W515-1 Babe Ruth PSA 10 on pawn stars

[JoeyFarino]

Did anyone else catch the latest pawn stars? Customer came in with a 1923 W515-1 Babe Ruth #47 PSA 10. Asked Rick for 60k. Is there a recorded sale of this in the past? Of course Rick had to bring his buddy jeremy in to appraise it. Wonder if they actually look at auction sales or just guess the value

[darwinbulldog]

PSA 10 strip card? Meh.

[JoeyFarino]

Ya ive heard the debate about strip cards getting a numerical grade. Were they all hand cut?

[packs]

They are all hand cut and therefore should not be eligible for grading.

[rdwyer]

The last place I would bring a card like that is to a pawn shop.

[JoeyFarino]

Ya guy wanted 60k but jeremy came in and valued it between 12-15k. Guy wouldnt go lower than 40k so of course no deal was made

[packs]

Well it looks like that same card sold for $12.5 K in 2013. I would have guessed half that price.

[Bored5000]

I liked how Rick called it the "ugliest baseball card I have ever seen" or something very close to that quote.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

The last place I would bring a card like that is to a pawn shop.

Exactly strictly for tv ratings. Now he can auction it off as the Ruth "as seen on Pawn Stars".

[btcarfagno]

There are so many examples in this thread as to why I stopped watching that godawful show years ago. It makes me want to throw my TV out the window.

Tom C

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by JoeyFarino

Did anyone else catch the latest pawn stars? Customer came in with a 1923 W515-1 Babe Ruth #47 PSA 10. Asked Rick for 60k. Is there a recorded sale of this in the past? Of course Rick had to bring his buddy jeremy in to appraise it. Wonder if they actually look at auction sales or just guess the value

You know the market on pre-war cards is just not the same as it was ten years ago. It's going to take a while for me to move and you know I have to make money on this. I'll have to find a collector for Babe Ruth and those are hard to come by. And it's going to take up a lot of space in my shop I'll offer you tree fitty. That's as high as I'll go if you want it if not we can walk away friends.