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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: T206Collector
Okay, so I do not have a clue, but there are apparently plenty of people making money at it -- how did they get started? But more important, if you wanted to start a vintage baseball card business today, what would you need in terms of start up cost/collection? Could you just operate through ebay or would it be beneficial to start one's own auction site? What would be the biggest obstacles? |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: davidcycleback
If you are selling a few cards here and there, that's a known as a good start. If you wanted to do this as a business down the road, you should slowly increase your sales and see how it works. If, after a while, it turns out you are selling a lot and making a good profit and people are clammering for you to sell their stuff, then is the time to consider starting your own catalog auction or whatever. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: T206Collector
...I've already designed a hologram cover that has my head in place of Wagner's on a huge blow up of his T206 card. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: davidcycleback
Tell me if I'm incorrect, but you're 14, right? Few people make their livings selling baseball cards. However, there are people who make supplimental cash or otherwise have collections that sell for more than when they bought them. At the least, buying and selling on eBay is real world practice that can be applied in ways to other businesses (time magagment, costs, shipping costs, authenticity, losing money on bad purchases, etc). |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: barrysloate
I would say if you can buy something for less than you can sell it, you're in business. It is very competitive however so while it is not too tough to sell material these days it is hard to replace it at the right price. I would say start small and just keeping doing it as long as you're still making money. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: T206Collector
Maybe silly like 14, but old and balding like 32. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: davidcycleback
If you're 32, forget about it. Any chance at glory passed you by a long time ago. I've been told Bill Mastro became a dealer at 7, and Rob Lifson at 2. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: barrysloate
Good one David! |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: davidcycleback
On a final note, there are people who make money by consigning items to auction houses and other sellers. They often also sell on eBay and in other ways. Even big auction houes sell items on eBay. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: jay wolt
Anybody can sell the vintage cards that they have, be it on eBay, a website, setting up at a card show or consigning to an auction house. So selling the vintage cards is the easy part. And with the recent higher prices reported on the pre war cards, you can make some money if you bought your stock awhile ago. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: davidcycleback
Remember the 'Ralph's Rug' commercial? Ralph had a rug store with one rug. He refused to sell the rug because, if he did, he would no longer have a rug store. |
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How To Start A Vintage Card Business
Posted By: BlackSoxFan
I certainly have nothing to add to this topic b/c i'm not young and i don't make my living selling items for other people! haha! |
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