Bloody Sunday on eBay

[tbob]

Originally Posted by deadballera

I will just hold onto my raw T207's Red Cycles...for now.

I have cracked open a large number of slabbed (PSA. SGC and GAI) T207s including a bunch of Cycle, Broadleaf and Anonymous backs. I like having the set raw and all together. I mention his because with slab cracking and cross-overs that some are doing, the pop reports are off on a number of the "scarce back" cards, because I know I am not the only one doing this. It make sense to slab them come sale time but the raw one sure look nice in sheets together

[frohme]

I think this points out how much work/luck there is in making things work these days. Below is "back of the envelope" with various assumptions and some stuff not accounted for (shipping/ins costs vs his fees), but it looks like


21,000 - Pick up a set at a nice price
 4,095 - Pay auction fees ... 19.5%?
     0 - Shipping (lets assume local pickup)
    11 - eBay Listing fees (w/1st 100 free)

51,732 - Sell on eBay ... woo hoo
 3,311 - Pay eBay Final Value fees (using their fee structure)
 1,159 - Give Paypal their due (assume that everyone uses PP, and 3% avg)

22,157 - Net before taxes
 7,755 - Short term Cap Gains at 35%

14,402 - Take home.


Not bad for 3 weeks work.

[frohme]

Following up on Bob's point about Pelty, there may have been a few other bargains in the mix. Looking only at the Broadleaf class cards, I'd add the following as relative bargains at PSA 3 or better, given rarity and price for the grade.

• Cunningham PSA 4.5, $168.50
• Hyatt PSA 4 $224.50
• Phelan PSA 4.5 $224.50
• Miller (Roy) PSA 3 $270

Hartley, Herzog, Blackburne and others qualify as well, given the (relatively low) price for the higher grade. Some of the PSA 2s (Kelly $156, Peters $182) might be too, given the perceived rarity/scarcity of those specific cards.