# How much do sports card dealers pay?

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**Created:** [April 17, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-sports-card-dealers-pay/619019 "2012-04-17T09:10:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-sports-card-dealers-pay/619019/1 "2012-04-17T09:10:22Z")

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There are some really expensive baseball cards out there–like 2012 Topps Tribute, for example, costs around $300 a box. That, of course, is not what the dealer pays to for the box. How much does Topps charge the dealer? $250 per? $200?