What makes one spend $4K for this card?

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Posted By: Cy

I know this is not vintage cards, but it is ebay and it is about buying cards.

A friend asked me to find him a Roger Clemens rookie card for his son. In the process, I found these two completed auctions.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=55870&item=5148566463&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=55869&item=5148794254&rd=1

The PSA 9 went for $59. The BGS 10 went for $3,938.88!

Does the winner wear T-shirts that state I have TOO much money?

If you took both cards out of the holder, gave them to the winner, told him to pick one, then mixed them up and told him to pick one again, I bet there is a very good chance he wouldn't pick the same card. Why is a card worth $3879.88 more than the other, when they are just about the same quality?

I don't begrudge anyone for buying a card that he/she wants and can afford. But this is plain and simple someone buying the number 10 on the card holder and not the card.

I am still shaking my head in disbelief.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone.

Cy

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Posted By: Greg Ecklund

One of many people that have more money than brains.

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Posted By: Judge Dred

That is absolutely one of the funniest comparisons I've seen in a while. If your intent was to bring humor to this board, you have succeeded. Thank you for the laugh.

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Posted By: DD

Maybe it's because it's a BGS 10 from the tougher of the two Beckett Grading companies. Perhaps a 10 from the other one wouldn't have gone for as much.

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Posted By: dennis

i'll bet you could not tell the 2 cards apart if they were out of the holders. just think how many real nice cards 4k would buy.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

Maybe he plans to break it out and re submit for a higher grade.

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Posted By: Paul

I agree that there is usually no discernible difference between a 9 and a 10. But in this case there is a difference. The 9 has nice black borders. The 10 seems to have a lot of white showing, especially on the upper left edge. I think you could easily tell these two cards apart outside their holders, and condition-conscious collectors would pick the 9 every time.

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Posted By: Julie

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Posted By: warshawlaw

were lucky to get together in the first place...

Of course if I auctioned off the 10 it would sell for $40...

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Posted By: PASJD

A substantial percentage of the PSA 10s in the world are PSA 9s that were resubmitted, or were "bumped" by PSA in the days it was doing that sort of thing as a favor to dealers. Only in America. By the way, how can a card be better than Mint? Still a mystery to me.

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Posted By: Joe P.

Cy - Thanks for the Laff.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Didn't someone try an "11" grade?

The 9-10-11 thing reminds me of the description my law school professor had for negligence, gross negligence and recklessness: a fool, a damned fool, and a goddamned fool.

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Posted By: Pcelli60

People who buy 'Grades' and perhaps have a plastic fixation...

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Posted By: Gary B.

is the fact that no less than EIGHT other individuals bid over $1,000 for it - wow!