When I was a teenager in the mid-1990's I got into a car wreck when my Jeep Cherokee slid off our driveway on some ice and hit a tree (happens all the time in Maine). It was about $500-$1000 worth of repairs and I traded ALL the repairs to a mechanic that I found out was a card collector for a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie. When that card went through the roof in 2000-2001 I thought I had made a bad trade but is retrospect now, I think it was pretty good on my end. I remember it being Mint but I am sure it was only in the 6-7 range.
Also, not really a "trade" but when my current wife and I were dating in college (late 1999) and I was broke, I took my nicest item I owned and put it on ebay and told her that whatever it went for would be what she could spend on the diamond for her engagement ring, I had already bought the band. I figured about $1000 and she had been looking at diamonds in that range, it was an 1889 Spalding black band trophy bat issued to a team with all the names of the players painted on the barrel etc. She watched with GREAT interest and it closed at about $2000 so she got herself a little bigger diamond. It was a good trade.
Last edited by prewarsports; 05-08-2010 at 09:54 AM.
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