WTB mid-grade commons, semi-stars, stars 1952-1956 baseball graded or raw VGEX-EXMT

[mid50sbaseball]

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[pclpads]

Originally Posted by mid50sbaseball

I will not be able to pay ebay rates for these cards since I am looking to resell them.

Give the man 2 pts for honesty.

[mid50sbaseball]

I should probably have been a bit more clear so folks don't think I'm one of THOSE guys, LOL.

I think it's fairly typical that buying a lot of lets say 50 cards will be cheaper than buying 50 cards individually.

What I'm basically looking to do is buy lots and then resell them individually. I do this for fun as I find almost as much enjoyment out of the buying/selling part of the hobby as I do the collecting part. I really enjoy the interactions with other collectors.

I have dealt with some folks in the past on other sites that'll be selling a group of cards and will go check ebay to see what the cards sell for individually and then ask that as their "per card" price on the lot.

So that's what I mean when I say I can't pay ebay rates, I can't pay what cards sell for individually as a "per card" price on a lot. I guess maybe that goes without saying, but I want to clarify as, again, I don't want to be THAT guy.

I'm not looking to get rich, I'm looking to have fun. I enjoy the buying/selling/negotiating aspect of this hobby almost as much as the collecting aspect of it and I want that experience to be enjoyable for both parties. I am not, nor do I ever want to be one of those guys who will vomit a bunch of BS at you about "well they're just commons and they're going to just sit around and it'll take me 3 years to sell them so I'm doing you a favor by offering you $0.50 a piece even though they sell for $4.00 each."

I'm also not one of those a-holes that says "I'll pay top dollar for your collection! (but only if it's in pristine condition, and you have lots of big name star cards and rookies, and even then I'm only going to pay you 20% of what it's worth and THAT's if I happen to be in a good mood that day!)"

I HATE that crap, and I imagine most anyone else who's in this hobby for the fun of it does too.

I'm not doing this to make a living, I'm not doing it to get rich, I'm doing it because it's fun and I enjoy the interaction of the buy/sell/trade aspect of the hobby.

Hopefully that'll clear things up a little bit. I will say that I've already made one purchase of a nice lot of cards from a member here and it went exactly as I'd like every purchase to go. I made an offer, he came back with a counter, we went back and forth a bit, and settled on a price we were both happy with. I hope to have many more such experiences here

Sorry for the long read. I look forward to hopefully making some deals with some of you folks

[nkesterke09]

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[mid50sbaseball]

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[mid50sbaseball]

up top still looking for lots. no lot too small, I've recently picked up a couple of lots on here of just 2 cards so I'm down for anything

[gawaintheknight]

Could you give an idea of what you're paying? Thanks.

[mid50sbaseball]

Originally Posted by gawaintheknight

Could you give an idea of what you're paying? Thanks.

certainly

it's obviously going to vary case by case depending on the size of the lot, what year the cards are, what condition they're in and so forth.

going off of some lots I've picked up both here and on ebay, for Topps stuff I've been paying around $1.50 to $2 per card for stuff in the VG to VGEX range up to around $3-$4 per card on the higher end for stuff around EX-EXMT. A little less for Bowman stuff and obviously a little more for '52 Topps stuff and significantly more if it's high number 52 Topps stuff. Almost all lots have a mix of conditions. If I were confident the entire lot was nice, say around EXMT I'd go a little higher per card.
That's just a general ballpark idea though, it's obviously going to vary lot by lot and I'm always willing to work with folks to try and come up with a price we're both happy with.

Hope that answers your question

[mid50sbaseball]

still looking for mid grade lots of '52-'56 Bowman and Topps cards...anything this week?