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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469
I agree. A 1952 break would have been awesome. The price point just wasn't there. Burl from Burl's sports runs some awesome set breaks. I would think he makes a good deal from doing them, as he does them all the time, and obviously makes more breaking them up than he did buying the set. There is a difference between making a good profit and making an obscene killing. Not saying that this set falls in the "oscene" category, but it sure SEEMS like it. How much is a low grade 1952 set realistically worth?
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Bobby:
I was curious so I did some numbers.
In very simple math for this break. If one purchased 2 or more slots they were $349.99 which we will round up to $350 for this purpose. Since the 1952 Set has 407 cards we will round that down to 400 cards for this part of the exercise.
Therefore 200 times 350 is $70,000 and with some people taking only one space and the few extra sales the gross would be about $75K
I don't think the profit is that much on a complete 52 set at $75 K especially with all the graded high numbers.
Perception is far worse than reality on that price point. And if 23K was what was spent on the Mantle -- then the price point made sense.
Just a shame the rest of this whole venture went south
Rich