1953 Topps Mantle PSA 8 $43,000+. Card bubble or the new norm?

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Originally Posted by rats60

If you don't mind, what were you willing to pay? The reason I ask is it looks like when it sold in April, it was a reserve auction with a buy it now for 25K. There were several bidders who weren't willing to pay the 25K until one of those lower bidders decided to hit BIN. Are there suddenly multiple people willing to go so much higher only a couple months before? Are there really that many people who don't check ebay other than certain seller's auctions?

i was willing to go about 20% higher than the previous sales price. it was a solid 8, but the bottom right hand corner was holding me back from "moon" bidding....i also just picked her up which constrained the budget just a tad!