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Originally Posted by orly57
Can i ask how/where you sold the Cansecos? Did you do it slowly? There are hundreds of items in the collection. I was curious how you did it without flooding the Market. Seems like a lot of work to sell of that many items of one player, especially the more obscure and esoteric stuff. And congrats on the new collection. You chose some great cards.
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As mentioned below, here is what I said: "Thanks! I actually wrote a book that talks about how I did it - Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict. But here is the rundown: I hit the supercollectors, then the resellers, then the public. That is a way, way, way dumb downed version, but that's how it happened. "
BUT ... to go more into it, I think it took inside of 6 months to turn a profit. It did take a lot of work, but it was fun trying to "tackle the beast". I had a TON of people saying I would never make my money back, was foolish, etc. so I had a vendetta to prove them wrong
It goes to show you if you can sell the world's #1 collection of quite possibly the most hated player in baseball history, you can sell anything
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Originally Posted by bnorth
Post #14 give a general description. I own one of Tanners former Canseco cards. He did get it from me originally and then when he decided to sell I had to get it back for my collection. |
DUDE! I was just thinking about that card, actually. I am not sure if you have been following along on ebay, but 1990 Fleer base cards pop up for sale all the time for stupid amounts of money. I don't think they ever sell, really, but what a strange thing they are doing, targeting that card!