Three Short Stories From the Sportscard Collecting/Investing/Dealing World

[@SwanhillCards108]

Great content, as always. Thank you.

[@tomharrigan3227]

I do feel the force is strong in you, ....ummmm 7 the number is! TY for the post

[@karlcicitto3095]

Great, great episode. Your best ever, Chris.

[@ernestosuarez4499]

That Jeff story is pretty cool!

[@NuthinFancyCollectibles]

You tell some good stories, Chris.

[@tompartyka352]

Great stories, I sold my collection to Chris this past November in NJ. Chris was a gentleman through the whole process, out of all the possibilities to sell my collection,I felt I would trust him out of everyone. He’s fair, honest and very respectful, Highly recommend Chris to anyone wanting to sell their cards.

[@dancompton1686]

We need to get topps on the line to get Chris on the Influencer series next year

[@tylersimmons6524]

As a kid, my dad and I would set up at shows. I had (for a 9yo) a decent vintage collection. This was in the early 90s and the 91 Stadium Club football cards were hot. I loved the Emmitt and Barrys but didn't have any myself. One customer showed me an Emmitt he was selling. I asked how much, he said 25. I tossed a quarter on the table and he just laughed as he took his card back.

[@gh0stm3tal85]

I appreciate your honesty with 9's story. We've all had those moments, but it takes a lot to own up to them. Kudos.

[@jonathonsantamont8527]

People need to educate themselves on value before judging (this goes both ways). You’re right 99/100 dealers would just say not for me…. But you were trying to be nice. I was told this a long time ago, and it’s as true today as when I was told…. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED!!!

[@doughboysnerdly2745]

I absolutely love "disgruntled collectors" stories. those folks are always in the wrong, and yet they go through life never realizing how awful they come off to other people. that area of psychology is so fascinating. ive been dealing with collectors for over twenty years; a few years in the baseball card business, and over two decades in the vintage nintendo business. collectors can be very friendly, of course (any group will have kind people it in somewhere) but the people who collect and are obsessed with material possessions can also be THE WORST type of human. please upload more of these, even the three-minute stories are enthralling. thanks for your time!

[@SeaJayAudit]

Anyone ever met a "gruntled" person? Them critters are a rare breed.

[@boobooboogoo]

Absolutely. I used to love seeing the guys with the black box of cards Who you know were only interested in showing them off and really did not want to sell them. There are some sick people in this world.

[@boobooboogoo]

Absolutely - Yes - it all comes down to those obsessed with material possessions. In essence it is idol worship and they act accordingly.

[@Dog8myhomework]

That last story when you brought up Jeff I thought you were gonna say Geoff Wilson being on that influencer card

[@LeastSlutty]

The card in story 2 is funny. Which card was it? Dame rookie silver? Giannis tiger stripe? Jokic rookie red?

[@timotheegoulet1511]

For the first story with the Michael Jordan card, for instance, anyone with a base knowledge of HTML could modify the HTML to change it to their will.

[@mlballhawks]

THE BEST.

[@bobmikewillie]

Stories 1 and 2 are exactly why everyone loves Chris!

[@ACD1994]

Except for those 2 collectors mentioned in the video that didn't. Lol. It's the beginning, to a villain arc.

[@Johndeplume.]

Haha, some great stories, Chris! That second story, in particularly, resonated with me. We've all been there! 👍 Keep up the great content. Love the dry humour too. 😃

[@connoryoung9906]

I attended a Red Sox vs Angels game last year, which happened to be Jackie Robinson day, and ended up in the background of Mike Trout’s ToppsNow for his 300th career double. Not only is the card of one of one of the greats, it also has Shohei in the back on deck… Needless to say I’ve been attempting to complete the rainbow, but haven’t seen the 1/1 pop up for sale

[@ianschwartz2496]

Good stories Mr. Sewall who is also a Jedi. Maybe your 700/7,000 friend can try to dunk on you some more, and you could at least get a poster

[@roycehuffman399]

Chris, your third story reminds me of a little known hobby fact. If you look closely at a Ken McMullen rookie card, below him and to the left there is an image of Pete Rose.

[@ACD1994]

The one that didn't bet on baseball. McMullen is rather overlooked. Maybe Pete Rose...took the under.

[@spic0li]

Thats so cool he found himself in the background of a card what a neat story thanks for sharing as always.

[@burleycardboard]

Great stories! So jealous of the last story. I know most of us dream of being on a baseball card.

[@ace81982]

Tanner Jones, aka Tan Man Baseball Fan, makes INCREDIBLE custom baseball cards and could be the answer to life goal #3. His designs and production quality are next level.

[@MarcoCalavita]

I'm a little confused by the second story, because I can't imagine a modern dual on-card auto card of two HOFs (who would have to be alive if it's on-card autos, thus excluding Ruth, Jackie Robinson, etc.), even if numbered to /5, ever being worth anything more than $1500, tops. What am I missing?

[@mikeglenn5212]

So what was the card worth?

[@Lanatus]

People value their trash like it is an original Pollock.

[@BeautifulBCHomes]

Lol the $900 vs $9,000 is such a relatable story.

[@Johndeplume.]

Hahaha, yes! Made me laugh, as I'm sure we've all been in a similar situation (I know I have). Pride gets the better of most of us at times. 😀

[@jamesl5352]

Lol, I loved how that donkey noise just kept going... and going...

[@carmineV255]

Great stories as always thanks for sharing.

[@ACD1994]

Thousands of peoples have been on baseball cards. But, when it comes to being a jedi. ''Many are called but few are chosen.'' Real facts. True story.

[@Wicky952]

Hey I sent a question for your q and a videos, haven't seen one lately....patiently waiting for your take

[@warrendinCLE]

Poop happens Chris! We've all been there! Thanks for sharing and being real. I've never met you but know you are a good guy. I hope to meet you at the National

[@doktorcopernikuss]

Pasqual Perez had the all time greatest hair in the history of baseball. See the 1991 Leaf and 1990 Fleer cards for proof. Oscar Gamble is a close number 2...

[@Philly_Joe]

Very cool card story.....you will get there one day! Thanks.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

3:46 Chris refreshed the hairdo for the 2nd Act 😊

[@mookiechillson]

I learned from this video that Jedis can’t control WiFi (these aren’t the comps you’re looking for)

[@scottvaughn9]

Better WiFi would solve so many card show issues 😂

[@oldhab7890]

Chris you must have to deal with collectors who value their collection many 100X their value to you as a dealer a lot at shows. You definitely earn your money. Not a card collector but always enjoy your videos.

[@threewheeler624]

Thank you for a good video. More and more "collectors" are now dealers. We as dealers should do our duty of recycling monster boxes full of all the "junk wax era" cards everyday, then we will be ready to recycle the chrome, prisms, cosmics, fireballs, Anniversary, and 2.9 billion serial numbered cards in 28 years.

[@KevsCollectables]

Working at a LCS we get the Jordan card in call the time. I just tell them we pass.

[@jakestoe]

The second story reminds of the SNL skit. "It's Pat" 😂..

[@jude999]

Chris is the ONLY guy I would trust to sell my cards to. Don't feel silly, by the time the dust is cleared that card will be worth about $6.

[@thenameless-2323]

Darth Sewell.... lol. Sounds good. You made it to the big leagues. Congrats. Awesome story

[@JB-gt5no]

I have a full binder of wander Franco cards if you’re interested. Starting at 9k.

[@DansVintageBaseballPC]

I think the story of how you became a Jedi is worthy of its own separate episode.

[@soogasooga]

For the 900 9000 story,I would have just said something like, "nah, even for 6000 that's way more than I'm comfortable with." That way if he meant 6000, he might go lower, and if he meant 600, he'd immediately correct you and might even apologize for making you think he was highballing you.

[@randyworden5232]

With all the inserts out there who can tell the price unless it's a grail card? Good card but I don't see four figures

[@ricecakejohnson]

Yea I hate it when people just throw a number out and assuming you know if its 900 or 9k. When people say I want 9, I normally just say 9 what? LOL

[@bradutterstrom4105]

Dollars

[@benjaminmorton4958]

Congrats to Jeff! That is really cool.

[@Vsnipes71]

Such awesome stories!!!!

[@JustinKircherjK]

I always enjoy story time! The head shake at the guy for his third...what was sure to be memorable, visit to your booth is hilarious

[@markthompson7503]

Chris we can never get enough stories from you. Love hearing your stories and tales.

[@BASEBALLfreakFORlife]

That first guy was definitely coming back to take you up on that $20 offer 😂

[@pjfreak99]

Was there actually a sale for $9000 like he said?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Good question... I don't remember.

[@GDitsme]

The hobby has become so overloaded with people who think you're some baseball card ATM they can find one card and cash in without doing any work

[@bleedingblue7854]

Two type of people in this world: those that storm off in a huff and those that politely decline. I like to think most fall into the latter category. Great stories as usual!

[@luthravin4774]

Jeez Chris…great tales of a true card Veteran..maybe you should apply to the VA for a PTSB 50% Disability!! Your very own card to 🥾!! 👍👍

[@blackpugskateboards]

That Jeff rookie card story was amazing!!!

[@LeastSlutty]

Tiger Stripe Kawaii?

[@aarond23]

Ah I've wondered about fans in the background of some older cars or sometimes you can see vehicles in the parking lot of spring training games....forever recorded in time on baseball cards.

[@j___6782]

Look up the Menendez brothers on a basketball card lol

[@aarond23]

@@j___6782 oh yeah I forgot!

[@gridironstars]

The best is 1964 Philadelphia football cards of the Cleveland Browns. In the background of most is Jim Brown's Cadillac! 😂😂

[@aarond23]

@@gridironstars 1977 Dan Fouts has a 'woody' station wagon on the field in the background

[@gridironstars]

Haha. This could be a good subset to put together. Sport cards with cars in the background!

[@tommayrant2279]

$6K for the dual auto?!? Maybe if he threw in a bag of air from The National.

[@crowe668]

Chris....when did you become a Jedi?

[@collectorinvestordealer]

2022

[@SeaJayAudit]

The first story: When you know the seller is going to be sky-high on their asking price, make them go first. Then you can bow out and say something like, "Unfortunately, we won't be able to come to an agreement." Even if they insist that you give them a number, don't bother. It will save a lot of hassles.

[@user-qy6zp7wd4r]

I bet the kid was coming back to take the $20 offer lol.

[@BASEBALLfreakFORlife]

Exactly what I was thinking lol

[@CoreyInCreamCity]

I dunno about you guys but I like sandwich artists better than rip-off artists

[@suckablowfish]

Eat Fresh

[@rattpoison1]

Great stories, Jedi Jeff

[@tedjerdee1028]

Dude if I found out I was on a card, I would buy a BGS black label of it no doubt. That's so cool especially since it was like 30 years later lol

[@ralphkotwica6184]

Ur wife is an honorable mention

[@kennethsmith2360]

Good stories Chris. In my experience, high dollar offers I've witnessed at shows were scams. Actually seen cops show up at card show and escort patron out for wanting to fight.🤣🤣

[@BraveJayhawk]

Absolutely love the last story. That's awesome

[@Jetman41]

That’s why you should never give offers or entertain people who have boxes of crap that they think are gold and will pay for their retirement.

[@redrum2612]

Great video and stories! Why is it that cell phone service is terrible at card shows? That always happens to me too. The Pascual Perez story was awesome!! Thanks for sharing!

[@sharpenedaxe2]

I stand by my opinion that videos like these make Chris the Tarantino of both KZbin and card selling

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

Tarantino? Did I missed the feet cards story?

[@doughboysnerdly2745]

@@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw yeah i dont think this guy knows who tarantino is. . . i think he means mitch hedberg

[@sharpenedaxe2]

@@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw Now that'd be hilarious to see from Chris

[@sharpenedaxe2]

@@doughboysnerdly2745 Actually I'm pretty sure I do, I was comparing it in terms of quality to Tarantinos movies, but in terms of delivery, Hedberg is spot on!

[@Ready4Wednesday]

Congratulations on being a Jedi

[@hellocollegejason198]

That third story is crazy

[@davedrago703]

It's awesome that you are on a card! Classic. We just need you to be an influencer in the eyes of Topps and have your name and bio information on a card.

[@DerethAC]

It's a pet peeve of mine when people use acronymns and ambiguous terminology and assume that people automatically know what they're talking about. Just say what you mean. There is no benefit to doing otherwise.

[@ikhbjhbkm5]

QFT

[@deadlyredly]

In the case of the 6K card & the fact that someone with your card knowledge has no clue about some of todays millions of different modern cards that are printed each year makes me think that nobody 30 years from now will know cards like that exist bringing there value down. The demand may be more scares those kind of cards. Everyone will know and want Hank and JRs RCs but not so much this stuff. Just my guess.

[@wofwof007]

Agreed. For a majority of the time in the hobby there was a shared want/grail list. 52 Mantle, etc. With all these ultra rare case hits etc. Why would I even put them on my want list if I'll never see them?

[@barney8776]

Great stories, if you have more please tell them, we all have our moment's. .Have A Great Day!!!

[@spaceviking4966]

Like Jeff story, very cool.

[@jimc.goodfellas]

That's crazy! What are the odds of finding yourself on an old common baseball card?

[@benspringer8783]

Love the stories

[@wwchang77]

Great stories Chris! I do want to comment on the rip-off artist incident. I feel like he’s more uneducated about card values rather than purposefully trying to rip you off. If that was his initial intention, then he would’ve had the eBay listing pulled up and ready to go during the first interaction. There wouldn’t be a need to come back a second and yet a third time. He’s the type who looks at unsold eBay listings and highest sold eBay listing to determine the value of a card. He was just smart enough to put Jordan cards up front, but beyond that, he has no clue about the value of these cards.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Yeah that was my impression as well.

[@ACD1994]

I'm also upset when my less than 10 dollar cards.... are in fact less than 10 dollars cards. Chris, you haven't let me down, at a show yet! 😅

[@SingaporeFriedrice]

Second story...I dn't really enjoy the game or haggling. I know some people love it but it's not for me.

[@evansiggson]

I bet the first guy shopped his cards and was coming back to you for the 20 bucks

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

Great stories, that’s awesome for Jeff. I’m sure someone couldn’t believe they sold that card for as high as they did 😆.

[@arresthillary9502]

I will give ya SIX for the donkey 😂

[@anthonyjoseph2353]

I really enjoyed these short stories. I would encourage you to post more videos just like it. I am sure you have hundreds of encounters that would prompt a three-four minute short story.

[@ZiggyNo]

Great stories!

[@Truthseeker1-uq6wc]

Why do people have to say “9”

[@John.Johnson7777]

Hey, this might not be the best place for this, but I have a question for you. A friend of mine just bought a baseball card collection and he's been going through the cards. It's mostly junk wax, but he only paid $350 for about 20,000 cards, so he's happy. He found a 1991 Donruss #375 Jose Uribe card that has me puzzled. On ebay, sales show anywhere from $67,000 to 99 cents. I would think it was just a common, so I wonder why some of those cards have sold so high. Do you know anything about that card?

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

This card is a known eBay scam, it’s worth little to nothing.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

There are a bunch of ebay scams regarding Jose Uribe cards. They are not worth anything.

[@springercollectibles]

I wish eBay would remove all the nonsense and get rid of the Uribe’s and Princess Diana Beanie Baby ridiculous listings. Makes eBay look like a joke in that regard.just like that fake Jordan sale. All these charlatans need to be banned from the platform

[@jackiechapman8189]

Less than 100..🤔🙄 Pennies..😂🤙

[@zeldafreak1975]

I thought it was just 90 Fleer.

[@snerdterguson]

Nothing you did wrong. It was the seller. If you're trying to sell something, you need to be specific. Also, that dude was likely lying, because I very much doubt that card would legit sell for 9K.

[@mandogmac]

I don’t blame you for not buying that duel auto. Just based on his word. But when you got home that day did you look up the sales history? If it really had been selling for 9 grand. And you could have gotten one for 6. That’s must of sucked a little. You definitely made the right decision with the information you had. But damn if the WiFi was working in that moment you could have made a pretty decent profit, on that one card. Probably some other booth. With either a better connection or more familiarity with that card Bought it from him.

[@PedroSimoes-sp7ln]

Yea you find a lot of those MJs on eBay... I really don't know if people legit dont know the price or there trying to rip people off...

[@nicholasb8799]

I would not be worried about that Griffey Jr auto card.....

[@j___6782]

Reminds me of the Menendez brothers on a basketball card lol

[@awbobsagetable]

That was my Jordan. I came back to tell you it's actually worth $3000, not $1500 (that buyer got a deal). Nice try, scammer.

[@yolocards2]

You need your own Topps Influencer card. That second series could've used you, it's all bums that nobody knows 💯

[@ACD1994]

Lol. So true.

[@kevincamphausen7035]

Can you give us more detail about becoming a JEDI?

[@davidcrawford3599]

Lmao. That card wasnt even close to 10. Great job PSA