$24,999 for this card?

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Posted By: <b>TONY</b><p>Anyone want a 2007 Bowman card of Yankee wonder kid Joba chamberlain?<br />Saw one on ebay for $24,999<br /><br />That's not a misprint<br /><br />Let's see, for that much I can buy<br /><br />A nice example of A<br /><br />51 Mantle<br />51 mays<br />54 aaron<br />55 Clemente<br />& A 54 Kaline<br /><br />Now that's a tuff choice<br />5 HOF'er rookie cards or a guy who's been in the majors a few weeks<br /><br />Some people do indeed have more money than brains who buy these modern "rarities"

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>They can ask what they want to for a card but did someone actually pay that? For the record I have seen crazy prices PAID on some of the new cards though to those people we are probably the ones who are crazy....regards

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Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>But Leon, it's not just any card, it's a Superfractor!!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2vzo6d" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2vzo6d</a><br /><br />(and no, it hasn't sold <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> )

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Posted By: <b>Mark T</b><p>If it were a PSA 10 would he ask $50,000?

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Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>You guys are all completely missing the key thing here. It's AUTOGRAPHED!!!

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Posted By: <b>Gary Weatherhead</b><p>It's not just autographed-It's an early example of an AUTOGRAPHED SUPERFRACTOR.<br /><br />Gary

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>The economic reasons that a piece of cardboard with a baseball players likeness on it has some material value is the same for Joba as it is for Joss. The pre-war crowd finds the Joba stuff ridiculous; the shiny crap collectors find the Joss stuff unappealing. The same principles of supply and demand apply for both.<br /><br />Lajoie's 1933 Goudey card is scarce for the same reasons that this card is scarce -- limited factory availability. The fact that one 75 years older than the other is only relevant if you think older stuff is cooler. <br /><br />It's a silly hobby if you think about it too much.

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>but at least joss & lajoie are in the HOF and were among the best players of their era...joba chamberlain,besides being a YANKEE hot shot, what has he done in the baseball world?

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>...this card already projects him to be the best pitcher in history -- after 15+ IP.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>...yet another reason why I don't collect modern cards

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Dennis, what has Joba done in the baseball world you ask? He helped pitch Nebraska to their one and only College World Series victory! That has to count for something. <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />He should drop the price a bit though since Chamberlain finally gave up an earned run last night.

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Posted By: <b>Jimmy</b><p>Haha, look again at the card...it's not a Superfractor...it's a "Supefractor"! I'd pay 29,999 for that.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>FWIW the seller of this card is not some kid or anonymous crazy ebayer, it's a dealer in Arkansas who sells a lot of baseball photographs. He sold off the Matty McIntyre photos a few years back.

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>dan now that you posted that joba stat, i'll have to raise my snipe! does that bottom left corner look a little weak?

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>It does look a little weak...I'd hold steady on that snipe if I were you.

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>Check that box score again--it was an unearned run (on ARod's throwing error). The man's ERA is still 0.00 over his short and illustrious career.

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>Check that box score again--it was an unearned run (on ARod's throwing error). The man's ERA is still 0.00 over his short and illustrious career.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Hmmm....ESPN was wrong this morning. Or perhaps I just heard them wrong as he gave up his first run? Don't know, I was trying to get my kid ready for school when I heard it.