Timeline of Ebay best offer - start to finish...

[Golfcollector]

I had a couple of big additions to my Sam Crawford personal collection this week.

This one appeared out of nowhere. It is not the best of condition. But it is a rare card. I think between PSA and SGC there have only been 3 total graded. This obviously would not grade higher than a 1 or better yet likely just Authentic if I ever decide to send it in.

At first look when I saw this one - all I could thing about was " man that left border is roached...actually it looks like roaches might have nibbled on it."

There are also some pinholes in the card. But....the photo is clean and crisp. No stains, watermarks, nasty creases (although the side damage is nasty enough.)

Then the real internal debate begins...………..

(inner dialogue)

"It's rare"
"It is ROUGH on that border"
"I can actually afford this one, I could never afford a high grade example"
"Man, should I make an offer on it?"
"WTF chomped on the left side?"
"It doesn't look TOO bad"
"I'll call XXXXX see what he would do"

Call XXXXX (collecting buddy) - we often bounce things off one another as I think it is always important to have the voice of reason on some purchases so you don't just totally make an impulse buy.

I Have long discussion with him and decide to make an offer.

Buyer almost immediately responds with a counter offer.

More internal dialogue - - -

"It's really not that bad"
"When the hell am I going to see another one of these"
"I wouldn't pay what a nice one would cost"
"Damn, the w600 Wagner and Cobb on REA are going for a LOT...- hey idiot those are Wagner and Cobb! And the borders looks nice on those cards, not like a bunch of termites had a late night snack like on this Wahoo"
"You know if the seller was just a little less, I would likely have already scooped it up"


I make another offer

Get another counter offer...…

Still a little more than I would like to pay.....

Decide to go to bed and cannot fall asleep... More thoughts ring in my head.....

- Should I get back on the computer?
- What if it is gone in the morning?
- Do I really need it?
- We are not that far apart?
- If it is gone in the morning, well....then..its gone....

I wake up and decide if it's gone I am going to be pissed...

Get out of bed and head straight for the computer.....and bought this.

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A nice addition to my Crawford Collection.

"Sometimes the time to buy something you never see, is when you see it"

(quote attributed to my collecting buddy, and Mike Wolfe of American Pickers, although I am not sure who I heard it from first. Or maybe my friend stole it from me one of the many times I have told it to him)

Regardless.....Thanks for reading. Stay safe everyone!