 Issue of Sports Illustrated for $149.95 plus shipping. Since Sports Illustrated reprinted tens (hundreds?) of thousands of these magazines beginning a mere decade ago, finding them is easy. Buy hundreds if you like. And the best thing is that they're virtually indistinguishable from the originals. The link is provided below (last item in list).
https://www.timeinc.net/subs/secure/forms/si/ws01.html
Step 2: Remove the paper insert (Topps issued a foldout paper insert depicting pre-printed samples from the 1954 Series. All "cards" are paper thin like regular magazine pages).
Step 3: Cut out as many "Mint" condition cards as you like. Place cards in acrylic screwdowns and use rivets to seal them. Grade each card and place a label at the top.
Step 4: Sell the cards on eBay (examples are provided below)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1972507820&category=16271
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1972133066&category=16271
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1972506083&category=16271
Additional notes: Thus far, this eBay seller has received over $877.99 in bids on the dozen or so items he has listed. That's a handsome profit of $784.04. Oh, and remember to make the auctions private otherwise those who are bidding will find out what they're really buying and how much money they're wasting.