Buy the card, not the label

[danmckee]

This is just insanity. I know it isn't a pre-war card but it shows how ridiculous 3rd party grading is to the hobby.

This is a $25 card that 2 people ran up to $20K !!!!

I know, they didn't buy the card, they paid for the "10" that some kid that has been in the hobby about 3 years, placed on a label.

Simply sick.

http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDet...SA-10-GEM-MINT

[barrysloate]

It's hard to believe anybody would want that card at that level.

[uyu906]

Absolutely shocking -

[bbcard1]

No doubt it is a lot, but a centered Ozzie rookie does not come along very often. it is truly a hard card.

[bn2cardz]

I am going to have to start putting this little phrase in all of my auctions:

" it would be wise to bid aggressively for this treasure"

[Ronnie73]

This is the perfect example of why I don't buy PSA 10's for pre 1980 cards. I've seen alot of PSA 9's that look just as good as a 10. For 20 grand, you can probably build 2 complete sets of 1979 topps in PSA 9 condition or 100+ complete ungraded sets. Out of the million+ cards I own, I only have 3 pre 1980 PSA 10's. One of them is a 1973 OPC #271 Tom Hutton PSA 10. PSA POP Reports show it as 1 of 1 and only 2 at PSA 9 level. He's not at the same level of a player as Ozzie is but more rare of a card and older too. Any takers at 10 Grand?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by danmckee

This is just insanity. I know it isn't a pre-war card but it shows how ridiculous 3rd party grading is to the hobby.

This is a $25 card that 2 people ran up to $20K !!!!

I know, they didn't buy the card, they paid for the "10" that some kid that has been in the hobby about 3 years, placed on a label.

Simply sick.

http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDet...SA-10-GEM-MINT

Ebay is even worse. The kids are buying the slabs and the old guys are still wanting to pay 1960's prices. The gap between graded and ungraded is amazing.