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Originally Posted by parkplace33
For those that own a card of this caliber, has this sale motivated you to think about selling?
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It has not motivated me to consider selling. I'd sell my collection if it was the only available difference maker perhaps in getting a dream home for my family, but that's the only scenario I could envision.
This REA SGC 5 example in question is certainly not what I would call the absolute best centering for a 311-- yet that degree hardly if ever surfaces, and a collector waiting for it can be waiting years and years. There was a 3 that sold at Heritage last year for $162,000 that had what I'd call as close to perfect as they come, and I believe PWCC has an SGC 7 with that degree of centering for over a million ask.
So the REA card is certainly a very strong one graded on the curve against what surfaces (the usual tilt and centering problems), and all it takes is two bidders with the right bankroll to slug it out. Auctions bring a competitive angle into the mix that simply cannot be ignored. And if a card brings out a mix of passionate collectors and card docs who see dollar signs, that is the recipe for very spirited bidding. It's happened to me on certain cards when I later found out I was bidding against a collector or two and a doctor.