Record Breaking Prices (with modification)

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Posted By: <b>bruce Dorskind</b><p><br />Here is an interesting four part triva question<br /><br />1. What is the most money ever paid (in auction or on E Bay- i.e. a documented<br />sale) for a non-Hall of Famer baseball card? LETS EXCLUDE Joe Jackon and JOSH GIBSON<br /><br />2. What is the most money ever paid for a non-graded card of a non Hall of Famer?<br />(excluding Joe Jackson)<br /><br />3. What is the most money ever paid for a graded card of a non Hall of Famer?<br />(excluding Joe Jackson)<br /><br />4. What is the most money ever paid for a minor league or Cuban card of someone<br />who did not play in either the American League or the National League?<br />(excluding Gibson because he is in the Hall of Fame)<br /><br /><br />Look forward to hearing what you have to say. Sorry for the late correction..<br /><br />Best wishes for a Happy New Year!!<br /><br /><br />Bruce Dorskind<br />America's Toughest Want List

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Posted By: <b>Misunderestimated</b><p>I would guess that the answers to 1-3 would be cards of Joe Jackson...or perhaps some exceptionally scarce Old Judge... or the Doyle variation T206.<br /><br />Assuming you meant to include Puerto Rican cards, I would go with the Josh Gibson Toletoros or, once again. some phenomenally scarce Old Judge card (this time of a minor leaguer) for the final question. <br /><br />I'm anxious to read the correct answers.

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Posted By: <b>Wesley</b><p>1. T5 Pinkerton Joe Jackson<br /><br />2. T5 Pinkerton Joe Jackson<br /><br />3. T206 Doyle variation PSA 2 Good<br /><br />4. N172 California League Dailey SGC 10 Poor

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>the high grade 1952 Topps Pafko...........<br />

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Posted By: <b>Matt E.</b><p>Is there any kind of prize available for the correct answers?<br />

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Tom,<br />The PSA 2 Doyle variation went for over 170k in a Ron Oser auction before he joined Mastro. I think the Pafko went for somewhere in the 80s.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Misunderestimated and Wesley, what questions did ya'll read?

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>those pesky T206's....forgot about those boys.....

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>Who let Sean back in to ask question about most valuable cards?<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: <b>Wesley</b><p>Oseedy,<br />Bruce edited his original questions after Brian and I posted our responses. The original questions did not exclude Jackson or Gibson.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Oh, nevermind <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>Record prices are often not reflective of the value, so I take them with a big grain of salt.<br />For example, after the first 1 or 2 get their cards for their registry, the sales <br />often drop dramatically. The 3rd, 4th and 5th sales may be more reflective of the <br />value. The 1997 SI For Kids Tiger Woods once sold for $100,000, and nobody considers <br />that a relation to the card's value. Even at the time, the $3 million paid<br />for the Mark McGwire 70 home run ball was considered looney money.<br /><br />We all know about the bigger fool theory of selling ("A fool who paid too much only <br />has to find a bigger fool to pay more"). A record amount sometimes is the amount the <br />a biggest fool would pay.<br /><br />A seller will realize that if the biggest fool needs only one card, once he buys it, the sales <br />prices for the card will drop. This is because the biggest fool is no longer buying.<br /><br />I'm not suggesting record prices are not relevant information, just that I don't take<br />them take them as automatic statement of value. Almost by definition, records <br />in any area will by the home of aberations.<br /><br />In figure skating, they average the judges' scores after throwing out the highest <br />and lowest scores. I like this approach towards analysing information: start by<br />tossing out the extremes at both ends.