What a candid explanation of the process from start to finish. Wish more collectors/investors shared their stories. It is really a testament to the industry and how challenging it is. There are sooooo many things to consider with EVERY purchase. Keep it up, sir
Chris, I saw your video with Dustin today and decided to take a look at your channel. I've been in and out of the hobby since 1987. As a new subscriber to your videos, I look forward to seeing more of your purchases. I myself collect sealed product and buy individual cards. Wish I could afford vintage boxes like those. Thank you for your sharing your experiences and have a Happy New Year.
1978 has a special place in my heart. It was the year I started buying BB cards in mass. As a kid growing up in Boston, this was supposed to be "our year". Alas, thanks to Bucky "effin" Dent, it didn't turn out that way. The love for BB cards stuck though. Played the hell out of the card game that was on the back of the cards, thus condition was very well used. My favorite player at the time was Fred Lynn, who was worth a "single" in the card game.
78 was my first year also and growing up in New England the Sox was my team too, Rice and Burleson were my guys. I also played the game on the card backs many times and used the cards to play a computer baseball game which actually was like a pinball game. I ran to a friends house after school to watch game 163, then got a spanking for coming home late. That was a tough day.....lol.
Keep em coming! Personally like 1978. My birth year. I’ve opened a box of 78 wax years ago. Regret doing so. Didn’t yield high grade stars either. Still have the commons from the box.
This is an awesome story! You guys did everything right. Probably couldn’t know based on pop reports at that time that the boxes would likely contain awfully centered cards. Shows that hard work and seizing opportunities pays off!
Just found your channel. Love that not only there's another baseball collector/investor channel but also that it's not just focused on ultra modern. We're about the same age, and have similar collecting focus, so these stories have been great to hear. Can't wait for more. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video. This story is hilarious and like a lot of others have said, I think it’s really cool that you are willing to show the financial side of the story as well.
Great video dude. Easy to understand and I love seeing the business side of collecting. Most shops and owners are pretty close to the vest so it’s nice to see a breakdown of everything and what it can and what it cannot be. I’m also glad that you put the breakdown of your grading and travel fees in there as well because I think people have a tendency of ignoring all those extra costs which can put them in the red. Great stuff
Great story Chris, love hearing your buying explanations, there very well explained, so please keep them coming! I would love to hear a story about something wax dealing with hockey cards! Anyhow, be well, thank you again for your amazing stories!
Great videos. Love these "Behind the scenes" kind of things. One of the handful of other channels i watch, Alpha Investments, Rudy does 95% magic, but, he does stories like yours, and, it is always incredibly entertaining and wonderful to hear what goes on behind the scenes in the collecting world. I am older, and haven't collected for a long time. Appreciate your channel. You remind me of a dude where I grew up. He started a card store way back in like... er... 85 86? The Card Shack, Lynbrook NY, been in his current location for like 26 years... I thought this was awesome as he started his store when he was like 17... and whenever I go home to visit, i always go back and chat with him for a bit as I know at the peak of the Junk Wax era there was something like 40k? LCS'? last i saw it was down to like 7k? It's super awesome people like you and himself can make a living doing this. Great videos, love hearing your take on the hobby and especially love these sorts of behind the scenes type stories. all the best!
Thats funny you mention alpha investments, I know his channel as it was one of the channels I saw that gave me the idea to start my own, Very cool story about your friend who opened a store at 17.
@@collectorinvestordealer I'm glad, as i'm sure other are, that you did take the youtube plunge. Many people as they get older wind up finding a job they love and "give up" on dreams they may have had. I am one of those people. I find people like Rudy and yourself inspirational in that you continue to follow your dreams, and hearing about the struggles, in addition to the mountain tops IMHO helps alot of people who either are younger and want to try following their dreams or those of us who are older and who are happy with with, but, didnt have a chance to follow ours. What i find excellent about channels like yours and the others i use my limited free time to watch (adulting can be hard sometimes LOL!) is that you talk to the people watching as if they are intelligent and as if they walked into a card shop and are talking to someone in person. Really like that. Here's a fun, quick story i remember from when his card shop had been fairly new. I used to go with my dad every week to his shop, sometimes twice. Whether it was rewards for good grades or allowance spending, or, if we happen to be visiting my great grandparents who lived down the side street. Good Memories. Anyways, late 86 into 87 I remember him telling stories about people coming in and them asking to buy a "common" card of a rookie. But he never seemed to have any in stock. After a while he started becoming confused why so many people were looking for a 1986 Fleer Eric Plunk rookie, and, why he never seemed to have any in stock... until one day, someone came in and bought a 1986 Fleer Jose Canseco Rookie.... the light bulb went off and he got a good laugh out of that for a super long time. Anyways! Keep up the great videos. Really cool to have that feel of i'm walking into Sewell Sports Cards in person and having a person to person conversation with you.
Chris, wondering about that 1980 vending case that was opened. Why not consider making an offer after examining the contents rather than passing on it just because it was opened? Great stories, really enjoying your videos.
He had made it clear beforehand that there was no room for negotiating. We did a bunch of research on what the costs would be and what the boxes sell for.
Great story! The images help give life to your story. The bank lending you a room and the 300 pound guy coming to the meet up is straight out of a movie. It was good to know all the people you dealt with were legit. The hobby is best when people help one another. Would you do the deal again if you had the capital? I know it took a lot of time to sort out the cards.
Great line: "the hobby is best when people help one another". I would do the deal again for sure. The time commitment was actually very little after the initial trip. I would keep more of the boxes and grade more of the packs if I could do it again.
Wow! I totally forgot about “searching.” When I was 12-13 I used to “search” packs of 92-93 Upper Deck at the local card shop. I was a punk ass kid who deserved a beating
me too... I thought you were headed for a big L on this one ... guess I didnt know how valuable these years were ... I wonder what they got for the 1980 sets you left on the table ... Ricky RC in there, right?
I watched your video about the 2 boxes that you sent to PSA for grading the packs which give me a thought of sending my 2 boxes of factory sealed 1996-97 e-x2000 basketball boxes to PSA. Do you think I should keep the 2 boxes sealed or send the 2 boxes to PSA for grading all packs? Great video with inspiration, thanks!
Nice item you have there! You can play it any which way, and they all make sense. I personally would probably leave it sealed as a box and either hold onto it or sell it that way.
I'm curious what psa got for grading each pack. It looks like you could of made a considerable amount more on pack sales or were you trying to recoup your cash more quickly. Tough calls when you invest that much.
I think a the time it was $20 / pack, so we spent ~$1,500 to get them graded (that also means we had to wait a number of months before we could start recouping that money)
It depends on a number of things... do you have any inventory? How much time will you be able to spend doing it? Is there a card show or card store in your area?
Chris, I find it very admirable that you are willing to openly share this kind of information. Great stuff as always and bro, your channel is on fire! New subscribers like crazy! Speaks Volumes. Thanks again..
Had many of us known to buy cases and to keep them back in ‘78 for future sales we would have done it!! I was nine then. However, I do remember the ink issues. My rookie Molitor was a beauty except for the printing ink stains that appeared. The 79’ set had less problems. It was more crisp and clear.
I am shocked at the sell prices for late 70s wax.......I collected as a kid in the late 60s-early 70s, came back to the hobby from 1988-1990 , liquidated, and came back to stay from 2014-present. Watching this , I thought about going to a wedding in Newport, RI in 1989 and visiting a card shop. I remember buying two wax boxes of 1981 Topps Football for $5 each, bringing them home, and later throwing them away as "worthless".....
One of my favorite things about your channel is the simple but clear spreadsheets. I love doing these deals where you can make a little money but also have some cards or wax to put into the investment / PC side. Awesome story!
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I'm 59, had at one time as a kid 20,000 cards at least from late 60's to late 70's and a ton more in the 80's. I've been out of collecting since early 90's as it took a dive as everyone knows. PSA graders are the ONLY people making a ton of money. Opening unopened material hoping for starts that grade 9 or better is like playing the lottery.
I am binging on these storytime episodes today. I esp appreciate how the presentation is hi-info, low-spazz. Such a refreshing difference in today's YT world.
I bought one of those 78 unopened boxes. Based on your video. I should never open it. Does PSA still open boxes and grade all the packs. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing. '78 and '79 were some of the first cards I bought as a kid. My first box was 1979 topps cello. Still have the cards. My best friend's mom had connections with a candy wholesaler and we'd go in and buy boxes from their cases. Bought a couple cases in 1985. Long ago opened. Still have the pics. :)
Another great video Chris! My wife is going to make me use my own youtube account - she says I keep cluttering hers up! (guess I will have to deal with ads). Getting ready to go back and watch a few of your older videos. I think I have a stack to send in to get graded - I just need the extra cash to send them! - Jeremy Setzer
Great story man!! Should be my favorite year of cards since Lou Whitaker is my favorite player and his rookie is in there as well as Trammell’s (Moliter on the same card as Trammell too) are in there. I’m not really a fan of the four player yellow card rc’s though. I think if Whitaker and trammell were on the same card I’d be more of a fan and if Moliter was on there as well that would have been a great card. Why not throw in Jack Morris as the 4th player :) then it would likely be my favorite card. Although 1983 and 1984 Whitaker’s are my favorites particularly when signed and authenticated by PSA. Thanks for sharing your card buying and selling adventure!!!!
Opening old wax packs is always a losing proposition. Best way to get PSA 9’s & 10’s is to take your luck buying from honest sellers who don’t deal with graded cards and see some that look really nice
Yep - this is definitely gonna be a favorite series of mine. Definitely looking forward to the blunder video. I just lost about $1,500 on a deal that I was expecting to make $4,000-$5,000 on, so seeing someone else talk about their mistakes should be nice to see haha.
You would have been better off not opening anything from that purchase and selling each wax pack individually graded. Shows you how overinflated actual cards really are as compared to their absurd packaged prices 😂
1978 Topps! Being from Canada, my first pack opening experiences were opening 1978 O-Pee-Chee baseball cards. I fondly remember the cards being in very rough shape coming out of the packages. The cutters must have NEVER been replaced at the OPC factory! But man, this hobby has saved me from a lot of bad experiences and negative influences as a kid. I feel like I owe part of myself to the hobby, and I am glad and also fortunate to continue to enjoy the hobby to this day. GREAT video, CHRIS!
When you send packs to PSA to grade how do they score the unopened packs? is it the packs they are grading or the cards inside somehow? Sounds like a dumb question typing this at 2:30AM
Its a great question and I honestly dont even know for sure the criteria. I believe they are grading the appearance of the pack (wrapper condition, wrapper being in tact and centered).
@@daveb2280 I appreciate the response. Thank you. Also do you know if I were to get a card signed would it drop the value? I have a rare McDavid rookie card but want to get it signed if it would increase the value. Is there a better way to go about this? Have him sign a sleeve or case?
This was a really enjoyable video to watch. Appreciate how much information you shared and the whole story behind the transaction. This is the 1st video I have watched of yours, but I am looking forward to the next one.
have you thought about reaching out to some of the other financial themed youtube channels such as meet kevin? might be interesting to see the two worlds come together for a video
Yeah you don't want vending boxes from unsealed cases. I had a friend whom used to search vending boxes and resell around the mid 2000s. If he pulled a high grade star he'd replace it with an off center version so the buyer wouldn't get suspicious.
Enjoy your sharing your story. Given the attention to vintage (pre '81) you wonder what hasn't been opened by now. Still have the cards I collected when I bought packs & racks in high school back in '78 &'79 & so I know what to expect. You deserved better. Racks are the way to go. (if you can find a bona fide case) You're the voice for the collector.
Smart, very smart. And you both still had 2 boxes each. I'd say that was a good purchase.
The personal stories you have are the best videos, keep them coming Chris!
Absolutely love the money details here. KEEP THEM COMING!!
Great breakdown, this was incredibly fun to watch!! Thank you!!!! Very wide to keep 2 boxes each for yourselves. Wow!
Yeah we figured you dont run across those much, might be the only chance to keep them.
Thanks for all the transparency. Something you don't often get to see. Glad you all made a profit for the work you put in!
Wow.. what an interesting story.. thanks for sharing!
What a candid explanation of the process from start to finish. Wish more collectors/investors shared their stories. It is really a testament to the industry and how challenging it is. There are sooooo many things to consider with EVERY purchase. Keep it up, sir
Very true... its way more than just buy low, sell high. Lots of issues to navigate through.
Gem Mint 10!!! On the deal, the story, the records, just EVERYTHING! Have a wonderful new year
Thank you and Happy New Year to you as well!
Chris, I saw your video with Dustin today and decided to take a look at your channel. I've been in and out of the hobby since 1987. As a new subscriber to your videos, I look forward to seeing more of your purchases. I myself collect sealed product and buy individual cards. Wish I could afford vintage boxes like those. Thank you for your sharing your experiences and have a Happy New Year.
Appreciate that and very cool to hear. Dustin is a fantastic dude. Welcome to the channel!
It's always a pleasure watching your all videos, Chris. You are a true pioneer and would be a great mentor for everybody!
Thank you for saying that, I appreciate it
Great story...thanks for sharing....
1978 has a special place in my heart. It was the year I started buying BB cards in mass. As a kid growing up in Boston, this was supposed to be "our year". Alas, thanks to Bucky "effin" Dent, it didn't turn out that way. The love for BB cards stuck though. Played the hell out of the card game that was on the back of the cards, thus condition was very well used. My favorite player at the time was Fred Lynn, who was worth a "single" in the card game.
78 was my first year also and growing up in New England the Sox was my team too, Rice and Burleson were my guys. I also played the game on the card backs many times and used the cards to play a computer baseball game which actually was like a pinball game. I ran to a friends house after school to watch game 163, then got a spanking for coming home late. That was a tough day.....lol.
Very cool to hear those types of stories. Back when cards were still basically toys for kids.
Such a cool story. I really like the pictures and spreadsheet info mixed in. Thanks Chris
Awesome. Thanks Chris!
Congratulations
Amazing story and thank you for showing financials. This is invaluable for anyone looking to learn to make direct/bigger buys.
Appreciate that
From where this story was going, I thought you were going to take a loss, glad it came out on the plus side!
same lol
Hear his name is Clemenza. 😂
Keep em coming! Personally like 1978. My birth year. I’ve opened a box of 78 wax years ago. Regret doing so. Didn’t yield high grade stars either. Still have the commons from the box.
Im born 1979 so we are from the same era!
@@collectorinvestordealer I’m sure we attended the same shows as kids.
Awesome video. Great story...thank you for sharing. Cant wait to see the next one.
More to come!
This is an awesome story! You guys did everything right. Probably couldn’t know based on pop reports at that time that the boxes would likely contain awfully centered cards. Shows that hard work and seizing opportunities pays off!
Appreciate that
This was great! Thank you so much for using real numbers and for being so precise with costs. I look forward to more videos like this.
More to come!
Just found your channel. Love that not only there's another baseball collector/investor channel but also that it's not just focused on ultra modern. We're about the same age, and have similar collecting focus, so these stories have been great to hear. Can't wait for more. Thanks for sharing!
Super cool to hear that. Welcome to the channel!
Very cool to get the details on a large deal like that. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent story! Love this type of content. We all have stories of buying, trading and selling. Good job maximizing profits!
Fun experience
Always insightful and educational.
Thank you
Happy New Year.
Looking forward to your collaboration with Dustin (Personal Finance Dad)
Thank you Ziggy! Happy New Year to you as well
Great video. Short yet interesting
Awesome video. This story is hilarious and like a lot of others have said, I think it’s really cool that you are willing to show the financial side of the story as well.
Appreciate that
Great story, thank you for sharing it.
Great video dude. Easy to understand and I love seeing the business side of collecting. Most shops and owners are pretty close to the vest so it’s nice to see a breakdown of everything and what it can and what it cannot be. I’m also glad that you put the breakdown of your grading and travel fees in there as well because I think people have a tendency of ignoring all those extra costs which can put them in the red. Great stuff
Appreciate that. Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed
Great story Chris, love hearing your buying explanations, there very well explained, so please keep them coming! I would love to hear a story about something wax dealing with hockey cards! Anyhow, be well, thank you again for your amazing stories!
Great videos. Love these "Behind the scenes" kind of things. One of the handful of other channels i watch, Alpha Investments, Rudy does 95% magic, but, he does stories like yours, and, it is always incredibly entertaining and wonderful to hear what goes on behind the scenes in the collecting world. I am older, and haven't collected for a long time. Appreciate your channel. You remind me of a dude where I grew up. He started a card store way back in like... er... 85 86? The Card Shack, Lynbrook NY, been in his current location for like 26 years... I thought this was awesome as he started his store when he was like 17... and whenever I go home to visit, i always go back and chat with him for a bit as I know at the peak of the Junk Wax era there was something like 40k? LCS'? last i saw it was down to like 7k? It's super awesome people like you and himself can make a living doing this. Great videos, love hearing your take on the hobby and especially love these sorts of behind the scenes type stories. all the best!
Thats funny you mention alpha investments, I know his channel as it was one of the channels I saw that gave me the idea to start my own, Very cool story about your friend who opened a store at 17.
@@collectorinvestordealer I'm glad, as i'm sure other are, that you did take the youtube plunge. Many people as they get older wind up finding a job they love and "give up" on dreams they may have had. I am one of those people. I find people like Rudy and yourself inspirational in that you continue to follow your dreams, and hearing about the struggles, in addition to the mountain tops IMHO helps alot of people who either are younger and want to try following their dreams or those of us who are older and who are happy with with, but, didnt have a chance to follow ours. What i find excellent about channels like yours and the others i use my limited free time to watch (adulting can be hard sometimes LOL!) is that you talk to the people watching as if they are intelligent and as if they walked into a card shop and are talking to someone in person. Really like that. Here's a fun, quick story i remember from when his card shop had been fairly new. I used to go with my dad every week to his shop, sometimes twice. Whether it was rewards for good grades or allowance spending, or, if we happen to be visiting my great grandparents who lived down the side street. Good Memories. Anyways, late 86 into 87 I remember him telling stories about people coming in and them asking to buy a "common" card of a rookie. But he never seemed to have any in stock. After a while he started becoming confused why so many people were looking for a 1986 Fleer Eric Plunk rookie, and, why he never seemed to have any in stock... until one day, someone came in and bought a 1986 Fleer Jose Canseco Rookie.... the light bulb went off and he got a good laugh out of that for a super long time. Anyways! Keep up the great videos. Really cool to have that feel of i'm walking into Sewell Sports Cards in person and having a person to person conversation with you.
Really great job!
Chris, wondering about that 1980 vending case that was opened. Why not consider making an offer after examining the contents rather than passing on it just because it was opened?
Great stories, really enjoying your videos.
Another great video! Keep it up!
Great story - I’m curious how you knew what a reasonable price to purchase was at the time. Noticed you didn’t try to negotiate...
He had made it clear beforehand that there was no room for negotiating. We did a bunch of research on what the costs would be and what the boxes sell for.
Great story! The images help give life to your story. The bank lending you a room and the 300 pound guy coming to the meet up is straight out of a movie. It was good to know all the people you dealt with were legit. The hobby is best when people help one another. Would you do the deal again if you had the capital? I know it took a lot of time to sort out the cards.
Great line: "the hobby is best when people help one another".
I would do the deal again for sure. The time commitment was actually very little after the initial trip. I would keep more of the boxes and grade more of the packs if I could do it again.
Wow! I totally forgot about “searching.” When I was 12-13 I used to “search” packs of 92-93 Upper Deck at the local card shop. I was a punk ass kid who deserved a beating
Awesome
Very Interesting Stuff, Thank You!
me too... I thought you were headed for a big L on this one ... guess I didnt know how valuable these years were ... I wonder what they got for the 1980 sets you left on the table ... Ricky RC in there, right?
i have the whole 1976 topps baseball set
Do more videos about how u bought collections and what u did
More to come!
Time for some 1984 O-Pee-Chee hockey 😀
That would be fun!
I would like to buy some.
I watched your video about the 2 boxes that you sent to PSA for grading the packs which give me a thought of sending my 2 boxes of factory sealed 1996-97 e-x2000 basketball boxes to PSA. Do you think I should keep the 2 boxes sealed or send the 2 boxes to PSA for grading all packs? Great video with inspiration, thanks!
Nice item you have there! You can play it any which way, and they all make sense. I personally would probably leave it sealed as a box and either hold onto it or sell it that way.
I'm curious what psa got for grading each pack. It looks like you could of made a considerable amount more on pack sales or were you trying to recoup your cash more quickly. Tough calls when you invest that much.
I think a the time it was $20 / pack, so we spent ~$1,500 to get them graded (that also means we had to wait a number of months before we could start recouping that money)
Just curious....as a business are you paying cash for these deals or do you borrow/use credit 💰?
For this deal, my partner Jeremy paid for the deal, cash. No credit was used.
Wow! Great breakdown Chris. Thanks for being open about the experience. Great Vid and congrats on the profit!
Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoyed.
If you decide to open one the 1979 cases, keep me in mind for just one box. Thanks.
Hey I wanted to start be a cards collector and dealer how do I 🌟 and how much money I need?
It depends on a number of things... do you have any inventory? How much time will you be able to spend doing it? Is there a card show or card store in your area?
Chris, I find it very admirable that you are willing to openly share this kind of information. Great stuff as always and bro, your channel is on fire! New subscribers like crazy! Speaks Volumes. Thanks again..
Thank you as always Todd!
Had many of us known to buy cases and to keep them back in ‘78 for future sales we would have done it!! I was nine then. However, I do remember the ink issues. My rookie Molitor was a beauty except for the printing ink stains that appeared. The 79’ set had less problems. It was more crisp and clear.
I am shocked at the sell prices for late 70s wax.......I collected as a kid in the late 60s-early 70s, came back to the hobby from 1988-1990 , liquidated, and came back to stay from 2014-present. Watching this , I thought about going to a wedding in Newport, RI in 1989 and visiting a card shop. I remember buying two wax boxes of 1981 Topps Football for $5 each, bringing them home, and later throwing them away as "worthless".....
I wouldn't trust BBCE to authenticate a unopened can of soda at this point.
One of my favorite things about your channel is the simple but clear spreadsheets. I love doing these deals where you can make a little money but also have some cards or wax to put into the investment / PC side. Awesome story!
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I'm 59, had at one time as a kid 20,000 cards at least from late 60's to late 70's and a ton more in the 80's. I've been out of collecting since early 90's as it took a dive as everyone knows. PSA graders are the ONLY people making a ton of money. Opening unopened material hoping for starts that grade 9 or better is like playing the lottery.
Sounded like a movie drug deal, awesome
Haha sometimes they feel that way :)
I am binging on these storytime episodes today. I esp appreciate how the presentation is hi-info, low-spazz. Such a refreshing difference in today's YT world.
2:45 "Baseball Card Exchange and Steve Hart have a FANTASTIC reputation in the hobby"
That did not age well.
Ha!
I bought one of those 78 unopened boxes. Based on your video. I should never open it. Does PSA still open boxes and grade all the packs. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.
I believe they would still do it, I dont know why not, although I havent tried in a couple years.
New to this gentleman - I love his intelligent, common sense approach. He is soft spoken but speaks hard truths. Subscribed!
Appreciate that and welcome to the channel!
Awesome vid as always, me brudda! Great job!
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing. '78 and '79 were some of the first cards I bought as a kid. My first box was 1979 topps cello. Still have the cards. My best friend's mom had connections with a candy wholesaler and we'd go in and buy boxes from their cases. Bought a couple cases in 1985. Long ago opened. Still have the pics. :)
Ah very cool! Just curious how much did a case cost in 1985 if you remember?
@@collectorinvestordealer About $10 per box, so whatever that would work out to. 36 count boxes were $8 wholesale in 1979.
Different times!
Another great video Chris! My wife is going to make me use my own youtube account - she says I keep cluttering hers up! (guess I will have to deal with ads). Getting ready to go back and watch a few of your older videos. I think I have a stack to send in to get graded - I just need the extra cash to send them!
- Jeremy Setzer
Thank you as always Jeremy... Good luck on that next order!
My biggest purchase. Paid $2.00 for upper deck 2012 football and got a robert griffin rookie card. 🤦🏽♂️ 😭 Wanted Andrew luck card.
Great story man!! Should be my favorite year of cards since Lou Whitaker is my favorite player and his rookie is in there as well as Trammell’s (Moliter on the same card as Trammell too) are in there. I’m not really a fan of the four player yellow card rc’s though. I think if Whitaker and trammell were on the same card I’d be more of a fan and if Moliter was on there as well that would have been a great card. Why not throw in Jack Morris as the 4th player :) then it would likely be my favorite card. Although 1983 and 1984 Whitaker’s are my favorites particularly when signed and authenticated by PSA. Thanks for sharing your card buying and selling adventure!!!!
Opening old wax packs is always a losing proposition. Best way to get PSA 9’s & 10’s is to take your luck buying from honest sellers who don’t deal with graded cards and see some that look really nice
Great story. You made a great profit because you did everything right, including the fun of ripping some boxes.
Thank you for that!
Great information! Thank you for your sharing. Stupid Question what is the best way to ship cards? Standard mail? What do you do? Thank you.
Yep - this is definitely gonna be a favorite series of mine. Definitely looking forward to the blunder video. I just lost about $1,500 on a deal that I was expecting to make $4,000-$5,000 on, so seeing someone else talk about their mistakes should be nice to see haha.
Blunders are a part of the journey as well!
so imma say it we need more story time im lovin this stuff
Love hearing stories like this and seeing the actual financial breakdowns!
You would have been better off not opening anything from that purchase and selling each wax pack individually graded. Shows you how overinflated actual cards really are as compared to their absurd packaged prices 😂
1978 Topps! Being from Canada, my first pack opening experiences were opening 1978 O-Pee-Chee baseball cards. I fondly remember the cards being in very rough shape coming out of the packages. The cutters must have NEVER been replaced at the OPC factory! But man, this hobby has saved me from a lot of bad experiences and negative influences as a kid. I feel like I owe part of myself to the hobby, and I am glad and also fortunate to continue to enjoy the hobby to this day. GREAT video, CHRIS!
Really cool story, thank you for sharing. The hobby has done a lot of good for a lot of people, always nice to hear about it.
best video yet, no one ever talks about the actual figures!
You're Information is awesome,you are very easy to understand ,and I get so much information , great job man
Thank you for the kind words
Congrats on making some profit. 1978 and 1979 are notorious for being off centered and having factory smudges!
Funny thing is, BBCE does all the pack grading for PSA, so you sent cards to him twice.
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awesome video !!! thanks for sharing , im really enjoying your channel Chris ! keep it up
I have a box of baseball cards from 82 to 09 mix fleer upper deck studio and topps and so on there a few autographs two baseball's
Man, I wonder if this authenticator does Magic card booster boxes. Lots of fraud happening there now.
Shame you had to incur all the extra expenses on this large, expensive purchase, but at least it ended up being profitable for you both.
When you send packs to PSA to grade how do they score the unopened packs? is it the packs they are grading or the cards inside somehow? Sounds like a dumb question typing this at 2:30AM
Its a great question and I honestly dont even know for sure the criteria. I believe they are grading the appearance of the pack (wrapper condition, wrapper being in tact and centered).
@@daveb2280 I appreciate the response. Thank you. Also do you know if I were to get a card signed would it drop the value? I have a rare McDavid rookie card but want to get it signed if it would increase the value. Is there a better way to go about this? Have him sign a sleeve or case?
How do they grade packs? That seems almost impossible, and kinda sketchy.
What keeps BCE from undercutting you?
Thanks for posting that interesting deal. I’m glad you were able to turn a profit.
Great video once again. Like all of your videos it was entertaining and informative. Appreciate it.
Oof Steve...sketchy as fuck
This was a really enjoyable video to watch. Appreciate how much information you shared and the whole story behind the transaction. This is the 1st video I have watched of yours, but I am looking forward to the next one.
Appreciate that and welcome to the channel!
have you thought about reaching out to some of the other financial themed youtube channels such as meet kevin? might be interesting to see the two worlds come together for a video
Yeah you don't want vending boxes from unsealed cases. I had a friend whom used to search vending boxes and resell around the mid 2000s. If he pulled a high grade star he'd replace it with an off center version so the buyer wouldn't get suspicious.
I think thats common with vending boxes unfortunately
Awesome video. Please do more like this!
When l found u I stop what beakers. Thanks! Chi's.
Do you still trust Steve Hart and BBCE after his latest blunders?
Thanks for ur content! My mom and I love ur channel.
Appreciate that!
Great purchase , will you show us your psa 10 collection ?
At some point I will probably do a personal collection video.
Enjoy your sharing your story. Given the attention to vintage (pre '81) you wonder what hasn't been opened by now. Still have the cards I collected when I bought packs & racks in high school back in '78 &'79 & so I know what to expect. You deserved better. Racks are the way to go. (if you can find a bona fide case) You're the voice for the collector.
Great video! .. look forward to each of your video’s. Thank you .