A Large Collection We Bought That Came With Some Twists and Turns (Adventures in Card Dealing)

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[@mookiechillson]

Every detail makes this story pop. From pockets in the pocket area - to the description of what 75k looks like stacked up - to the sagging car due to bulky bulk! The Snowman should have increased your cut on this one!! A genuinely well told story, Chris. Thanks for sharing!

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

When I’m ready to sell my collection I know who I will sell it to. Inexperience people in the hobby may think making a 20k profit favors the seller but the buyer takes all the risk PLUS having to tied up 60g’s of your money.

[@BigEd_R]

…”baseball card collector, investor, dealer, gangsta” in no particular order. So awesome!

[@raouldelacruz9677]

These are by far my favorite of our videos. While I appreciate your other very informative formats, I find that I enjoy the stories you share more than anything else.

[@victorfrankenstein50202]

Man, I just love watching these collection purchase videos. I think most collectors would love to have not only the cash, but the nuggets to travel like that, and acquire these awesome collections. Although, most of us would definitely not want the bulk, especially the junk wax. Thanks again for the entertainment Chris. Always look forward to the next purchase.

[@Krysdavar]

Finally, collection purchase/selling stories are back! Another great story!

[@jpcards]

Always enjoy these stories and yes, I imagine this would've been a fun one to sell over time -- so many good vintage slabs, at least from what you showed. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to your next rainy day for content.

[@farmhousedfurniture]

Adventures in Card Dealing are the best stories around

[@cappy2282]

You are a guy i would be more than happy to deal with if selling a collection. You always come across as very genuine and honest buyer/seller. Of course you and Jeremy are trying to make money but you also keep your integrity

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Really appreciate that

[@donderdag1918]

Fantastic story ! I have recently sold a collection myself, and it is so important that the person who buys it. Is someone you trust. A collection is more than the individual cards, it is also the time, energy and heart you have put into gathering the cards.

[@lilsmith22]

awesome story one day ill be able to collect sick vintage like that

[@thomascourt4935]

The Texas Snowman was not present in body on this one, but definitely in spirit!

[@intersheett3754]

FINALLY another Adventures in Card Dealing story. I missed those and had over time stopped watching the roller vids. Appreciate you sharing this very entertaining one 🤩

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

Love the openness of Chris’ channel. How many other buyer would tell you what they paid AND what they sold for? Great collection!

[@andrewlavoie5691]

Welcome back Adventures in Card Dealing!

[@rizzascollectibles3165]

I can’t believe you brought them up to the hotel room w you during the storm. There’s no way I would have done that, they stay in the car.

[@te2edgesportscards177]

Great story - thanks!

[@polkcountyboxbreaks]

The confidence to rock a Jedi braid and 75k in cash into a strangers house will never be matched.

[@rustyharvey4557]

Cool story. Thanks for sharing.

[@thomascourt4935]

Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive." For me, one of the best parts of going to a card show is driving to get there. How exciting would it be to be driving more than 10 hours in anticipation of making a deal for almost 60,000 dollars of some of the coolest cards on the planet???

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Very true! The lead-up excitement is always a highlight.

[@simondaughtry4619]

Splendid story... thanks for sharing.

[@mnplumberman]

Every time I watch your videos and see those Aarons, Mantles, Mays slabbed up, it excites me to search for my next vintage card.

[@randyworden5232]

What is appealing about the lower grade star vintage cards is I perceive them as quicker to move...more available buyers.

[@Philly_Joe]

Thank you for sharing....a very excellent episode.

[@NuthinFancyCollectibles]

I love “story time”, Chris. Sounds like this trip was an absolute adventure. Glad it all worked out. Thanks for sharing these with us. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter weekend.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

And your family as well!

[@mikethesportshistorycollec1947]

Always enjoyable to hear about your collection purchases. Thanks for sharing.

[@tartuffethespry]

@3:05 that snow storm looks like a damn goblin shark!

[@smey02]

The snowman is officially BACK!

[@Rick_Dunaway]

How cool is it that these guys will share their business plan along with the numbers!?! I understand that it’s kinda like advertising to a point and likely part of the overall plan. But either way, I don’t care I think a valuable but of info that any of us can benefit from. And for that and everything else I say thank you !

[@ThriftShopHustler]

I love these stories Chris, have a great rest of your year!

[@moaf2padventures757]

no memes these really are my favorite videos on the channel.

[@Freakmeal]

It is a GREAT STORY! That was fun!

[@LeastSlutty]

Low key indictment on Ebay. 75k would be fine if Ebay didn't take 15k themselves. And then those cards would be 10x harder to find without Ebay. So it's a different world today.

[@JaK-de4qx]

These are my favorites types of your content, subbed

[@JB-gt5no]

Finally, these stories are back.

[@davidlapointe7446]

Great story Chris. These r awesome stories, I think if u just made some up most of us would listen

[@XenoShogun]

Awesome story, love it!

[@LeastSlutty]

A lot of people don't know the difference between Emmitt Smith and Nolan Ryan anymore.

[@ricecakejohnson]

I would definitely be scared to bring that much cash to some stranger's house. I know you guys had a few conversations and the seller seems nice, but that's how scammers disguise themselves, they will act like the nicest person to lure you in. I would 100% bring something for protection, because even tho most people are nice, there are some evil people out there. I m not trying to scare you, just saying to be careful. Stay safe Chris.

[@ernestosuarez4499]

I love story time!

[@elo3497]

Chris, a running theme of your collection buying stories is that your car is too small. Time to get a bigger car. :-) Keep up the great work and thanks for another fun video.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Fair point :)

[@GoldenSlumber474]

Good to see some keeper football & hockey cards in the PC, Chris

[@P99-v6n]

Consider bringing some muscle on future visits just in case

[@whitesoxfancardcollector]

I remember that snow storm! I would have shoveled you out of the hotel parking lot in exchange for that Jackie! 😂

[@jude999]

Visions of that movie Fargo where the guy gets shot in his puffy winter jacket during the exchange of cash

[@boris5909]

wow those 2015 series 1 hockey boxes are pretty big peices with mcdavid rookie opportunity quite expensive sealed

[@renoraines6322]

Great video!

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

I’d like to add that Guy’s like Chris should be the face of the hobby. He gives a very reasonable price for collections and makes a reasonable profit. The proof of his honesty is The Texas Snowman putting 75k in Chris’ account. That’s a lot of faith folks!

[@brickcitycomics2135]

Out of curiosity, what do you consider a reasonable price for stores/dealers to buy at? I've noticed that for cards over $5 it feels like 50% cash, 60% store credit feels like it's been the norm for a while. Unless talking about a rare sealed item or high grade grails.

[@RazorRamon5556]

You are A TRUE card collector and seller that wants $4,500 worth of BULK.

[@longlostsonicsfan]

Shakespeare returns!

[@marcogomes9748]

awesome video. you should try and make it out for the toronto sports card expo. i’m sure they would love to have you

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I will be set up at the Toronto show in a few weeks! Will be my first time there.

[@DEE-o4v]

And therein lies the secret to buying a collection...."....but the REAL value was in the graded VINTAGE cards.....". Enough said. Chicago in winter? yeah...bad time to buy a collection.....I would have rented a van. An interesting story nonetheless.... I and my wife deal in collectibles (no sport cards)....and we just don't do winter shows....we learned our lesson years ago....

[@thomascourt4935]

Let's Make a Deal!!! "You can take 59,000 for the cards, or you can trade the whole thing for what's in pocket #6"

[@E7MusicSchool]

Hahaha!!

[@Lennoxroadpoe]

Your best story was the one where you found the Lebron card

[@christopherthomas9355]

I’ve missed these. Thanks Chris.

[@andre_boulet_guitar]

Nice story 😊

[@guitarlearningtoplay]

This is not the only time you underestimate the size of a collection. This one doesn’t seems well planned

[@DFG27927]

Maybe it’s just me but I prefer regular rollers over high rollers

[@gregorybenoit8526]

0:15 It’s raining in SoCal today!

[@PedroSimoes-sp7ln]

I think next time to save time u sud of used the pictures to price out the cards before u got there... And the other stuff u cuda done wen u got there... You wud of saved a bunch of time... Im curious how much more or less do u think the collection was worth???

[@matthewcook2097]

i LOVE story vids!

[@aaronbbreaks1814]

Legendary! Thanks for sharing

[@georgerousos3750]

Great video! These are my favorite! Love the channel!

[@georgerousos3750]

Football reference

[@Red-mp3to]

Love the story (and your channel). But I'm curious, what was his reason for parting with the collection? Again, just curious....

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Since I lived in the Netherlands, it would take me forever to sell through it, and that was too much money to sit on.

[@Red-mp3to]

@@collectorinvestordealer Sorry...I meant the "sellers" reason.....

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Ah, I misread your question. He didn't need the money or anything, just had the collection a long time and had just sort of moved on from it.

[@Red-mp3to]

@collectorinvestordealer That does happen. Appreciate the response.

[@adampolhemus2443]

It looks like there's a graded Wagner T206 @1:32. Was it not original?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

The Wagner you see there was a reprint (graded by BGS a 9.5 - they will grade some of the reprints). I think it was the only reprint in the collection.

[@andre_boulet_guitar]

Did you had winter tires on ?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I did not

[@PhilthyCards]

Did you ever find out why the seller left the room after you made your initial offer of $55k?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I dont know

[@DansVintageBaseballPC]

Who's the "Snowman" now, pal.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Ha! Exactly :)

[@E7MusicSchool]

lol

[@Gino483]

Why with all this money going around and so many cards why dont you rent a little uhaul for these trips for $100 instead of mashing everything in your car?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I usually do but underestimated the quantity on this one.

[@repent.sinner]

​@@collectorinvestordealer I'd be scared they would slide around in a U-Haul.

[@josephbuono4392]

Might be better off to BUY one and just own it at this point.

[@bruisermoore]

It would actually be somewhat expensive to rent a U-Haul and drive it 22+ hours round trip with all of the mileage fees, gas, and three or four days rental. Not to mention, I’ve rented several in my life to move and they never feel like they’ve been well maintained and could make an hour or two drive, let alone a 22 hour journey 😂

[@Mr.JonDoE]

Or purchase a nice pickup with cover or a suburban

[@danfennewald9827]

It doesn’t seem like you made much on this deal?

[@RobertLee-wi5kc]

Really you are going to pull 75K from a bank. You know they will put a report on you and you are supposed to do a report on the guy you give 75K to. Why not have him go to your branch with you at time of payment? Bank could have given him bank cheek. WOW.

[@CVMGAM]

I would say the seller made out better than you two. You made a 25% "profit" in cash and keepers, but took an extreme financial and physical (storm) risk. The seller on the other hand would have had to pay ebay fees, and for about another 10% discount to you, he got off completely from the task of selling, which would have been a lot of work of packing and shipping. Yeah, I don't think he minded that extra 10% at all. And all off the IRS books.

[@richardbianco9674]

This is when most would just have to walk away from a deal. There's just not enough left to make it worth the while. Enjoying what you do helps but the return on investment and time just wouldn't be there for most

[@jackiechapman8189]

🎉😅

[@b-man1232]

Rent a van???

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I definitely should have

[@curtdulle642]

Your bank probably red flagged you over this. Expect the feds.

[@lukehimes1428]

I sware you told this story before.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

First time

[@blountout6285]

headache

[@leosammy21]

I’ve never been this excited to see a new KZbin video. I love these stories. Haven’t listened yet (going to right now), just wanted to make sure I showed the respect. Thanks Chris.

[@MIKE_BLM_BDS_ACAB]

would you have paid more if you were living in the US at the time?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Good question... possibly, although not significantly more

[@bradcarlson7154]

Do you now live in the states?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Yes I am back in the States, living in Maryland.

[@arresthillary9502]

@@collectorinvestordealer if ya ever get down to charlotte, let us know. I have a lot goodies for sale

[@RaiderTatum]

Appreciate your channel humble and honest. Great work ❤

[@LeastSlutty]

The Jordan's and the Mays + Mantle's pictured are 25k... but, the rest are tough to sell and Ebay takes too much off of the top.

[@jordanparks99]

Great video. Definitely my favorite kinda video

[@roycehuffman399]

8:40 "Tetris" used as a verb. These are the extras that make your storytelling great, Chris.

[@yaboyblue188x2]

that turtle neck is wild

[@baskets8429]

👍👍👍

[@PaullyPorkchopsVids]

Thanks for the great video, Chris! As I've mentioned before, these are my favorite type of videos that you make.

[@arresthillary9502]

meanwhile, Jeremy sitting home by the fire drinking a cold one, watching the game while you on the Struggle Bus-lol I have some "friends" like that but hey, thats the beauty of being the money man

[@robertwatson5756]

What a heck of a story!

[@ShawneeUnion]

Not 100% sure if the Jedi braid was a joke or not

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Not a joke! :)

[@ilovecake1310]

After a couple years of watching your channel, there is no love lost. I enjoy most every episode, high rollers can get a bit repetitive, which you have stated you are aware of, as duplicates come up often, so you started to include honorable mentions which I love . But these stories are far and away my favorite. Other than regular rollers, there is nothing I love more. As always I appreciate your time and the effort you put into making these videos. On a side note, you start your videos with a pic of your son with the mantle rookie, how old is your son now? I have three kids, 10,12 and 16. Does your son enjoy the cards? I’m sure he is still pretty young, but one is never too young to love collecting, not just cards but anything. Thanks again!

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Thank you for the kind words. My son is now 8 (time flies!). He is not really in to cards, other than he enjoys doing activities with me. If I am sleeving cards, he will want to help and do the same.

[@ilovecake1310]

@@collectorinvestordealer congrats man! Every little bit of time is important. I wish you and your family well!

[@Reddog1111]

Question: why do you live in the netherlands as a full-time baseball card dealer?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

My wife and I moved there in 2019 for two years but ended up staying 4+ since we loved it. But I am back in the States now.

[@TheRmm1976]

Why did you move back to the States?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

My wife got an amazing job offer back in the States and I was sort of ready to move back as well

[@chadtellevik5479]

Excellent story. Thanks!

[@snerdterguson]

Opening Day, Yankees take the first two, in comeback fashion, from the Astros and now the return of Adventures in Card Dealing... What a great week.

[@kenrogers1948]

Wore the coat the entire time😃

[@franciscomontano2304]

This is wild mate!

[@djmoonchild01]

Pretty cool that you guys have this kind of working relationship to where both of you make out really well in profit and for long term holds.

[@spic0li]

Wow what a mass collection that would be life changing to have something like that.

[@livinwithlt]

Always look forward to these!! Great job my friend 🤙🏽

[@Johndeplume.]

Great story, and great adventure! Thank you for breaking down the cost and the return, very much appreciated. 👍 Hope you and your family have a great Easter. 👍