[drc]

I agree $3 for a check is a steal, but, from a practical matter, reselling them one by one (or two by two) would be a task. If you listed one per day on eBay, it would take about twenty years. What you're seeing is the bulk rate. You're not going to receive the going rate per single check rate with 7,000.

I do agree a single check or a check nicely matted with a photo would fetch a lot more than $3.

I remember when I had a lot of twenty identical cards for sale and a collector said, "But I only want one." This type of single-item buyer may pay the going retail price. However, even the collector who will buy three expects a bulk discount.