What's the largest trade you ever made?

[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

[Exhibitman]

The biggest trade I ever made was in jr. high. A friend and I had a huge deal under way, hundreds of cards, with the closer being a stack of 1960s commons for a 1958 Bell Gino Cimoli SP. Wish I still had that one. I have no idea what happened to it.

The most complicated trade I ever did was one boxing trade at a national a few years ago. It took us four hours to work it all out. Basically, we were swapping cards and related items that really had no market prices so we had to deal the old-fashioned way, by comparing the quality of the athletes and general knowledge of the issues and working it without the crutch of price guides to aid us. I felt like I'd given birth at the end...to an accountant! Some of the items I picked up:

1904 Battling Nelson card:



1935 Joe Louis premium:



Joe Louis Rum label:

[pencil1974]

Traded a 1907 Ty Cobb HM Taylor (VG-EX 4) and a 1932 US Caramel Babe Ruth (VG 3) for this. I feel I did well but depends on what you like.

[philliesphan]

I once traded a D355 Niagara Baking Card, which some might assert is a very tough type to find.

Got a nice T206 Proof + high-grade E104-III in return.

A clear highlight of my time in the hobby.



BTW, I'm surprised no one mentioned the E107 near-set for T206 Wagner trade.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by pencil1974

Traded a 1907 Ty Cobb HM Taylor (VG-EX 4) and a 1932 US Caramel Babe Ruth (VG 3) for this. I feel I did well but depends on what you like.

I think you got the better end of that one - by far.

[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.

[whiteymet]

I have mentioned this on here before.

The biggest best trade I ever made was trading Bill Haber 10 T200's for Topps Current All Stars of Roberts, Konstanty, and Stanky that he "liberated" from Topps files!

Wish I kept them when I sold my collection including my T206 set with Wagner to Barry Halper in the mid 70's. Believe it or not I would rather have kept them than the Wagner.

I know that is blasphemy here in the Vintage section, but my first love was always the post war stuff, especially Topps and their inserts etc. Not to mention that there are a lot more Wagners than those three Currents......

[Luke]

A couple years ago I made a trade with another board member. He was giving up on his e95 set and I was giving up on my HOF RC collection. I sent him a stack of raw RCs (Koufax, Killebrew, Musial, Berra, Ford, Fox and maybe 15 others) and he sent me 13 e95s. Two of the e95s were Collins and Chance in SGC 50 holders. I had planned on collecting a low grade e95 set, and those 2 stood out like a sore thumb. I intended to downgrade them and add other cards to my set, but I liked them too much. A little while later, I decided to upgrade the rest of my set instead. So that trade had a huge impact on what is the cornerstone of my collection. I'm definitely happy about it from my end.