Well, it’s one way to cut your expenses back. The free promo cards and others pulled from special National Sports Collectors Convention redemption packs during the first day and a half of the show are showing up on eBay.
All of the major trading card manufacturers are offering special NSCC programs of some type and all began promoting them well in advance of the show, while adding to them right up until this week.
The E98 replica sets put out by PSA and Heritage Auctions hit the market Thursday with four-card sets bringing $20-48 to eager buyers not willing to take a chance on a post-auction price drop.
A Panini Tools of the Trade towel relic (yes, towel relic) card featuring Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III sold late Thursday night for $79.95. Another sold for $46. A Panini ‘Crushed Ice’ Griffin rookie card brought $54.
Printing plates seemed to be among the popular early redemption pack pulls with a Bryce Harper Topps issue, numbered to 5, selling for $98.89.
A Ken Griffey Jr. Panini Legends Printing Plate brought $50.
A 2012 Bowman Platinum baseball redemption set, numbered to 499, sold for $63.19.
Not all promo cards sold for big bucks. The vast majority are going for $1-5 each. You can see what’s up for bid now by clicking here.
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