[pootshwan]

Stumbled across an ebay listing of a Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Sterling Auto and it brought back some bad memories...


What was a sale you look back on and makes you hate yourself? haha

[zeprock]

Not a sale but I traded Trout's 2011 Topps Update RC card when it was $3 high book.

[flood and fire]

I sold a 2011 Finest Trout X-Fractor auto back in 2013. The money went towards airfare and hotel to meet up with a pretty girl from the internet who is now my wife, so it was absolutely worth it. But it sure would have been nice to still have that in my collection.

[Phillies_Joe]

We all have our Trout stories! I was getting when the getting was good in the summer of 2012....or so I thought! O well! Still have a couple of base rookies that need grading. Good luck with yours!!! This is specific to Trout, who knows how much I "lost" selling "early" or not selling @ all. I collect for my Phillies collection and other cards for specific players.

[ricelynnevans75]

There were two cards I had purchased, a few months apart, with the sole intent to flip them so I never had any kind of attachment to them or anything and this was approximately 15 years ago but looking back I wish I had held on to them for the PC because I doubt I'll ever dish out the money for what they go for now.

First was a 1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson. I had purchased it off of The Pit, I think, and it was PSA graded though I don't remember the grade anymore. 4 or 5 stands out in my head for some reason but I could be wrong. I bought it for $600/$800 and immediately flipped it for $1400.

The second was 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144. I studied a few raw copies and found one that I knew for sure was not a fake. I don't remember what I paid for it but I immediately sent it to PSA and it came back a 3/VG. I know I flipped it for a small profit but compared to what that card goes for now? It's insane.

[DrMitchJ]

Luckily, I only traded away 1 Trout rookie card for a Brian McCann Auto RC when he became a Yankee. Figured I’d get that McCann at a rock bottom price while the Trout was probably close to, or near it’s full value. The both cards were about the same BV (about $50-60?) for a brief period of time. Well, you know the rest of the story. But no real regrets since a fellow Beckett board member / trader got a great card that he wanted and I got a great card that I wanted.... and I had a few duplicates of the iconic 2011 US175!

PS: my only regret is I didn’t have my Trout RCs graded years ago when it would have been about $17 per card instead of now when it will probably cost about 10X that amount.

[pootshwan]

Not a sale but I traded Trout's 2011 Topps Update RC card when it was $3 high book.

It's just incredible to think that they were ever this low. haha, sorry to hear it!

[RattPoison2]

I sold a SGA graded 9 Tom Brady rookie card for $99 about 3 years ago

[jplarson]

I did the opposite. I held onto JD Drew too long!

[ZSDOne]

I don't sell cards - there are some that I probably should have sold when they still had value though.