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Originally Posted by JollyElm
I have no idea how pertinent this is, but here's the info for anyone interested. I'm awaiting receipt of a high number 1961 PSA 8 Mickey Mantle All Star card I got off of ebay with the 20% discount coupon code. In looking at recent graded sales of the card, something jumped the f_ck out at me!!
I saw that a PSA 6 went for $864 at Heritage Auctions (highlighted in red)!! YOWZA!!!! Here is a copy and paste of a chronological list of 6's sold (from February on) this year. Look at the price disparity between that one card and all of the others!! When I clicked on links to view the cards, they all seemed completely similar to each other. None had such ferocious 'eye appeal' or centering, etc., that it would warrant paying three times what everyone else was paying. And a very similar 6 sold for $247.50 only two days after Heritage ended and one sold a week earlier for $240 (FWIW, an 8 is a BIN on ebay for $615.55 and a 7.5 for $600). I know absolutely nothing about Heritage Auctions and don't have a dog in this fight, but, man, something does not seem right here...at all.
DATE PRICE GRADE LOT # AUCTION HOUSE AUCTION / SELLER TYPE CERT
6/5/2018 $247.50 6 362334896731 eBay probstein123 Auction 40813246
6/3/2018 $864.00 6 41049 Heritage Auctions Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction Ended Jun 3rd Auction 27574548
4/27/2018 $240.00 6 152987726535 eBay gleherrin_0 Best Offer 31685826
4/15/2018 $292.00 6 142746810628 eBay pwcc_auctions Auction 26033888
3/20/2018 $300.00 6 282888881390 eBay trepidation34 Buy It Now 28652074
3/15/2018 $375.00 6 302666108544 eBay jl4jc2001 Best Offer 28971850
3/9/2018 $319.99 6 112850757046 eBay amerlegends Buy It Now 28687728
3/4/2018 $245.50 6 263513056059 eBay vintagecardboardforme Auction 25835103
3/4/2018 $294.00 6 192460131594 eBay pmsbcc Auction 28648880
2/27/2018 $244.00 6 362247417468 eBay probstein123 Auction 28468211
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You should look at more cards. I've found that a lot of times, the closing price of heritage auctions is lower than eBay by a considerable margin. Sometimes auctions go bananas and there's no explicable reason for it. I had a 1955 Jackie Robinson that went for well over 2x market price. It was off center too, so not likely it went to a card doctor or something...