Satchel Paige SGC 45 Closing Tonight
 

Getting a lot of interest. $9200 with about three hours left. I'll predict a close of $12,200. Sharp looking card.

A PSA 5 books for $10K....To me, it's bringing a lot of money at this point...

Paige
 

Will be interesting. Card never comes to market. Predict $11k.

Lord
I want one of those... Ill pay handsomely for a 1!

A very nice and rare card but for me the tilt/centering doesn't justify the price. I have been following the auction but if I'm going to spend 10k+ it has to be centered better.

No expert
 

And pardon me, because I am not an expert, but his eyes aren't even open. :eek:
Nice card!

$9730 for the satchel. That's a really good buy on one in that condition, congrats!

Link??

That condition?? Sounds like the price is right CONSIDERING the condition. Some people aren't blinded by the flip.

It is?

Brendan, I assume this is the card the OP and the other posters are referring to:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Leaf-LE...p2047675.l2557

I had it pegged for 11k

A psa 3.5 ended late last year at 9,500. It had a similar tilt but didn't look quite as drastic. Considering how much some high end cards have went up in the last 6 months I wouldn't say it was a bad buy. But it's not like someone stole it either. I think the price was about right.

Very scarce card and the centering and tilt actually don't bother me on this one.

Was going to say . . . tough graders on this board. . . . is perfection in centering now the only thing anyone looks at anymore? I don't see any real flaw with this card at all. Other than I didn't have the money to buy it.

For the record, I am even more of a centering nut in my new collection than my previous one. Certain cuts, to me, aren't as bad as others though. If a card is way off then it kills the eye appeal to me. But some, like this one shown, aren't that bad and I don't mind the o/c. That being said, this specimen being talked about wouldn't be quite good enough on centering, for my new collection. But if I were going for the set or only a player collector, and didn't currently focus almost solely on centering, it would be fine.

Beautiful card. Centering be damned when a 48 Leaf has good registration.

1949 LEAF Paige
 

I acquired this 1949 LEAF ** Paige in 1982. I traded $200 worth of cards for it at a North Jersey BB card show.
It's part of my 98-card complete set.

I guess I'm overdue to get it graded. I am sort of curious as to what grade it would get ?

Does anyone on this forum want to venture a guess (it is crease free) ? ?



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/d...zaz/paige2.jpg. . . .http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/d...zaz/paigeb.jpg

** Note

Hey guys..This LEAF BB card set was strictly issued in 1949. Whoever, came up with 1948 is absolutely mistaken.

Check-out my 1949 LEAF 8-page article in OLD CARDBOARD (Issue #9) and read all about it. I will bet that you'll
be convinced that this set is indeed a 1949 issue.


TED Z
.

So cool Ted!

I am going to guess PSA 4??

Really nice and cool story, thanks for sharing~!

I do realize how tough this card is and did not mean to be overly critical. I actually placed an early bid and was going to bid late if it stayed in the 8k range. Since it ended up going for more I decided I would rather wait for one centered a little better even if it means spending more down the road.

i think with such crazy prices commanded recently for high grade...CENTERED cards...centering is at the forefront these days!