My Largest Ever Purchase (Quantity, not Quality)... A Collection of 3 Million Cards

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Baseball Card Collector Investor Dealer

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BASEBALL CARD COLLECTOR INVESTOR DEALER (in that order)
Chris Sewall here.
From the Files of Adventures in Card Dealing: A purchase that included roughly 3,000,000 cards
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@stevescanlan6965 3 жыл бұрын

You make such great videos. Great storyteller. Honesty and humility. Very entertaining and the videos keep getting better.

@tonytheHAT 3 жыл бұрын

How refreshing to hear about a 'failure' from an investor/collector. It's always usually success picks that are uploaded to KZfaq. Your humility is appreciated! Great story. Better lesson.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that

@WayWillow 3 жыл бұрын

Your bud got a nice 3K safe. Sounds like a win.

@huskyjerk 3 жыл бұрын

3 million commons? Boy, that's a lot of packs someone bought at Walmart.

@connorjohnson3159 3 жыл бұрын

You should make a video on how to sort collections. Whenever I sort cards, I never know where to start.

@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I picture Chris looking like a robot while sorting. I'd actually be interested in this as well because everyone does it a little different. He has to have it figured out pretty good by now!

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Thats an interesting idea for a video...

@curtiscoenen2634 3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine you guys still had a good time looking though the boxes. Not everyday deal needs to pay off thousands, sometimes you just gotta put some time in to gain an incredible experience and have some fun. Its all about the passion! LOVE THE STORY

@michaelcalland801 3 жыл бұрын

How fun would that be? !!! There's something about going through old cards that relaxes me like nothing else! 3 million is a bit overwhelming for sure especially if its a business deal & your in it to make a profit but I'd enjoy it just the same .!

@cardripperbreaks433 3 жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine buying that many cards, that would be CRAZY! To bad nothing big came out of it. Keep up the great content :)

@cmikesmith664 3 жыл бұрын

Help control the card population and destroy these 3 million cards. That’s what I do with Fairfield boxes. Help out collectors. I’m serious!!

@cmikesmith664 3 жыл бұрын

@Harupert Beagleton, haha!! 😂🤣

@james-hb5tu 3 жыл бұрын

The start of the video is Chris as child showing off his first big card purchase

@livefreeordie5513 3 жыл бұрын

“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” Warren Buffett I learned this a little too late in life 😂

@donderdag1918 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the story! Interesting to hear how a big collection like that start causing problems in terms of transportation, storage etc. Hope you one day get that life changing deal, if you haven't already and are saving that story for us :)

@MrK623 3 жыл бұрын

It's not really a collection. It was garbage that someone couldn't throw away. I had a friend who managed a storage facility, and most of the units were just filled with broken furniture, etc. It's garbage that people can't throw away. Someone already pulled the valuable cards out over 20-30 years and this was the crap that was leftover. While it is a collection of crap, a collection implies an intentional reason to save certain cards.

@ZiggyNo 3 жыл бұрын

Love your stories.

@therej5052 3 жыл бұрын

Ya, I've had this happen a few times, not to this extent, but sometimes you need to take a gamble because all it takes is 1-2 cards and it can be worth it. It's always fun to chase as long as you have other more profitable deals then taking a gamble like this every once in a while doesn't hurt.

@justinsmith5422 3 жыл бұрын

This is a good lesson for anyone who would want to become a dealer. Great story as always.

@furiogiunta7886 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a deal I would have asked him to pay me to take his cards. He probably would have given them to you for free.

@Chuckskipster 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent story, would love to hear about more of these!

@nicolaskjolhede7472 3 жыл бұрын

Wanted to say thanks for this story. A couple days after I saw it I went to look at a collection and couldn't find anything of real value. Remembered this story and walked away.... Thanks man!

@thedetroitcollector 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting stuff. Wish you could have got some great cards

@michaeldellobuono1858 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy 3 million cards and not one diamond in the rough. Way too much work for nothing. But live and learn. Great story as usual.

@investinthebest778 3 жыл бұрын

They didn’t look at each individual card lol

@rhmidwestcomics 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this story. I think some of the best collector stories are the ones that don't necessarily work out. I think it humanizes us. Thank you for sharing.

@mccards 3 жыл бұрын

At 1:00, im guessing its all '88 donruss! Yup! incredible there wasnt one Hit. Yuck. Ida burned the junk wax, something to reduce the available stock. Somebodys gotta do it.

@rhondasimms554 3 жыл бұрын

My husband used to like going to the flea market, buying a big box of misc. commons and finding any random rookies or cards worth a few dollars. Lots of great finds but lord ALL of those those commons. My favorite are the boxes of $2, $5 & $10 singles dealers have at card shows.

@vincehernandez 3 жыл бұрын

Great story! I 100% agree, I grew my business through a ton of financial mistakes, but those hard lessons really show you the right path.

@zachbush7923 3 жыл бұрын

Can't blame you for doing that deal. With a lot of 3 million cards, the odds point to a strong likelihood of at least SOMETHING valuable being in there somewhere. The fact that there really wasn't is simply tough luck.

@sw1217 3 жыл бұрын

Totally, the upside out weighs the downside (if you have the means).

@willg.2045 3 жыл бұрын

Great story, Chris! I'm sure Jeremy's wife was thrilled to have 3 million worthless cards in her garage for three months.

@matthewelliott2213 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy that sometimes a card deal really has nothing to do with the cards in the deal-- gotta slow down and think through what the cards are gonna do to your life, home, back....

@LatheFix 3 жыл бұрын

1,764 square feet is what 3 million cards would cover if you stacked them in 100 card piles. My wife doesn’t believe this to be a viable option to redo the floor in our house however.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Haha!

@richardbianco9674 2 жыл бұрын

I've actually seen something similar done lol. Actually looked pretty cool

@tenclubcards 3 жыл бұрын

Another great story, Chris! This is the type of inventory I imagine every time I run across one of those "Estate Sale" sports card finds on eBay

@drewmaki95 3 жыл бұрын

started selling cards and other collectables on ebay recently, and this kind of content is amazing for both learning more about the hobby, and investing in general! loved the video!

@JunkWaxInvestor 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. 3 Million cards. That is tough to visualize. I wonder if anything of value was ever found in those boxes.

@spic0li 3 жыл бұрын

Great Story I was hopping somewhere in the middle of the pile after you got it home there'd be some amazing cards. Looks like he mighta had all the good ones in the safe at one point & vacated everything out once he knew the unit was getting repossessed.

@richieconant8719 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, who knew Chris was a 7 footer

@Famdoc1000 3 жыл бұрын

And 7 foot wide.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Haha!

@npc1386 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine this is how my luck would go.

@CorePositionTrading 3 жыл бұрын

dang, totally thought you were going to say ... "we moved every box, all 3 million cards and in the corner I noticed this shiny penny of a box that said Never Sell ... grabbing the box you leave not really paying much attention and dealing with the 3 million common's ... then one night, sitting in a dark garage wondering how you got into this mess that box catches your eye ... remembering it said Never Sell on it, you open the box ... a purple Crown Royal velvet bag is in the box ... its clearly a graded card as you can feel the plastic slab ... as you slowly pull it out ... not revealing the card just yet, your eyes fixated on the PSA Graded Gem Mint 10 grade ... you finally see it ... eyes wide open, you utter a 'holy shiit!" that could be heard 3 doors down ... that camera pans back... you jumping up and down ... were all left in wonderment ... what was that card ... next scene in this apparent movie this post has morphed into is Chris with 2 bikini topped gals in his convertible sports car driving down the Florida coast .... LOL!

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

I am shopping the script rights to the major Hollywood studios at the moment

@longlostsonicsfan 3 жыл бұрын

How baked?

@CorePositionTrading 3 жыл бұрын

@@longlostsonicsfan- Thanks Long ... mush respect!

@longlostsonicsfan 3 жыл бұрын

@@CorePositionTrading just giving you a hard time, mate. No worries.

@CorePositionTrading 3 жыл бұрын

@@longlostsonicsfan I respect that Long and will delete my comment! Sorry, I totally took it as a dis ... thanks again, your straight up!

@michaelcalland801 3 жыл бұрын

Law of Average you'd assume that there had to be something in a 3 million lot of cards worth some money .. I'd do that deal too

@cmikesmith664 3 жыл бұрын

Did they end up at Fairfield?

@Dunkinthetrunk 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

@EricCKeys 3 жыл бұрын

Love seeing videos like this with the reality of buying collections that yield a loss of time and potentially money. More deals like this out there then good collection finds.

@zmunk 3 жыл бұрын

This is the only channel I am subscribed to about a topic I generally have no interest in. But you’re such a good storyteller that I get drawn in every single time! I love the content!

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate that

@TJCloutier 3 жыл бұрын

I sold roughly 1 million cards when I was 16 and my dad suddenly passed. I ended up selling them all for $1650 and the dealer took them away. I felt like it was a little low at the time especially considering now but one thing you hit on Chris substantially is how much ROOM cards take up. Another great video man keep it up

@robertbrehm3986 3 жыл бұрын

To me, your anecdotal videos are your best postings. Thank you for providing very informative and entertaining videos.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that Robert!

@zacharymeiu 3 жыл бұрын

What a bummer! The storage locker card story is the dream scenario for any collector so I can only imagine this was a real heart breaker outcome.

@akasqueezer 3 жыл бұрын

I love Crystal’s stories!

@broth6 3 жыл бұрын

Who is Crystal

@XZOL445 3 жыл бұрын

I thought that was his name for the longest time too. He says his name so fast in the intro that's what it sounds like!

@costaricacardcollector3524 3 жыл бұрын

Love the stories.. Really cool at least you didn't loose anything. Wish there was a few good cards in there to keep

@BensWanderlust 3 жыл бұрын

Great story, thanks for sharing Chris.

@outbackpress 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE story time ❤️❤️❤️

@ronalston9571 2 жыл бұрын

Great video I've been kicking myself for a week because I had a chance to pick up a couple of million cards and I was slow but listening to you made me realize it was going to be a tougher job than I thought and I'm working by myself great videos my friend I've seen it quite a few of your videos in the past and I love the educational value that you give the people you're one of the best KZfaqrs on KZfaq

@billeckle 3 жыл бұрын

Another interesting story, Chris. Thx for sharing. How about a future vid on the definition of a 'rookie' card. My friend owns a small card shop and is stuck in: whatever Beckett has designated by "RC". COMC has a different equation. Parallels (which Beckett does not include), etc. You often see 'RC; or 'Rookie Card' on ebay of those which are clearly not. And the companies have recently been printing 'RC' on varying kinds of cards. ie., draft pick cards, which most collectors have clearly not elevated them to the same status. What is your take?

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

I actually did a video on this a while back. Here is a link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLqaksuEktq0daM.html

@jfreeman1689 3 жыл бұрын

I go with the ebay rule: Every card is a RC Rookie Card

@rashakawa 3 жыл бұрын

Really like your story's. Oh and by the way whoever suggested the new hairstyle was dead on. My mother my girlfriend both said it made a massive difference. (About a month or so ago I cut my hair It was long as well. But I noticed almost immediately that I was much more approachable from Neighbors and strangers compared to just a few days prior when I had my longer hair. Funny how different people treat you simply by the look of your hair.) Anyways I enjoy your content very much.

@brentwalker5726 3 жыл бұрын

I just cut off my "covid hair" too! I got pretty shaggy during the lock down.

@jimc.goodfellas226 3 жыл бұрын

There's something about long hair on a man, it just doesn't go over well haha I had the same thing a while back

@rynowaxx 3 жыл бұрын

Hey now...yet another great story my friend. When you come back stateside PLEASE consider doing a Podcast if you can find the time to juggle family, cards and the channel. LoL. I know its a lot but Chris, yoy would have an unbelievable Podcast. The stories and your ability to draw people in, not too mention a block of time to just talk about whatever without time constraints to keep videos not too long or too short. Special guests and I am fairly confident with how many subscribers you already have it would be instant hit. Soon enough you can have players making appearances. Active and retired. Keep up great work my friend.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that, its a great idea and something Ill keep on the radar

@monetschannel5773 3 жыл бұрын

I love sports cards pistol Pete is my favorite

@LambeauLeeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Great Story. I always tell myself, It’s only gonna take 1 card to change my life!

@ObsessedCollector 3 жыл бұрын

THREE MILLION CARDS!?!?!? Wow! I just bought about 50,000 cards yesterday includes a 1964 Mantle and a TON of 2008 to 2017 autos too!

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

I think you did a lot better than we did!

@ObsessedCollector 3 жыл бұрын

Found a 2001 Drew Brees, 76 Eckersley and a signed Yaz sofar!

@chadtellevik5479 3 жыл бұрын

Fun share. Love these. Thanks Chris.

@NuthinFancyCollectibles 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Chris.

@420aliendon 3 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of pack cracking

@michaelcameron5531 3 жыл бұрын

Story time!!! Love it. Great job Chris, keep up the great content.

@bretthessart63 3 жыл бұрын

I totally kept waiting for one of you to pull out a single gem, ha!

@t-squared6406 3 жыл бұрын

I know why I don't collect cards,all the hauling,organizing,you guys did a good job with it!!!

@PeepsWaxPacks 3 жыл бұрын

It makes me wonder how many other garage/storage units are sitting out there with a similar issue. Thanks for sharing!

@szylak 3 жыл бұрын

I bought 4 million cards for $ 15,000 from a dealer that had a warehouse with 150,000,000 cards in Fall River, MA in 2011.

@danfennewald9827 3 жыл бұрын

Another fascinating story, and cameo from Jeremy

@NYC-SA-Mike 2 жыл бұрын

I'm late to this one. I enjoyed the frank talk and what went wrong and what was right. Thanx!

@ericlindenmuth7517 3 жыл бұрын

Great story!! I have cards that are probably not worth much. What to do with them. I would hate to just throw them out. But I don't have that many, maybe just a few hundred... Glad it worked out that you didn't lose money!!

@jjseesall4940 3 жыл бұрын

I have alot of baseball cards from 1965-2001 mostly 88-97 rookies, mother cookie cards, kmart, team logo stickers

@jackiechapman8189 3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping you'd say somewhere in the middle of all this junk wax was a box 📦 loaded with Trout rc's and star and Hof'er cards but alas you didn't..😢 These are deal's that I try to avoid at all costs.. I have got rid of better for free..😂😪😢😭😜 Have A Happy Memorial Day Chris.. Stay safe all..👍💕🔥⚾😷

@robatt1602 3 жыл бұрын

Wild story

@marathawnjawn8862 3 жыл бұрын

Best part about this story @ 1:34 “..and I mean as tall as me, 7 ft. tall” 😃

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Haha well :)

@ThriftShopHustler 3 жыл бұрын

No mistake, one card is all it takes.

@ObsessedCollector 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm still going through the 50k card lot I bought Sunday. Found a minty 2001 topps Drew Brees sofar. So indeed 1 card all it takes to turn a potentially junk lot into gold.

@TheRmm1976 3 жыл бұрын

What would you guys have done if you could NOT find someone to buy up the commons? Seems like that dealer saved you guys a huge expense. This could have been a total nightmare.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

That would have been messy. Take it to a dump I guess

@starscream8Life 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have storage issues on cards not worthy of COMC. Would love to live in a house with a fireplace one day.

@3rdFloorArcade 3 жыл бұрын

Great story Chris! 👍

@wickedroller 3 жыл бұрын

These are my favorite type of video you make Chris.

@jasontrost3897 3 жыл бұрын

Hey everyone. Modern day cards, particularly the 80’s and 90’s, how well should they fit in a PSA slab? The standard size card, should there be any gaps or should it be a perfect fit? Like if you were to shake the slab would it be normal to here a little shaking sound? I ask because I’m looking on eBay and it seems like 90% of the cards I was browsing have a gap. Specific cards I was looking at were ‘87 Greg Maddux and ‘94 Alex Rodriguez. The abundance of cards with a gap made it seem the gap was the norm, a perfect fit was the rarity. Thanks

@HDproducer1 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, well played. With 3 million cards even if there were a handful of big scores, it could have been more profitable. I'm sure it was a little fun going through them, and having the transportation costs covered going in and coming out was a plus. Also nice to have the friend bail you out after you pulled a few grand out with the lots. For your business partner it was definitely a safe bet.

@jasenlarsen8501 3 жыл бұрын

Love the story. I always learn from the experience. I can image there are so many storage units and house full of junk wax era commons. Too bad that the print runs ruined the prices of quality players rookie cards from that era. Examples Tony Gwynn, Bo Jackson (mostly high prices for 10's), Brett Favre, Wade Boggs, Ken Griffey Jr (except for Upper Deck 10's), Kirby Puckett, and others that I forgot to include.

@anthonyhockey 3 жыл бұрын

Dang glad you didn’t pay 10k wow great story as always

@BrianMorenocomedy 3 жыл бұрын

What does the common buyer do with all of them?

@waxstache5077 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the story!

@chrisjones6289 3 жыл бұрын

That is almost $4000 in boxes lol

@Fenderdfm 3 жыл бұрын

1st world problems. Lol. This sounded like an absolute nightmare!! Thanks for the vid man, such great stuff always 🤘

@larrybuss677 3 жыл бұрын

That was certainly a learning experience. Probably should have walked away from this one.

@davidnuzzi1608 3 жыл бұрын

I love these story videos!

@palmettocards2099 3 жыл бұрын

I did the same exact thing, bought a storage unit full of almost 1mil cards for $2k and it was all junk. Got a few boxes of cards worth maybe $1-5ea but took me a month going through it all and definitely not worth it. Never making that mistake again lol

@68031 3 жыл бұрын

Great channel

@HungryHippoo 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, could you please let me know that name of the dealer buying the bulk commons, I would appreciate that, great story!

@sextonskentuckycardboard5435 3 жыл бұрын

I would have done the same thing. It just takes one box or one card even to change the whole perspective. Nice story.

@bigjax731 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff

@MelvinZoopers 3 жыл бұрын

Great storytime!

@lowrollerscratcher3563 3 жыл бұрын

You can have a lifetime flea market business forever. You can sell 50 cards for 1 dollars. You can put the good card in the front and back. You can rent flea market table for 10 dollars each.

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Thats definitely true!

@KipArmadillo 3 жыл бұрын

Credit to Jeremy for spending so much time in his garage, going through cards, when he'd obviously much rather be standing outside in the snow.

@johnnycash578 3 жыл бұрын

its like buying paper thats been written on by a kid

@chrismalaney6620 Жыл бұрын

Where do you keep all your cards? I have issues with 50k

@martinroberts4733 3 жыл бұрын

Love these stories.

@bigwes411 3 жыл бұрын

Great show

@lowrollerscratcher3563 3 жыл бұрын

Comc have upgrade membership for 50 bucks a month. The storage fee will be free if you list the card less than 2.50 dollars. If you have 5000 cards. You can make tons of massive profit. You can sell the card at least 0.75-2.49 dollars.

@high-end-prospector 3 жыл бұрын

At least he got the safe out of it. I believe after going through 50 boxes and not finding squat, I'd passed on them no matter what he offered them for. The seller likely didn't want the burden of paying the storage costs anymore & knew there wasn't anything of value. That was a lot of junk but a really nice safe. You could have used all the cards to make fire logs and resold the fire logs. lol !!

@ahmanfan 2 жыл бұрын

It's a break even at worst proposition. Best case you start coming across some good stuff, so why not if you have some spare time.

@thrillofthehunt7080 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. You just never know. I know a guy who purchased a collection with almost the same story, only it as about 1 million cards. Turned out to be a gold mine and he paid next to nothing. You have to take those chances sometimes, and you win some of them, you lose some of them.

@johnphipps3287 3 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of cards still out there!?

@ShawnKavanagh 3 жыл бұрын

It's a black hole that travels across the US, consuming more commons every day

@Famdoc1000 3 жыл бұрын

Is the background of your videos cards you've brought to or had shipped to the Netherlands, or is it a still photograph background from your California home?

@collectorinvestordealer 3 жыл бұрын

Those are cards with me here in the Netherlands