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Sample note · composite book, not a live client

A week on the desk

10-slab Courtyard / Arena / eBay book · baseball SELL window (stretch) · basketball BUY window (offseason). USD. Arena 10% to sell. Courtyard P2P 0%. eBay ~13%. eBay solds as tape. Figures are illustrative.

Window: list baseball into strength. Don’t add baseball print. Basketball is the add lane if it’s the right card at a dump ask. Next baseball add window is November.

Do this week

  1. SELL Herbert 2020 Optic Rated Rookie #153 PSA 10 — cut Arena to $62.

    Ask is $85. Tape $55–$68. After 10%, $85 needs a print the book hasn’t seen. $62 ask → net ~$56. Don’t wait to “get even.”

  2. BID Wembanyama 2023 Prizm #136 PSA 10 — Courtyard $195. Walk $220.

    Licensed Prizm RC. eBay mid ~$240. NBA dump. Don’t pay the $280 BIN asks.

  3. SKIP Holliday 2024 Bowman Chrome Prospects #BCP-1 PSA 10 — walk.

    18% under Courtyard FMV. Still BCP. The hunt is the 1st chrome auto (CPA), not this.

  4. SKIP Judge 2024 Topps Now #188 PSA 10 — walk.

    Discount on Now is still Now. Hunt is Chrome / Update RC.

Book

Card Platform Tape Instruction
Justin Herbert
2020 Optic RR #153 · PSA 10
 Arena Club SELL $62
Cut the $85 ask to $62 this week.
Tape $55–$68. $85 is sticker. Net at $62 ≈ $56 after 10%.
Ja'Marr Chase
2021 Optic RR #207 · PSA 10
 Arena Club SELL $48
List $48–$52. If it sits 7 days, cut to $44.
Right product, sitting ask. Recycle. Don’t add another Chase Optic.
Victor Wembanyama
2023 Prizm #136 · PSA 10
 Courtyard BID $240
Bid $195. Walk $220.
Prizm RC, dump window, 0% P2P. $280 asks are heat, not tape.
Gunnar Henderson
2019 Bowman Chrome auto · PSA 10
 Courtyard HOLD $310
Sit. This is the card. Don’t list at quote.
1st chrome auto. List only on a silly ask. Don’t buy the BCP next to it.
Luka Dončić
2018 Prizm #280 · PSA 10
 Courtyard HOLD $420
Sit. Licensed Prizm RC. Don’t add a second base.
Right card. Dump is for adds you don’t already hold, not for listing this at FMV.
CJ Stroud
2023 Prizm #339 · PSA 10
 Arena Club WATCH $55
Don’t list. Don’t add. Revisit if tape firms.
Right-ish RC, thin recent solds. A 10% fee eats a $55 ask. Sit the copy.
Jackson Holliday
2024 Bowman Chrome Prospects #BCP-1 · PSA 10
 Courtyard SKIP $40
Don’t buy. If the book already has it, recycle later — not this week’s fire.
BCP, not CPA. “% off FMV” does not make it the hunt.
Aaron Judge
2024 Topps Now #188 · PSA 10
 Arena Club SKIP $28
Walk on adds. If held, list only if you need the slot — Now doesn’t keep.
Filler set. Famous name, wrong print.

Passed this week

PASS Three Topps Now slabs for one Prizm RC

You’re trading print for the card. Sell the Now, bid cash on Prizm. Don’t 3-for-1.

PASS Downtown / Kaboom “18% under FMV”

Discount on the wrong card is still the wrong card.

PASS Mega Box chrome of a hot prospect

Same trap as BCP. Want CPA or licensed RC.

If these print

BID Licensed hobby RC (Prizm / Optic / Chrome) PSA 10 — under the eBay mid, in a buy window.

BID 1st Bowman Chrome auto (CPA / CDA) PSA 10 — dump ask. Not BCP, not mega.

Next check

Seven days — if Herbert is still $85, it isn’t going to print. Cut. No baseball adds until November unless the ask is fat enough that winter tape still works.