King of the Kards in Sydney: $22K Star Jordan + Wemby PSA 9 Deals Land Down Under
King of the Kards flew 20+ hours to the Trading Card Summit in Sydney and walked out with a Wemby PSA 9 + Curry PSA 9 combo at $87 USD, plus a Star Jordan PSA 6.5 + LeBron Stained Glass + 1951 Mantle PSA 1 trade landing at $28,550 USD on a $42K AUD ask.
Twenty-plus hours across the Pacific and Kevin and the King of the Kards crew rolled into the Sydney Trading Card Summit to find a floor hopping like a kangaroo. The deals landed fast.
First stop: a Victor Wembanyama PSA 9 plus a Stephen Curry PSA 9, asked at AUD 4,000-ish on the Wemby and the high $50s AUD on the Curry. Seller wanted $84 split however on the pair. King held the line — "I'm paying $6,000 US on a $7,000 market." Landed at $87 USD combined. Wemby's market "keeps going up," and the buyer knew it.
The headliner was the Star Jordan PSA 6.5 — last sale $37K USD, sticker $50K, seller looking for $45K. King structured it as half cash, half trade: a LeBron Stained Glass, a 1951 Mickey Mantle PSA 1, and a Topps Chrome card going in at value. Cash component pegged at $42,000 AUD, settled at $40K AUD even — about $28,550 USD in PayPal — for the Star Jordan and a 6.5 sticker that was "a touch above sales." Both sides walked happy.
Throw in an Andrew Johns deal, Jets-fan diplomacy at the booth, and Tim Tams smeared with Vegemite, and the lesson is clear: the Australian floor isn't a side market anymore. The grails are real, the dealers are flexible on USD PayPal, and there's a line around the block for the breakers willing to make the trip.