Posted By:
Bruce BabcockQuoting Bruce:
Whilst I agree with many of the points that Ted makes, how can one argue that
$7000 for a 100 year old card with a population of 1 is too much when
certain cards from the 1950's sell for 40% more money in mint condition
Case in point - from Vintage Card Prices.com
1957 Topps Don Drysdale PSA 9
6/15/06 Mile High $10,549.70
Which card would you rather have?
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Most of us would probably say "Neither." However you could buy a very presentable example of either card in a PSA 5 for a very reasonable cost.
Most of cannnot or will not spend $10k on a single card. If the question were "Given $10k of free money, what would you buy," the answers would range from caramel cards to Diamond Stars to Zeenuts to Old Judges to Kal Bats to Allen & Ginters, to Boxing(!) cards (Hi, Adam),etc. That's what makes this a great forum and a great hobby.
I've got a couple of PSA 8s of Eddie Mathews, my favorite player. PSA 8s are great looking cards.But generally I'm interested in cards that rarely get graded or, if they do get graded, grade very low.
This card is one of my favorites and may well be one of a kind. The Drysdale card was worth $10k to whoever bought it and the T206 Lattimore was worth $7700 to whoever bought it. Mostly likely neither buyer would be interested in the Darby card. So everybody should be happy.
I had no plans to grade this card but now that I know that chicks dig the set registry . . .