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Last night Probstein sold 26 m101-4 Sporting News backs on ebay at remarkable prices. The cards were almost all PSA 6-7 (a few lesser), and the market on these has been fairly flat for awhile, with prices in the $75-110 range for ex-mt and $115-150 for nm commons, subject to caprice from team chasers and specific player collectors. Many of the Probstein sales far exceeded these, and included an incredible $565.00 bid on a PSA 7 Seaton. Others that popped off the charts included a Connolly PSA 7 for $338; Williams PSA 6 at $293; Beck PSA 6 for $269; O’Neill PSA 7.5 $260 and Scott PSA 7 for $225.49.

What I find curious is that these exact cards were all sold by PWCC 30 months ago, and although the market has grown very modestly since, most of the Probstein offerings crushed the prior sales price, as seen from the following comparisons:

Seaton: Probstein $565; PWCC $108.50;
Connolly Probstein $338; PWCC $86.11;
Williams Probstein $293; PWCC $67.00;
Beck Probstein $269; PWCC $57.00;
O’Neill Probstein $260; PWCC $107.50;
Scott Probstein $225; PWCC $99.00;
also
Foster PSA 6.5 Probstein $181.50; PWCC $63.00;
Getz PSA 6 Probstein $122.54; PWCC $45.00; and
Flack PSA 5.5 Probstein $129.50; PWCC $38.00.

Many others doubled the prior price realized, and there really is little to no PSA registry fighting on these to explain it. Needless to say, this caught me way off guard when I set my snipes, and I barely got on the board, winning one plus a downgrade that looks nicer. Anyway, I thought it interesting that the two power ebay sellers selling the same cards in a mostly stable and rather flat market could generate such divergent results. Draw your own conclusions.