The attitude he shows in the video is the Mr mint I usually think of. And he comes across worse there than in print interviews.
And I'd have tossed him when he tossed the jersey....
But the prices aren't horrible considering a lot of it was lower grade stuff.
Like the set he went through mentioning the stars that had holes. And the others where some of the stars were VG or creased or torn.
And that's coming from someone who really doesn't like Mr Mint. Too much flash and arrogance, plus the one time I called to ask about something he was selling he never returned the call.
The 52 find being 1986 makes sense, I was only paying a little attention to the hobby then. 3-4x profit isn't unusual for a large lot of stuff in any collectible field. Remember, back then 80K would buy an ok house in much of New England, and a whole lot more many other places. Figure on taking that much and tying it up in cards for maybe 2-5 years. Many stamp guys only offer about 10% of the catalog value on average stuff. Mostly because it will be in inventory for years at 50% of catalog. Below average stuff and hard to sell stuff gets even less interest. I just bought a small collection for $100 that probably cataloged around 300. The full time dealer that looked at it first didn't even make an offer.
Steve B
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