PSA 7 Koufax now a 3K card??

[begsu1013]

so what's the consensus on these?

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

so what's the consensus on these?

My thought is it was only a matter of time before the nice Mantles started jumping given the activity in the rookie card market. Probably the same guy buying them all. Whether he just believed they were under valued, or the alleged buying group is about to pump up the Mantles and they're stocking up first (hi peter) could be up for debate. Either way I take it as a sign that Mantles will be going up soon.

[begsu1013]

still baffles me how someone was able to spot this!


great job.




edit:


im gonna go out on a limb and say they were all legit purchases though.

and doubt it's a buying group.

[Exhibitman]

I already see the trickle down effect. Those mantle prices put guys like me out of the market for higher end holders so we downshift to nice midgrade cards. Or even lower grade cards. Prices on these have gone up. Someone posted an ask for a psa 6 Kaline RC in the $500 thread. Six months ago maybe. But most of the recent sales on that have been in the $600-$700 range. That's a substantial increase and the trend is up.

[Jdoggs]

Mantle is the king of post war and I'm not surprised that many of his high grade cards in many of his years are being bought up.

[begsu1013]

mantle cards have always been popular and will remain in demand.

i personally don't think it's weird that someone bought up a bunch of nice ones and that there's absolutely no conspiracy here.

and still not convinced of some buying group out there. the prices that have gone up are completely across the board, on every level and cover every faucet of the sports cards arena. not just ryan, rose, clemente, koufax, etc.

it's bond/mcgwire tiff rcs, 86-90ish fleer basketball cards and boxes, key rcs and short prints, just about any centered card, cards that break the grade (leon's robinson, the 52 mays), football and hockey cards, don't know about much modern but from briefly pursuing those sections the same explosive growth is happening there as well.

maybe people are noticing and crediting that it's a viable platform to park some money while having fun doing it. or maybe the hobby is simply just healthy. and of course if someone sells something and makes a bunch of extra $X....what's he probably gonna do w. a lot of that $X? hopefully save some of it but probably dump it right back into something else...

[Neal]

High grade Mantles have always been in demand. Interest rates are low, and people are scooping them up.

No conspiracy. No BS. No shenanigans. Collectors want Mantles. Has that ever NOT been the case?

[irv]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

mantle cards have always been popular and will remain in demand.

i personally don't think it's weird that someone bought up a bunch of nice ones and that there's absolutely no conspiracy here.

and still not convinced of some buying group out there. the prices that have gone up are completely across the board, on every level and cover every faucet of the sports cards arena. not just ryan, rose, clemente, koufax, etc.

it's bond/mcgwire tiff rcs, 86-90ish fleer basketball cards and boxes, key rcs and short prints, just about any centered card, cards that break the grade (leon's robinson, the 52 mays), football and hockey cards, don't know about much modern but from briefly pursuing those sections the same explosive growth is happening there as well.

maybe people are noticing and crediting that it's a viable platform to park some money while having fun doing it. or maybe the hobby is simply just healthy. and of course if someone sells something and makes a bunch of extra $X....what's he probably gonna do w. a lot of that $X? hopefully save some of it but probably dump it right back into something else...

I've seen real high selling modern card rookies like patches etc come tumbling down.

Just notice a McKinnon patch, 1 of 5, that was sold for $4500 come tumbling down to below $400 recently on E-Bay.

I am not sure about vintage hockey, but I believe they have also, for the most part, seen some increases but not to the extent of baseball.

Forgot to keep watch, but how did you make out with you Gretzky RC?
See a PSA 10 is now, or is coming available, on Goldin.
It will be interesting to see how it pans out but I personally don't see that card being a 10.

[begsu1013]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

mantle cards have always been popular and will remain in demand.

i personally don't think it's weird that someone bought up a bunch of nice ones and that there's absolutely no conspiracy here.

and still not convinced of some buying group out there. the prices that have gone up are completely across the board, on every level and cover every faucet of the sports cards arena. not just ryan, rose, clemente, koufax, etc.

it's bond/mcgwire tiff rcs, 86-90ish fleer basketball cards and boxes, key rcs and short prints, just about any centered card, cards that break the grade (leon's robinson, the 52 mays), football and hockey cards, don't know about much modern but from briefly pursuing those sections the same explosive growth is happening there as well.

maybe people are noticing and crediting that it's a viable platform to park some money while having fun doing it. or maybe the hobby is simply just healthy. and of course if someone sells something and makes a bunch of extra $X....what's he probably gonna do w. a lot of that $X? hopefully save some of it but probably dump it right back into something else...

now go back and reread this thread pete. bread crumbs were certainly left everywhere and in every thread.

nothing but the truth was stated. i can assure you these cards wont be back up for sale anytime soon.

no one else bought them and they all were 100% legit sales...here they all are along w/ some that didn't get spotted:

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