What's the largest trade you ever made?

Last June, just before a joined Net54 I traded an SGC 40 T206 Cobb "Bat On" for a 1909 E102 Nap Lajoie in PSA 4.5, a 1951 Bowman Ted Williams in SGC 84 and $200 cash. I think I did okay.

[kmac32]

Had a binder of Topps commons that I traded for a 1958 Nolan Nichols no option line on card back. Commons weren't selling and It was the first time I had run across this particular card. This was well before the days of eBay.

[clydepepper]

In 1991, I traded and ungraded T206 Walter Johnson portrait that was in great shape for a 1970 Nolan Ryan which I then had graded by PSA - 6.

Ouch!

In my defense, at the time of the sale, the 1970 Ryan was at its highest value and the Johnson, while probably higher even then, was not near its current value. But still...I should have been slapped.

[jhs5120]

I traded a two uncut 1960's exhibits sheets for an uncut 1949 Bowman Sheet, 1959 Ted Williams Sheet, a W565 sheet w/ Gehrig and a w565 Sheet with Heilmann.

I'm not sure if anyone came out on top, but it was a very fun trade

[Howe’s Hunter]

I traded a blank-back, Mitchell Cincinnati with no name and full printers marks on the front T206 for seven cards, my choice from Dr. Bill McAvoy's binder of lesser condition T206s at a card show in Omaha around 1992.

The only ones I can remember that I got in the trade were a Tinker hands on knees and a Elberfeld/New York portrait.

Looking back, pretty sure I got the worse end of this deal, but at the time, I thought I struck gold.

[mrvster]

OMG!

A type 1 proof?? you owned??

r u serious??

[SMPEP]

My favorite trade I ever made was as a 9 year old ... I traded for a 1958 Ted Williams AS card. NO CLUE what I traded for it ... but the best card I could have even possibly had at the time was a beat up George Brett rookie (and I'm pretty sure I traded that for a Walter Payton rookie) ... so I probably traded a fistful of Johnny Bench and Pete Rose cards from the 1970s for it.

Still remember riding home on my bike as fast as I could to show it to my dad!

He thought I made out on the trade ... and even if I didn't ... that's all that matters.

[Oh, and while I've upgraded many cards from my childhood - that one is going NOWHERE!]

Cheers,
Patrick

[Howe’s Hunter]

Originally Posted by mrvster

OMG!

A type 1 proof?? you owned??

r u serious??

Yeah, Johnny. It was part of a five card lot in a Ron Oser Auction back before internet bidding. Called the day of the auction to see where it was. No one had bid yet on the final of like two days of bidding. The card I was after was a Joe Lake Uzit back and a Doc Casey Broadleaf 350. The other three cards, including what was advertized as a blank back (again, before the internet and there were no pictures to accompany the auction advertisement) were insignificant to me, as after that, the only cards I needed for a back run were a Drum and a Ty Cobb. Got the lot of five cards for the minimum bid of (wait for it) $275. Kept the other two and made the trade. Two rare backs, and a total of nine others for $275. Seemed like a great deal at the time.