Let's see the best deals you've ever made...

[yanks12025]

Ive had acouple good deals. One being an early Larry Berra game used bat, paid $45 sold for $1500. Then I bought a mantle bat(game ready) paid $100(guy listed it wrong and sold it for alot more. And I did all this before I turned 19.

[hcv123]

1) Bought a magazine collection that had a "shmoo balloon" in it - almost thew it out - decided to try it on ebay (the first item I ever listed) started it at 25 cents it sold for $25
2) Bought what turned out to be a rare pepsi sign from a garbage man - $25 - had to think about it and almost passed. Sold on ebay years later for $2500
3) At a baseball card show bought a Charlies Angels doll display for ~$25 sold later for $1500
4) Same show and dealer as the doll display - bought 3 non sport full boxes for about $20 each sold between $500 and $1000 each.

[theantiquetiger]

I bought a 1972 Super Bowl program for 50 cents, sold it for $250.

I paid $6 each for these posters, cost me $17 each to frame, I could sell them for around $100 each (sold one already, but plan on holding to the rest for now):

[perezfan]

I am unfortunately more often the guy who buys high and sells low... but I have stolen a few in my time as well...

1. Willie Mays Original Hartland Statue (Mint) for $2 at a Thrift Shop (I begged them to check the back room to see if there were any more... no such luck!)

2. Rare Tony Perez 1968 Topps Experimental 3D Card for $15 in Ex/MT Condition

3. Brooklyn Dodgers 1950s Clown/Bum Pennant (NRMT) for $3 at a local Card Shop

4. 1954 NY Giants Champions Scroll Pennant (NRMT) for $3 (at the same store!)

The funny part is that both of those pennants are worth over $200... he also had a very common Pirates Pennant, which normally goes for about $30. He wanted $50 for that one, because he thought it "looked so cool". He was surprised I passed on it, but was happy to get the $6 total, for the Bums and Giants

[slidekellyslide]

-Tris Speaker game bat $50 at an estate auction

-3 Cameo Pepsin pins at antique show for $250 (two of the three were gorgeous and probably the best examples I've ever seen)

-Kennesaw Landis signed letter - along with a bunch of other signed baseball letters on ebay for $45

-Kennesaw Landis signed certificate on ebay for $5

-Dogs Head cigarette pack $50 at antique show

-Walter Hagen Lucky Strike Display $75 at antique show


And a whole lot of other deals I can't remember.

[scooter729]

I shared this a while ago when I thought I was going to have to sell it, but glad now I didn't! I got this probably 10-15 years ago directly from a former Red Sox scout who had it signed himself at the 1955 HOF induction, for about $500. A couple of other sigs not in the picture include Lefty Grove and Ted Lyons...

[perezfan]

What a killer... one of the cleanest balls EVER (and a real steal!)

Why not add Pete Rose to that panel underneath the Dazzy Vance? There's plenty of room for a bold sharpie signature if you desire!

JK... we recently saw an equally nice ball, with a sharpie Pete Rose added much later. Talk about ruining a great piece! That Vance auto, btw, is among the nicest I've ever seen. Awesome to have it occupying its own panel. Great post!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by scooter729

I shared this a while ago when I thought I was going to have to sell it, but glad now I didn't! I got this probably 10-15 years ago directly from a former Red Sox scout who had it signed himself at the 1955 HOF induction, for about $500. A couple of other sigs not in the picture include Lefty Grove and Ted Lyons...

Scott,
I agree that this is an absolutely KILLER ball. What a find & what a deal! Don't sell this one....

[scooter729]

Thanks guys - if possible, the pictures do NOT do the ball justice at all. The sigs are much bolder than they appear, and the ball is much whiter too!

The scout I obtained it from had THREE identical balls like this. They had been tucked away and didn't see the light for 40+ years when I got them. Wish I knew enough to get all three of them from him; no idea what happened to the other two, but there are two others just like this floating around somewhere! (Of course, mine was the boldest and brightest of the three, but the other two weren't far behind at all.)