here we go again...

[jboosted92]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Bowman-Step...#ht_500wt_1154

WOW-sers

[Ladder7]

I'd buy the holder!

[teetwoohsix]

$18,000.00,,,,,,,,,,,,,??

What am I missing here? I know he's a wicked pitcher, but what's up with the inflated prices?

Clayton

[jboosted92]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

$18,000.00,,,,,,,,,,,,,??

What am I missing here? I know he's a wicked pitcher, but what's up with the inflated prices?

Clayton

its just new, and people love "new"....just like a new set of shoes, new style gear.....people are dumb

funny thing is, he could go on to win ROY, 5 cy youngs...etc...and i still be this card wont go above 5-7 grand in 10 years

[teetwoohsix]

Very true, I just find it amazing that a players card could go for so much with hardly any history behind him. We'll see what the future brings,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Clayton

[teetwoohsix]

If I had $18,000.00 to spend on cards I would spend it all on T206's. I would buy a Magie error,each Cobb, and pick up any HOFers that I don't have yet

Clayton

[donmuth]

What would you buy? Right now the bid is $18k and I can think of a ton of vintage stuff that I've always wanted and would be able to get if I had $18k to blow. What vintage cards or memorabilia would you spend your $18k on? Just curious.

I might...
-- Fill in a bunch of holes in my T206 set including some HOF'ers and rare backs
-- Pick up some 1900-1930's HOF'er cards and/or autographs
-- Start an Old Judge subset
-- Add to my T3 set (currently consisting of a single card )

Those are probably too vanilla for some of you advanced collectors. So, let's hear what you would get?

[Leon]

To me it's just another gamble at that price. Hey, we do it all of the time with pre-war. That is just a shiny new card they are doing it with.

For 18k there are thousands of pre-war cards I could buy. Heck the uniquely known 1915 Thorpe I picked up was only half that cost.

It's fun to watch this new stuff though...

[Exhibitman]

I actually feel kind of sorry for the seller if the bids are not legit. The guy has 100% feedback and doesn't look to be a fraudulent account phishing for illicitly obtained money. He seems to have pulled a card at just the right moment and has a chance for some real bank from it but a bunch of yo-yos are messing with his auction. Just because a lot of collectors scoff at the hype and pricing of these sorts of cards doesn't mean that they have the right to wreck this guy's auction. Kinda basic manners, if you ask me, a Golden Rule sort of thing. I know I'd be pretty pissed off if I was selling something on Ebay and a bunch of dorks hijacked my auction and wrecked it for me.

Edited to add: I see he's now added this:

Ebay has finally allowed me to pre-approve bidders. If you would like to bid on this item and are able and willing to pay please email me before bidding to get approval. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BID ON THIS ITEM please contact me also as I will be deleting bids of people who do not contact me. Thanks for your time.

[barrysloate]

He's been deleting bids like crazy. At one point yesterday he had about 280. Right now he only has 168. It seems pointless to remove underbids, so I assume he is in fact disqualifying bidders.

On what basis can he determine which bidders are legitimate?

[hunterdutchess]

He is going to get a million for this card. I bet the winning bidder is from a giant corp. and is going to use it for a promotion.

[FUBAR]

well even though he eliminated bids, the price still hasn't declined.... maybe 1.5 mill?? id be crapping my pants if this was my card....

[tbob]

Funny how this card hovers just south of 1 mil. You'd think someone would kick in the extra $500 to push it above 1 mil.