3 Buying Stories That Include a Nice Hit, a Big Miss, and a Head-Scratcher

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3 жыл бұрын

BASEBALL CARD COLLECTOR INVESTOR DEALER (in that order)
Chris Sewall here.
Story time, From the Files of Adventures in Card Dealing: 3 buying stories that include a Win, a Loss, and a Silly one.
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@classicpackattack898 3 жыл бұрын

8:55 If I had a nickel for every time I see someone that has a raw card that says “will get a PSA 10” and still ask for the PSA 10 price I would be rich. Nice jacket too, Beverly Hills Polo Club was my favorite a kid in the ‘90s.

@nagyee15 3 жыл бұрын

imagine me opening couple packs, and checking the most expensive cards... and saying to myself 'huh this might grade as a psa 10'... guess what happened? :D they all graded as 10s. i know its just luck. I should open packs for the rest of my life. guaranteed hits

@dieseldabz7104 3 жыл бұрын

@@nagyee15 Card grading can vary from person to person and is fairly subjective to be honest

@nagyee15 3 жыл бұрын

@@dieseldabz7104 all am im saying is that whenever i sent cards to psa and it was from my packs, they always came back as 1Os.. idk how lucky is that but im pretty happy bout it

@dominic9907 3 жыл бұрын

😂that last guy is half the people in the hobby

@17noneya 3 жыл бұрын

It's even worse when the cards are in terrible condition but they expect recent eBay sales prices.

@PatAsbury 3 жыл бұрын

If the cards are in that bad of shape, who cares what they're asking? Just pass on it and move to the next one. You'll see that on Ebay (PSA READY) and they look horrific on centering and corners.

@RetroHabit82 3 жыл бұрын

It's even worse in the coin business

@LambeauLeeeper 3 жыл бұрын

The new thing is nowadays as well, that everyone is a Professional Grader. Lol good stuff.

@brandonryan6651 3 жыл бұрын

It dives me crazy. You’ll see someone post a card with terrible corners and centring and say oh it’s 9-10 gem. Dude go away!! Lol

@mraycgz 3 жыл бұрын

@@brandonryan6651 unless you’re the one selling. Then a picture of the card that has glare in it makes it worthless. Oh and the old “don’t lowball me I know what I have”.

@dieseldabz7104 3 жыл бұрын

And everyone is just a collector and NOT in it for the investment right?😆

@chrisjones6289 3 жыл бұрын

Love story time. Keep them coming. Guess I need to check my stack of Jeter's when I get home

@dieseldabz7104 3 жыл бұрын

You and everyone else

@chrisjones6289 3 жыл бұрын

@@dieseldabz7104 Yep ... and all silver lol

@MattTheMadHatter 3 жыл бұрын

Love the stories as always...The HEAD-SCRATCHER--it all boils down to what someone is willing to pay and/or trade. I think back to my past and I land on 1989. I had a factory set of 1988 Topps--(only significant value now would might be the Tom Glavine) but I remember a friend swapping out the Canseco and McGwire cards for a 1962 Babe Ruth "Babe Hits 60 card" (I would suspect it would grade out as a PSA 2 maybe a 3), but as far as I consider I won the long game and it is one of my favorite cards in my collection...bottom line goes back to as always collect what you enjoy. Have a great week!!!!

@PaulsChannel779 3 жыл бұрын

I love your channel! I could listen to your stories for hours! Make a full length movie style!! Lol

@marklaudenschlager4207 3 жыл бұрын

Agree - we got to bring him home to the USA before he runs out of stories

@ObsessedCollector 3 жыл бұрын

I hate when people think everything they have is gem mint. Ive had a few potential buys ruined because of Psa 10 pricing and those ROTTEN "Your childhood items are now worth a fortune!" fluff articles. I feel bad for sellers that genuinely think stuff is worth 100x what it it actually is.

@justinkline1294 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it's also a case of recognizing when something is too good to be true. To think you have the good fortune of having a valuable collection in your closet when every other member of your generation could have the same is just ridiculously naive.

@dieseldabz7104 3 жыл бұрын

Goes both ways. I feel bad for buyers who get scammed by dealers as well

@chuckplayford3994 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, love these stories, taking the risk on the cello packs is sometimes like a flip of a coin. We always learn something from your channel. Cheers, keep the coming. Stay safe.

@elikingston8744 3 жыл бұрын

I know Im asking randomly but does anybody know a tool to get back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me!

@albertokace4135 3 жыл бұрын

@Eli Kingston instablaster :)

@jagatesuperior1749 3 жыл бұрын

Yay!!! Story time is my favorite along with regular rollers!!!

@horsetooth 3 жыл бұрын

Same for my buddy Kip! I'm a story time and high rollers guy!

@bravescollector 3 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your content. It is so interesting to hear all of your adventures in cards. The last story had me rolling. I can't imagine the time and energy that guy put into researching his "prices."

@johnmccormick49 3 жыл бұрын

This may sound crazy but i look forward to these stories more and more. Ive been collecting for about 25 years, not counting when i was a kid ruining cards playing knock down...can you imagine throwing a 62 mantle at a brick wall....well i did. Keep the stories coming. John

@sjl1327 2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy I found ur channel. I Love ur stories and truly apreciate you sharing them!

@pepinoman9271 3 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your hobby adventure stories

@JR-ARIZONA623 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, nice stories! Always make my drives to work entertaining......👍

@thecatswillplay86 3 жыл бұрын

I bought like 10 of those same Jeter's a couple years ago. As soon as I saw your video I raced to my room to see if any of them were the Gold variety but Nada:(

@CorePositionTrading 3 жыл бұрын

#1 problem with collectors ... they ALWAYS think they should get top dollar and they ALWAYS think you're trying to sucker them ... its why I like the stock market vs card investing ... but Im trying :) good work my man! How about a video on the TOP 5 cards in your collection you would NOT part ways and why ... you'd sell everything BUT these 5

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

I am going to do a few personal collection videos somewhat soon.

@taylordetecting2760 3 жыл бұрын

As a collector of unopened packs, I would have done the same. Steve Hart actually authenticates the packs for PSA, they just grade them. Great stories!

@LebronJames-kd6pw 3 жыл бұрын

I like your videos before I even watch. I’m going back and watching al your other videos. Make more content!

@dennisneto6334 3 жыл бұрын

Lebron James, how did you snag that name? Lol

@davidthompson62 Жыл бұрын

Most people who know a little bit about card over estimate the price of their cards. When I was a teenager I remember looking in the Beckett price guides thinking my cards at their price…. No go find a buyer at those listed prices!

@sgtjarhead99 3 жыл бұрын

Many people over value whatever they have. Be it cards, comics, antiques, etc.. What's really annoying is when you honestly break the truth to them, they get upset and think you're trying to scam them instead of doing a little more research.

@dieseldabz7104 3 жыл бұрын

Because most are trying to scam them.. Card dealers are ALOT like used car salesman's.

@mccards 3 жыл бұрын

The olde "oh they arent graded yet"

@bustos1959 3 жыл бұрын

As a collector its funny how people come up in conclusion of value of anything. Just because old its worth money not taking consideration of condition at all. Great content and thanks for story telling time. I wish others would watch you vlog if they collect sports cards.

@gregporter8220 3 жыл бұрын

Chris, I recently encountered a gentleman who tried to sell his considerable collection the same way. Raw cards, some pretty sharp, most in average condition but he wanted PSA 10 money for them. I tried to reason with him but it was no use. So, no sale..

@matthewelliott2213 3 жыл бұрын

I love story time. It's amazing what people will convince themselves their cards are worth-- however I was a buyer of that last one at 30k as he also included a large famous bridge that he said was also a PSA 10...

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Well I might have considered it if I had known about the bridge...

@mattf.4727 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the stories. Always interesting to hear. Fun fact is that there are no PSA 10 Fernando's in the 1981 Topps set, so that would have been quite a card in his set!

@jdm5857 3 жыл бұрын

Have definitely seen craigslist sellers trying to get psa 10 prices on ungraded cards before. No idea what universe these guys live in

@thomasm155 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I always enjoy the stories. Have to laugh at the ignorance of non hobbyists!

@GoldLabelSports 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel and insight. Gives us the truth behind the hobby and not the bs and glamor most put out for clout

@thecatswillplay86 3 жыл бұрын

Story time videos are always the best! Hope we can more of these at least once a month.

@user-uc9ot7ur7l 11 ай бұрын

Surprisingly many didn't know that gold hologram was rare..still own four non graded. In sleeves, top loaders for 20 some years, along w/ those 93 finest... some of the top loaders have yellowed.... I just shake my head.

@ImFlyingImDead 3 жыл бұрын

That last story happens all the time now. Can't tell you how many cards I come across on FB marketplace where the seller says the card is mint (with a pic of a PSA 10 asking price) and the card is rough all around

@kevincornell1439 3 жыл бұрын

i had some one give me there dead husbands card collection. all junk wax and was left out under a car port. end up throwing out about 50k cards the nicest being a Topps chipper jones rc chewed threw by a mouse. a week later the woman contacts me wanting a bunch of money because some one told her she gave away a fortune. i told her i could just give back the handful of stars i did find but the best i could do was 5$ and i wouldn't even break even.

@furiogiunta7886 3 жыл бұрын

yeah everybody thinks every card they have is "mint", it's so annoying.

@tenclubcards 3 жыл бұрын

These stories never get old, keep'em coming! I get some good daily laughs at listings on eBay from owners that sound like that last guy :)

@willgrove6418 3 жыл бұрын

I just want to say, I'm very impressed with the videos he makes Entertaining, informative, all around well done.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate that Will

@incupamestadtemptatur3383 3 жыл бұрын

I second and this one cured my acid reflux!

@waymanmccall5698 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the great stories.

@jsun6396 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for continuing to share your stories. RE the Cello pack, i've noticed that these sorts of things seem to no longer exist in 2021. Rack Packs, Cello Packs. Any sort of full pack where you can see any card, top or bottom. Meaning like set release boxes, not special stuff at a walgreens or whatever. I'm glad the card companies wised up to that, and everything is completely sealed now.

@TheJustinFieldsExperience 3 жыл бұрын

My newest favorite thing to watch on the KZfaq. Great stuff!

@sewaseem 3 жыл бұрын

8 gold '93 jeters that is one helluva score!

@jeffreyg5718 3 жыл бұрын

Yessssssss I’ve been patiently waiting for the next story time. I can’t wait to hear the story, thanks Chris!

@Time2Rip 3 жыл бұрын

Great stories. really enjoy them. I like that you share success and failure and odd stories as that is just reality.

@brentwalker5726 3 жыл бұрын

That last story is pretty funny. He's one of those guys who actually believed his cards were going to put his kids through college. Sorry my friend, it doesn't actually work that way with 80s baseball. Also...old unopened cards have always scared me. I totally understand using caution with a $4000 purchase. People are shady. They used to search packs, now they weigh packs & boxes. I actually go back and forth between feeling sympathy and contempt for the dudes at Walmart breaking out the little scales to find the $10 relic card in a blaster box.

@grousos41 3 жыл бұрын

Your last story reminds me of a friend of mine who wanted to sell me his 1966 Topps for $100 a card. I really enjoy your channel and the fact that you release your videos on a regular schedule and that they are well planned and full of content.

@chadtellevik5479 3 жыл бұрын

These stories are my favorite. The last one was hilarious. Great share.

@neightthegreight 3 жыл бұрын

Great stories man! I couldn't grab my Jeter quick enough...silver holo. :)

@rhondasimms554 3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@17Helton 3 жыл бұрын

Don Mossi!

@neightthegreight 3 жыл бұрын

@@17Helton Best card ever!

@neightthegreight 3 жыл бұрын

@@rhondasimms554 It is kinda hard to tell though!

@stephenm8725 3 жыл бұрын

yeah join the club but hey, it's a solid card

@smey02 3 жыл бұрын

😂 These are really the best people, who think that a card in really good condition is a psa 10 🙈

@rosaadelaidemariaiannantuo2421 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@zzzzzz-rn3oh 3 жыл бұрын

What they THINK is really good condition on top of it.

@tonymoretti2347 Жыл бұрын

Try buying comics , dummies like that are every where. $20 in comics and they want $250

@robertbrehm3986 3 жыл бұрын

Chris, I really enjoy your anecdote videos the best. Please continue to make more. I'm sure you have had plenty of interesting business encounters throughout the years.

@tubenachos 3 жыл бұрын

Unopened packs are tough to dive into. There's only a handful of professional authenticators in the country to verify vintage packs. BBCE is one of them.

@playmaker88x51 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Great Stories! Thanks for sharing!

@jamesyoho7429 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Love the story videos!

@31recordslv 3 жыл бұрын

Always here for these stories!

@Dirtywaterdrinker 3 жыл бұрын

these are the only videos on KZfaq I watch now..thanks for story time Chris always look forward to it.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that

@saad4096 3 жыл бұрын

I like how you ended the video by saying "stay safe and be good" like telling everyone to not misbehave haha, i know that's not what you meant but reminded me of telling my kids that when i step out of the house but knowing the sports card community we probably need to hear that anywyas as we are all still children at heart enjoying this hobby . . . love the stories again, keep them coming!! : )

@dougbratton7309 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always! I just watched your top 15 80s cards video (PSA 8) from a year ago. I think an update would be an interesting way to show how prices have changed in this wild year - just a thought!

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

That is a good idea... that video could use an update.

@HoeUFat 3 жыл бұрын

Wow always fun and entertaining listening to your stories

@Hammerhead44 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your videos. I need someone like you to look at my childhood collection. Have no idea what I have and am terrified I’ll get ripped on them lol. I’ll keep doing research.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

If you want to email me some pictures, I can take a look that way. sewallsportscards@gmail.com

@tim26847 3 жыл бұрын

Because of your video on the 20 most valuable Hockey rookies from 1990-94, I went and bought several of them on ebay. Thanks for posting that!

@eddiewaitkus6109 3 жыл бұрын

Liked before watching the video as I already know the story will be great! Now time to watch.

@RetroHabit82 3 жыл бұрын

That last story We get those every week in the coin shop.

@tbm9160 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the stories. Thank you for sharing them.

@rozzie101 3 жыл бұрын

A year or 2 ago, it came over Facebook an uncirculated mind conditioned 1 Canadian dollar bill sold for a lot. In the comment section people were saying, I will cash in on my 1 dollar bills. I said the bill that sold for a lot of money was uncirculated on a case never touched by hand. Lol

@johnwaller5309 3 жыл бұрын

Loving all your content so much man, appreciate every video ive learned so much!

@BRSBRS-uy6vv 3 жыл бұрын

It’s easy to second guess now, but you absolutely made the correct business decision on the 1969 packs. $4000 is a lot of money to risk on "if they are legit" ..great videos , enjoy them very much! Thank you.

@Bobbychristopher 3 жыл бұрын

yes! more stories! my week is gold now

@pnrayIII 3 жыл бұрын

All of your videos are excellent, I could watch this stuff all day

@victorfrankenstein50202 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man Chris, ya gotta keep these great stories coming. Can’t beat the entertainment value, not to mention the education. Always enjoy. Oh yeah, that reminds me, I have a PSA 10 1980 Rickey Henderson rookie card. I’m sure that’s what it would grade, it’s really nice. It’s worth $95,000, but if you’re interested, I can let it go for $40,000? Was this moron serious? Some people are so dumb.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Haha!

@PhuryousOne 3 жыл бұрын

This is so crazy you made a video about this. My aunt does estate sales and she's been asking me to price some of the sports memorabilia she's been coming across. She showed me a text from her next sale she's going to do. In the list of things to sell is a collection of "about 15,000 cards in boxes and binders." It's been a while since I've had that many cards in my possession and I was wondering what it would even look like.... and there you had a picture for me. lol I'm not getting my hopes too high, but I'm looking forward to seeing what's in there. I'm gonna feel like a kid again going through it all.

@goodasgold9505 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff as always!

@zzzzzz-rn3oh 3 жыл бұрын

This happened to me all the time selling video games. Some guy sees a game listed, not even sold, on Amazon for $4k for a factory sealed copy and wants me to pay $4k for his loose copy with a scratched label. Its bizarre to think these people are out there.

@spacecatboy2962 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a card online that a guy said was psa 10. The picture looked good and hid the damage well, Got it and it was very damaged, got a refund, and he still insists it is psa 10. Another one sold me a whole set of badly worn cards, got a refund and they still claim they are all in great condition. Some people just cannot be honest about anything.

@joshelwood8369 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff

@yescommunitiesnorules9623 3 жыл бұрын

That 1981 Topps Lance Parrish is at least a quarter. 40 year old baseball cards of catches with 300+ home runs 1,000+ rbi a world series champion ring multiple gold gloves and multiple all star appearances isn't 5 or 10 cents pal.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Fair point.

@onedone2011 3 жыл бұрын

... very important 15 cents, pal

@kaitain7595 3 жыл бұрын

I love story time. Thank you!

@SlimbyTheSillyGoose 3 жыл бұрын

I love when you do the stories.

@willzsportscards 3 жыл бұрын

Great stories as always! Enjoy your trip back home!

@patrickmel8728 3 жыл бұрын

3 great and interesting stories Chris. Keep 'em comin'

@1asktee 3 жыл бұрын

Love story time looking forward to the roller's nice content.

@JunkWaxInvestor 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome story on those Jeter's. I almost bought one on ebay because the picture looked like it has a gold hologram but the price was at a normal silver level. Just so hard to tell with a picture if it is gold or silver so I passed but it looked gold in the pic. Should have bought it. O well.

@b22chris 3 жыл бұрын

Love the stories! Keep them coming.

@luke5947 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent .. old time stories 😂👍

@scooterscards6888 3 жыл бұрын

Ma n I throughly enjoyed the story time. May u and ur be safe and blessed. Just to let u know we may have missed commenting but we never moss a show!!

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you as always!

@888strummer 3 жыл бұрын

I'm old enough to remember those cello packs sold like that in 1969 and also 1968. The 1968's were 10 or 12 cards for a dime if I remember right and I think the 1969's were just 5 cards because they were a nickel a pack. I used to steal nickels from my mom to buy cards after school. The person at the garage sale might have owned a store 50 years ago or maybe his dad did. Very cool video and thanks for making these videos!

@anthonycruz5569 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I love your stories! Please make more vids

@ralphwilliams2396 3 жыл бұрын

The miscalculation was classic

@jwwj30 3 жыл бұрын

More interesting stories from your life experience in card collecting. Especially enjoyed the second story as I graduated high school in 1969. Although I bought many cello packs back in the day, unfortunately I opened all of them. Why, why, why didn't I keep just a few unopened?