Overpaying for vintage cards Part V

I feel that I have been getting better at maximizing value from my eBay star vintage purchases, so I think this is the last time I will use "overpaying" in the title.

I did pay a lot, enough to give me pause, in last week's Greg Morris auction (I managed to be far more restrained this week). I actually didn't do too badly on most of these cards individually, most of the time keeping it to under $4 for most HOFers and under $1.50 for everyone else (mostly high numbers). Rookie cards of HOFers are a different story, kept my cap to $15 and wound up with a Palmer and a Fingers. I also did just over $20 on a '56 Berra, which in my research is actually a good price. Similar for the $7 for the 1960 Banks and $8 for the '55 Bowman. The overpays were probably the '63 Perry ($7 and it's not really his RC); '59 Cepeda for $5 (but it's a great photo). The '54 Mathews is decent at $6 but there is a reason I am hiding half the card (much of his face is ripped off). The backwards card is my first ever Venezuelan card, a '67 Jim Kaat ($5). Are Venezuelan cards the same size as US cards or a little smaller? Not sure if this one was trimmed.

There must not have been a lot of interest in 1966's last week, as I won auction on two of each of some pretty big stars, leaving me with some trade bait. Not in really bad shape either.

$12 was probably too much for this card, but the star power and funny pose make this arguably the best multi-player star card Topps produced.

Under $10 shipped for a '70 Mays is not bad considering it's a semi-high number.

Don't worry this was not an overpay. A rare $0.25 win for a vintage need.

$2.25 is too much for this card but you don't see '63 Fleers very often and they had such good photography, especially compared to Topps.

$3 is solid for this card, I think.

Getting this iconic card for under $10 shipped was fortunate, helped out by the seller calling him "Robert Maris".

This was definitely my favorite of the week, though. Under $9 for a '53 Rizzuto. Like the Mantle last week, I lingered on putting it away, leaving it on my desk for a few days because it is such a delight to look at. Great looking card at my favorite announcer and one of my favorite vintage (i.e. before my time) players.