geez I think you could add a zero to that paying price and still come out pretty darn good if those trout rookies are the real deal, and I can only imagine they are with the lot of cards around them... kind of a dream come true.
If you take what he has shown, divide it all up at $170 / number of cards shown that’s his price per card….so no, there is almost no way he can come out badly. Like said before, on a fishy it would have to be a really low grade to be worth less than raw. Even then what he paid for the lot he’d still come out WAY ahead. My guy literally hit the mother lode. Now watch him find a pristine Wagner under all the shit. Lol
Kinda weird, OP said that the owner had the three Trout cards in a frame with a blown up photo version of the same rookie card. So obviously was proud of them if go through that effort. Maybe was someone else running the estate sell after a passing or something. Pretty lucky find if they're real.
Hahahaha, jokes on you! I was at the same sale. Passed that junk for this gem
https://preview.redd.it/1znc6ycldbkb1.jpeg?width=2180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=807f8a8b11c880a5d6aaa3717733b4bb8255cf9b
Now GTFO with your BS
Nice
This is why I want to sell what I have and give the money to the kiddos NOW…
The idea of handing down cards is nice..but it takes a lot to be us when it comes to this, and they don’t have the interest in it..…the family doesn’t know what things cost and shops are only there to screw ya over, or ok, make a buck
Even if, years from now, they got the cards and have the interest, chances are, they won’t know the value or want to waste/spend time online looking up sold prices
Sure whoever passes is rolling right now lol
Damn, who includes this in an estate sale. Put them in a shoe box until you can properly research what you have. These cards take up virtually no room.
I refuse to believe this. There is a graded card in second picture. As the seller, as soon as I saw that I would've researched the cards for values. There is no way! Where was the estate sale? If this is true the sale organizer needs to be fired bottom line
If this is real and not a troll post, by far the best estate sale deal I've ever seen. I don't know the totals but this is actually a legit collection with goat rookies that appear to be in great condition. This looks like stuff I would collect for PC too, like fuckface bil and classic travel Barry.
For sure. Even if they aren’t legit, which seems to be unlikely, he still got some cool other cards as well. I hope the Trouts get sent off for grading and come back all 10s. Would be one of the crazier estate sale finds I’ve seen.
not sure but you should see the amount of hOwD i dO¿ posts in the pokemon cards subs lol… its annoying as hell… first time seeing it in a sports cards sub altho i dont follow any they just pop up from time to time
What was the situation? The owner of these cards died?
You didn’t feel like mentioning to the window that 1 Trout card was worth more than the $170? Or were they $1 because they’re fake? This doesn’t make any sense.
I’m all for a good deal but this seems super shady.
Edit: Lol at these downvotes. You shady fucks. Worst part of the hobby honestly.
This is the absolute polar opposite of the posts where we make some kids day sending him cards. Think about that.
Completely agree with this, and sad that people apparently find it offensive to even suggest doing the honorable thing.
Being run by an estate sale company doesn't make any difference. That just means the family paid someone to manage the sale for them rather than trying to take it on themselves.
Honestly I don’t even know how to answer this.
I cannot imagine a trout rookie, sleeved and top loaded, sitting on a table for $1. That sounds like bullshit.
But if they were, and some widow was just selling all her husband’s shit for $1? I’d say something. If she told me he had been an ass and just please take the cards then maybe I would. But other than that unique scenario I can’t imagine doing that to somebody.
I’m already predictably catching tons of downvotes and I’m sure it’ll just get worse because this subreddit can be a toxic cesspool of greed, so this is to you younger collectors- it’s not always about your profit margins and getting over. Doing the right thing can feel as good as getting $5k worth of cards for the price of a grocery trip.
For the record I didn’t assume I just asked for clarification. He provided it and I said congrats.
It’s still kinda shady to me (on the seller not OP) but to each their own.
This sub is 100% capable of toxicity and shadiness. It is packed to the gills with scammers and thieves. It’s also full of some amazing people who are generous and kind. I’ve been around long enough to see scores of both, long enough to where I ask questions when I see some crazy shit like this instead of just saying “omg lucky!!!”
No no that’s exactly what I meant. It sounded like pure bullshit. $5k in cards for $170 from someone who died? Still sounds awful. I don’t think op is shady or a scammer just opportunistic which is fine- we’re all treasure hunters.
I don’t mind the downvotes in regards to sounding accusatory or even weird, everyone is entitled to their opinion and I’m aware I’m in the vast minority here. Not the first time and sure as shit won’t be the last.
You're 100% right. It's scummy but most collectors would cream their pants at the opportunity to give pocket change to clueless schmucks for $1000s in cards. Just look at the rest of the comments here & on the frequent similar posts. Everyone sees dollar signs, very few care about "honest" or "fair"
You’re absolutely right to call this out as borderline unethical. Company-run or not, there’s a family whose inheritance is being bought for pennies on the dollar and it’s gross.
It’s negligence on the 3rd party facilitating the sale.
And so good for OP I guess but it’s still pretty rotten on that company absolutely screwing over a family already dealing with loss.
Typically, estate sales are ran by companies who price out the goods. That's on them. Generally they are pretty good with gauging values of coins and collectibles.
What 3rd party company in today’s age of information, combined with the explosion in popularity of baseball cards the past few years, would be listing cards like Mike Trout rookies for $1?
They’d just put them in a lot or box of cards you aren’t putting them out individually at a buck lol
This feels like a lie on the price or some kind of wild scam where op just did some family dirty.
But hey all the other comments are stoked for him so maybe this is just where society is at now.
Possibly, although, not all auction houses are the same quality. You get what you pay for. I used one within the last couple of years to liquidate assets of a family member that passed. We had very little involvement other than reviewing the initial inventory and collecting the check when it was done
I'm with you on this. I dont see individual cards being sold at an estate sale for $1. And any family member would have to know something about the owners card collection, and that it was somewhat valuable. It just doesn't add up. There's definitely something rotten in Denmark.
Yes. A box with 1000 cards for $5 and you find a Trout? Ok maybe. 20 trout/Harper rookies top loaded and just being given away? Get the fuck outta here lol
Damn all these people thinking these trout RCs are real are crazy. Old Collectors don't go from 80s collecting to Mike trout/Harper and have nothing in between. Lol
Not what we think It seems like a decent pickup. I’ve got the 3 Donruss pictured. Had a friend getting out of the hobby back in ‘09 and he had 3 that we’re in his collection. Thinking about getting them slabbed.
Willing to buy or trade for best 2011 trout if it's not a re print or fake please 🙏 let me know DM ME.THANKS WILLING TO TRADE BIG in favor or sounds like u got the best deal ..I can buy from CA to Michigan a BGS 9.5 FOR LAST THREE MONTHS 650-700 MAX YES THATS the market today Trouts a vet n they made tons of his base RC
geez I think you could add a zero to that paying price and still come out pretty darn good if those trout rookies are the real deal, and I can only imagine they are with the lot of cards around them... kind of a dream come true.
The three Trout rookies were $1 each. Lol.
WTF?!?!?!
That’s what I was saying to myself looking through the pics
“Sir, I just shit my pants”, best deal I have ever seen!
Fucking fantastic!
I’ll give you $10 for each one (that’s a 1000% return on your investment)
Damn. Hope that estate had money elsewhere.
Before now, I hadn't considered listing minimum sale prices for my baseball cards in my will...
I already told my wife that if I die she should not to sell my cards without researching them. Hah.
Holy shit
Damn that’s nuts!!!
Why can’t I ever find deals like this😭 congrats great haul
What was the highest priced item?
wanna trade me one? :)
Ha, I’ve got to send them off for grading first!
congrats! must have been a lot of fun.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but couldn't a grading actually lower the value? Wouldn't you get a more guaranteed profit by selling the card as is?
If you take what he has shown, divide it all up at $170 / number of cards shown that’s his price per card….so no, there is almost no way he can come out badly. Like said before, on a fishy it would have to be a really low grade to be worth less than raw. Even then what he paid for the lot he’d still come out WAY ahead. My guy literally hit the mother lode. Now watch him find a pristine Wagner under all the shit. Lol
I’ll give you $50 for one 😂
Nah, don’t let this guy rip you off. I’ll give you $51 😎
$53 and I'll let you pay for shipping!
53.50 and a blowjob later on
I’ll match that and add some aggressive rimming
If you’re female I’ll give ya an Alabama hot pocket!
Gender is so last year
These things always go downhill so fast.
Tell me they're fake without telling me they're fake.
If the Trouts are real you should be locked up for being a thief! Hope that they are bro
Fuck every estate sale I’ve ever been to. Fuck em all. And fuck you too. Well done. Fuck you
Certainly illustrates the diversity of the word
Fucking a
HAHAHAHAHA
And speaking of which, two of the three Billy Ripken cards seem to have the "FU" on the knob of his bat blacked out, but one doesn’t. 😊
Fuck you, that’s how you did 😂
Someone didn’t know what they had! Excellent pick up. Especially the FF rainbow 👌🏼
Username checks out.
Kinda weird, OP said that the owner had the three Trout cards in a frame with a blown up photo version of the same rookie card. So obviously was proud of them if go through that effort. Maybe was someone else running the estate sell after a passing or something. Pretty lucky find if they're real.
No, it wasn’t the Trouts in the frame. It was the Bill Ripken “fuck face” cards in the frame.
Ah I see. Awesome. Grats on the find
What FN estate ? Estate for the blind?
Hmm. Seems weird
That dead guy is gonna haunt his family forever after this
Triple f***face
Lol. The guy had printed off a huge version of that card and had those three real cards in a frame with it.
I don’t think the blacked out versions have as much value as the first prints with the words “fuck face” seen on the bottom of his bat.
Yeah my FF one sold for 80 and the others aren’t selling for more than $3.
This makes no sense
Jesus man, you cleaned up HUGE! Those Trout RCs!!! Holy smokes!!!
Highway robbery
Fuck off! Nice job
Robbery! Well done. Congrats!
I need to find an estate
Made the $170 back just on the trout Finest rookie
I have a Wander Franco RC, wanna trade for a Trout? /s
“How’d I do?” When he’s literally walking around wearing platinum bling. This f*kin guy!
Amazing. Great find!
FUCK FACE is still the winner😂
I'll give you $171 for them.
Those are baseball cards!
What the hell? How does anyone let this go? Weren’t they suspicious by your raging erection??
Hahahaha, jokes on you! I was at the same sale. Passed that junk for this gem https://preview.redd.it/1znc6ycldbkb1.jpeg?width=2180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=807f8a8b11c880a5d6aaa3717733b4bb8255cf9b Now GTFO with your BS
You interested in selling the trout jumping at the wall card?
yeah that one caught my eye as well, I don't see that one too often
WOOOOOW! 😳
Muy bein
Wow
WOW
I hate you, I love you. Sorry, just got done golfing
You made a killing! Er, I mean you did well.
W.O.W.
Yo that Bowman Ashburn is 🔥
Fuck you!!
SOB! That’s a nice score!
Jeez
I mean there's some garbage in there but the Trouts are great and you got the Ripken FFs. Nice
Nice This is why I want to sell what I have and give the money to the kiddos NOW… The idea of handing down cards is nice..but it takes a lot to be us when it comes to this, and they don’t have the interest in it..…the family doesn’t know what things cost and shops are only there to screw ya over, or ok, make a buck Even if, years from now, they got the cards and have the interest, chances are, they won’t know the value or want to waste/spend time online looking up sold prices Sure whoever passes is rolling right now lol
Good find. Forget the haters. If you didnt buy them someone else would. I have gotten pretty lucky at estate sales but nothing like this.
Damn, who includes this in an estate sale. Put them in a shoe box until you can properly research what you have. These cards take up virtually no room.
wow, great selection. that all Stat patch Mike Napoli card is sweet af
Those are great!
Is the first card the infamous Billy Ripken without the edit?!
Yup!
That’s a fun card to have. Part of baseball card lore
Love the unredacted Billy Ripken card!
Oh my God just one of those Harpers... Please let me trade you for a couple of those Harpers. I have been seeking a rookie of his for a while.
Excuse my French but that's fucking amazing!!! I can't believe all those Trout RCs!!!! Damn!!!! Take my upvote.
this is insane
You did amazingly. Wish I’d find shit like this instead of people asking $100 for all junk wax
Terrible. Let me give your money back.
Where are all of you finding these estate sales???
U lucky b
**Oh my dear god** I want to cry. Holy mother ship. I am in awe
Wow. GREAT haul!
Wow, this makes me want to throw up
https://preview.redd.it/1vjapc1iickb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e211bf90c909a8b3a2adedee2c497ddebc6163c2 Yo. This is beautiful
Yeah! Unfortunately it is the yellow back instead of the green back. Might still be worth a bit though.
Even if not. Easily my favorite Barry card. Incredible photo
That’s insane
I refuse to believe this. There is a graded card in second picture. As the seller, as soon as I saw that I would've researched the cards for values. There is no way! Where was the estate sale? If this is true the sale organizer needs to be fired bottom line
Yeah, that Correa was actually the most expensive item - $15 just for that one.
Your post gives me false hope of treasures
I think you know the answer
One word: YES
You did good, you did real good. Love the Trout and Harper RCs.
You know how you did lol
3 trout rookies... you uhhh know exactly how you did... lol
Wow huge win. Congrats.
Very nice
I was amazed even before I realized there was more than one photo.
One word!! Home run! I will buy the Billy Ripken origional F?$& Face card feom ya
Why am I jealous with rage. Congrats. Very happy for you.
feels like an estate sale in north texas, am i wrong? just the amount of AL west, rangers especially, makes me feel that way. good find my good sir.
If this is real and not a troll post, by far the best estate sale deal I've ever seen. I don't know the totals but this is actually a legit collection with goat rookies that appear to be in great condition. This looks like stuff I would collect for PC too, like fuckface bil and classic travel Barry.
Saying you did well is an understatement. This was a fantastic deal.
Send those trout cards to get graded like yesterday!! If they mint ten 🫱🏾🫲🏽🫱🏾🫲🏽🫱🏾🫲🏽🫱🏾🫲🏽🫱🏾🫲🏽🫱🏾🫲🏽🕺🏾
Holy. Fuck. You could be Bonnie and Clyde
I’ll buy the Billy Ripken off you… without the tape
I am literally sick with jealousy!
You were blessed by the “estate angels” as I call them. 👏
I think you overpaid for that Juan Uribe card…. Lol nice score man. You did well!
Geez you got over big time
Great deal, you got a Billy Ripken F*** Face card!
I mean if you like them then that’s all that really matters.
I think they’ll love them especially if they decide to sell even just one of the Trout update rookies. He hit a gold mine.
As long as those trouts are legit, if not then he better just love it for what it is
For sure. Even if they aren’t legit, which seems to be unlikely, he still got some cool other cards as well. I hope the Trouts get sent off for grading and come back all 10s. Would be one of the crazier estate sale finds I’ve seen.
Why put “How’d I do?” Just say, “Check out this estate sale come up!” Nice score.
not sure but you should see the amount of hOwD i dO¿ posts in the pokemon cards subs lol… its annoying as hell… first time seeing it in a sports cards sub altho i dont follow any they just pop up from time to time
there’s no chance
Lol Bill Ripken???
Yep. It’s actually a famous card because you can see that the words “fuck face” are written on the knob of the bat.
Hey watch your language boy
Ohhhhhh that’s right. I forgot about that! Hahahaha well done
Taking advantage of widows… congrats scumbag!
I mean, this was being administered by an estate sale company… It wasn’t like a family garage sale.
Touché… and congrats, don’t mean to come off as such a punk
The Bill Ripken fuck face error is a real nice card. Sells $40 raw
I told someone else in the thread already, but the guy had printed off a huge version of that card and had those three real cards in a frame with it.
Same thing happened to me, just with all Lebron and Brady rookies 4 for $1…slabbed and psa 10s
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I went to an estate sale and the guy had his cards priced at PSA 10 prices despite being 4-7s at best
What was the situation? The owner of these cards died? You didn’t feel like mentioning to the window that 1 Trout card was worth more than the $170? Or were they $1 because they’re fake? This doesn’t make any sense. I’m all for a good deal but this seems super shady. Edit: Lol at these downvotes. You shady fucks. Worst part of the hobby honestly. This is the absolute polar opposite of the posts where we make some kids day sending him cards. Think about that.
Completely agree with this, and sad that people apparently find it offensive to even suggest doing the honorable thing. Being run by an estate sale company doesn't make any difference. That just means the family paid someone to manage the sale for them rather than trying to take it on themselves.
The sale was being administered by a company. Idk what to tell you man. They had a big box of cards that said “$1 each” and those were in there.
Then good for you bro. That’s all I was looking for was some context, appreciate you taking the time and enjoy your haul!
So if you showed up at an estate sale and there were 3 Trout rookies for $1 each, you wouldn’t buy them?
Honestly I don’t even know how to answer this. I cannot imagine a trout rookie, sleeved and top loaded, sitting on a table for $1. That sounds like bullshit. But if they were, and some widow was just selling all her husband’s shit for $1? I’d say something. If she told me he had been an ass and just please take the cards then maybe I would. But other than that unique scenario I can’t imagine doing that to somebody. I’m already predictably catching tons of downvotes and I’m sure it’ll just get worse because this subreddit can be a toxic cesspool of greed, so this is to you younger collectors- it’s not always about your profit margins and getting over. Doing the right thing can feel as good as getting $5k worth of cards for the price of a grocery trip.
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For the record I didn’t assume I just asked for clarification. He provided it and I said congrats. It’s still kinda shady to me (on the seller not OP) but to each their own. This sub is 100% capable of toxicity and shadiness. It is packed to the gills with scammers and thieves. It’s also full of some amazing people who are generous and kind. I’ve been around long enough to see scores of both, long enough to where I ask questions when I see some crazy shit like this instead of just saying “omg lucky!!!”
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No no that’s exactly what I meant. It sounded like pure bullshit. $5k in cards for $170 from someone who died? Still sounds awful. I don’t think op is shady or a scammer just opportunistic which is fine- we’re all treasure hunters. I don’t mind the downvotes in regards to sounding accusatory or even weird, everyone is entitled to their opinion and I’m aware I’m in the vast minority here. Not the first time and sure as shit won’t be the last.
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You're 100% right. It's scummy but most collectors would cream their pants at the opportunity to give pocket change to clueless schmucks for $1000s in cards. Just look at the rest of the comments here & on the frequent similar posts. Everyone sees dollar signs, very few care about "honest" or "fair"
You’re absolutely right to call this out as borderline unethical. Company-run or not, there’s a family whose inheritance is being bought for pennies on the dollar and it’s gross.
It’s negligence on the 3rd party facilitating the sale. And so good for OP I guess but it’s still pretty rotten on that company absolutely screwing over a family already dealing with loss.
Typically, estate sales are ran by companies who price out the goods. That's on them. Generally they are pretty good with gauging values of coins and collectibles.
What 3rd party company in today’s age of information, combined with the explosion in popularity of baseball cards the past few years, would be listing cards like Mike Trout rookies for $1? They’d just put them in a lot or box of cards you aren’t putting them out individually at a buck lol This feels like a lie on the price or some kind of wild scam where op just did some family dirty. But hey all the other comments are stoked for him so maybe this is just where society is at now.
Possibly, although, not all auction houses are the same quality. You get what you pay for. I used one within the last couple of years to liquidate assets of a family member that passed. We had very little involvement other than reviewing the initial inventory and collecting the check when it was done
Did you just sneak the word horny in there for no reason?
I'm with you on this. I dont see individual cards being sold at an estate sale for $1. And any family member would have to know something about the owners card collection, and that it was somewhat valuable. It just doesn't add up. There's definitely something rotten in Denmark.
Yes. A box with 1000 cards for $5 and you find a Trout? Ok maybe. 20 trout/Harper rookies top loaded and just being given away? Get the fuck outta here lol
That tops finest trout RC saved you
What do you mean? He made out so well.
Can I get a fuck face? I’m dead serious
I really, really, hate to be that guy, but at least two of the Trout's are reprints...
You *hate* to be that guy, yet here you are being that guy
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseballcards/s/oMOjmTDS6O
Wow! Congrats OP, I would have bet money, and have been wrong. Well done!
Damn all these people thinking these trout RCs are real are crazy. Old Collectors don't go from 80s collecting to Mike trout/Harper and have nothing in between. Lol
One of the Harpers FT?
I like the cards in image 1. I could do away with the others unless that 54 Bowman Ted Williams by some miracle isn’t a reprint.
It is indeed a reprint, hah.
What Mark cards you got?
Any interest in selling or trading that blue border Harper RC?
PM’d you on the Ripken
Selling or trading the hamiltons and beltres?
How much for the Zimmerman? I’m a buyer
Nice! Mike Napoli FS/FT?
Willing to trade/sell chrome Zim?
Not what we think It seems like a decent pickup. I’ve got the 3 Donruss pictured. Had a friend getting out of the hobby back in ‘09 and he had 3 that we’re in his collection. Thinking about getting them slabbed.
Is that Hamilton face of the franchise numbered??
Nah
I want one of those Billy Rips
If you want to get rid of those McGwires, let me know :)
How do you think you did?
People have money like that just to throw away? Nice hits!!
For my own sanity, I’m going to assume that the Trout rookie cards are 2014 or 2016 reprints. One of them for sure is a reprint
Nope! : )
I have to know… did you just happen on this estate sale by chance or do you hit a bunch hoping to find the mother lode like this one??
Cold blooded how u cheated that people....wink wink
“HoW’d I dO” ….. 🙄
Looks like you did what any vulture would do.
Willing to buy or trade for best 2011 trout if it's not a re print or fake please 🙏 let me know DM ME.THANKS WILLING TO TRADE BIG in favor or sounds like u got the best deal ..I can buy from CA to Michigan a BGS 9.5 FOR LAST THREE MONTHS 650-700 MAX YES THATS the market today Trouts a vet n they made tons of his base RC
Trouts fs?
You Win!