Observations from a yard sale - 80s/90s junk cards

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by obcbobd

But they are only worth two for a Penny (or less) :-)

hahahah Bob Yes !! True So True lol.

[ASF123]

Some of those guys have YouTube channels where people watch them go through all the junk boxes.

[philliesfan]

Can you send those guys buying to my house please. I will give a discount.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

Can you send those guys buying to my house please. I will give a discount.

No kidding…a penny each for junk wax commons ain’t bad. I have a few monster boxes I’d gladly unload at that price.

[Econteachert205]

Two weeks ago at a flea market I saw a guy selling all sorts of fake stuff (fleer Jordans etc). Last week at the flea market I saw guys buying junk wax stuff and quoting prices that were inaccurate (100 dollars for a raw Shaq Topps rookie etc.). Bottom of the barrel has not heard about the recent drop off in prices and are buying the junkiest of junk.

[David W]

I just sold 20,000 1987-90 commons at a yard sale and got $75.

They were in used boxes I cut down. Didn’t want to waste monster boxes


All stars pulled out, even minor stars like Lance Parrish, Hernandez, etc


I told him that. He could not pay me fast enough.

Said he has a million cards in a storage locker.

I told him I’m working on 70’s sets and if he had any to trade? He said no it’s all later than that

I’ve got his number as I have another 30k in cards to sift through and he wants them

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by David W

I just sold 20,000 1987-90 commons at a yard sale and got $75.

They were in used boxes I cut down. Didn’t want to waste monster boxes


All stars pulled out, even minor stars like Lance Parrish, Hernandez, etc


I told him that. He could not pay me fast enough.

Said he has a million cards in a storage locker.

I told him I’m working on 70’s sets and if he had any to trade? He said no it’s all later than that

I’ve got his number as I have another 30k in cards to sift through and he wants them

Perhaps he is a supplier to the folks that cut up these cards to make artwork that depicts cards. I imagine these artists need a lot of cards to create just one piece.

Brian

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

Two weeks ago at a flea market I saw a guy selling all sorts of fake stuff (fleer Jordans etc). Last week at the flea market I saw guys buying junk wax stuff and quoting prices that were inaccurate (100 dollars for a raw Shaq Topps rookie etc.). Bottom of the barrel has not heard about the recent drop off in prices and are buying the junkiest of junk.

These are the suckers at the ass-end of a bubble. No idea what they are doing they just know they want in. Reminds me of a quote from Boiler Room I've 'enhanced' a bit:

Seth Davis: [Narrating] I read this article a while back, that said that Michael Jordan rookie cards sell for over half a million bucks. Blew my mind. you see shit like that, and it just plants seeds, makes you think its possible, even easy. And then you turn on the TV, and there's just more of it. The $87 Million lottery winner, that kid actor that just made 20 million o his last movie, that internet stock that shot through the roof, you could have made millions if you had just gotten in early, and that's exactly what I wanted to do: get in. I didn't want to be an innovator any more, i just wanted to make the quick and easy buck, i just wanted in. The Notorious BIG said it best: "Either you're slingin' crack-rock, or you've got a wicked jump-shot." Nobody wants to work for it anymore. There's no honor in taking that after school job at Mickey Dee's, honor's in the dollar, kid. So I went the white boy way of slinging crack-rock: I became a card flipper.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

...I went the white boy way of slinging crack-rock: I became a card flipper.

So, is that where the term "crack and re-submit" came from?

[swarmee]

For those of you criticizing the junk wax buyer, they could just know more than you. There are approximately 15 cards in 1990 Topps that sell for $500-1,000 each if they have a specific rare print defect. There are four or so better known errors in 1991 Topps that regularly sell $100-200 each if you know what to look for.

If all you see is a monster box of commons from Topps junk wax era, and you're not screening them for these rare errors/variations, then maybe you're selling the boxes cheap...

Same thing for modern Topps or Heritage or Upper Deck. So many unannounced/nearly impossible to notice SPs, SSPs, errors, etc that people looking to complete Master Sets still need. Before you toss them in the trash or sell for cardboard recycling value, check your cards against junkwaxgems or baseballcardpedia.