I think you should crack it out and send it to PRO graders. Get your grade of 6, sell it, and call it a day....

I think you should mind your own business

Bump still for sale

Need a price
 

Still need a price...

25k or trades I am working on the 1914 Cracker Jacks

so this card will never go to auction.....

Why give up 20 percent to an AH and risk a weak sale, if you can sell it direct?

'IF' being the operative word...........AH's must be around for a reason...

you paying 25k for the card peter? go save this guy 5k by buying it direct...

The question was asked because the OP said he was sending it to auction a couple of months ago.

Yes, I read the thread, but obviously he changed his mind or he would have sent it.

right that was my point...and if he says it again then we already have some history there...

So what's your point? It's his card he can do what he wants.

correct he can do what he wants..but we have history now of what he doesn't want to do...

FWIW- any AH today would offer 0% seller's fee to auction this caliber of a card...he could probably negotiate to get a few % points of buyer's premium. Very common these days with big ticket items.

the OP point was whatever the BP is with the AH, it could of gone in theory straight into the consignor pocket if no AH was in play....IF he can find a direct sale...if you you cant...saving 20% of 0 is still making zero..

A good foundation in mathematics is essential in any prewar collecting enterprise.

But they promised, NO MATH !!!!!

Not sure I completely agree. Your theory might be right, BUT in your direct sale scenario, there is ONE "bidder". At a top-tier auction, there would most likely be several people with deep pockets pushing each other up, very possibly to a level beyond what a private sale would've achieved.

Or one bidder and the consignor. :D:eek:

my point was the auction route would be better than direct sale if cant sell the card and have to bump a thread for years with no takers for example

Please, please Leon....If you have any sympathy, end this stupid thread...thanks

You don't have to read it. Just trying to sell my card.

Sell it to whom?

Nice
 

Peter is spot on !!

Your statement may be true for some cards, including perhaps the OP's Cobb. But if a buyer and seller agree to a price on a particular card, they've established a market value for it. If it's sent to an auction house, it takes a third buyer to establish that value. In the case of equally rare and desirable, yet more thinly traded issues, high grade type cards for instance, if that third buyer doesn't materialize, the seller can take a beating.

disagree that a market value is based on a direct sale....a market value for how much the buyer wants the card...however the seller can always say to the buyer 'if cant sell ill send it to a consignor' so the buyer may try to make an offer to avoid that from happening which is sort of market price as well..so maybe not disagree..!

in addition, when the seller quotes a price and says 'if not sell will send it to an auction' and still receives no takers...its probably an indication that hes asking more than market price if the potential buyers would rather bid at an auction of the card with competition then a direct sale.

Jake if you reply to this it will be your 20th post in this thread. :D

so my 20th is just behind your 21st?

"the card"
 

sell it and the over dramatic male bonding stops. I wish you well with your card.

Bump

Is there a price for this card? I would think that if the seller wishes to sell an item, that a price be listed. If not, auction it off, reserve price or not.

In the same way that a store couldn't exist if there were no prices on its items, so too should this be the rule here. I belong to a music forum, and they stipulate that you cannot sell an item on it without a price listed. Only fair.

Has there even been a picture included of this card yet? Do we know it exists?

Price has been stated it is 25k

Sorry. I didn't gave the patience to sift through all the posts. Has the conditon of the card been stated yet?

There is a picture of it on the first page.

Still for sale

Still available

Bump/ Accepting offers

Bumping for price reduction msg me if interested

i propose this card would be an excellent candidate for a mississippi burning!

What are you talking about

whats the price reduction....you had the intital price so whats the new reduced price...

I was at 25 now 20 it's a very rare front back combo

Will $10k buy it?

No sorry

BST thread with roughly 200 responses...interesting. Sorry, tl:dr. What is the basic gist of this particular kerfuffle?

I like the card, so Iam prepared to offer you....
 

a red painted wagon. 3 GI's Joes from 66. Batman 1 and 3. Dinner for 2 at Papa Johns with Peyton Manning. Mark McGwires ist roid Homerun, we have to be close !

I'm late to the party and way out of the loop..
What's the cliffs notes on this thread?

I saw the pic.... Looks like an sgc graded card... Is their something wrong with the back of it or something?
Cobb Lennox would be incredibly rare (I would think) but I suspect the back is jacked.

What are you talking about jacked it's my card and yes graded by sgc. If by jacked do you mean the picture. Because this is a real card and very rare only about 6 of them

I think by "jacked" he means the back is messed up/damaged in some way.

The back is pictured in post #7