1954 Topps Ernie Banks PSA 8 PWCC

[CMIZ5290]

This card is at almost $19K with many hours left! Unbelievable, what the Hell is going on??

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

This card is at almost $19K with many hours left! Unbelievable, what the Hell is going on??

Read the thread on investing.

[Leon]

I moved this to the correct section. That being said there are some crazy prices happening.

[1952boyntoncollector]

couldnt sell my 7.5 for around 3500 here on net54 not long ago

[Beastmode]

the retraction brothers have their fingerprints on this card. Consider this one of many outliers that have sold recently. It is high end, so deserves a premium, but 3X is a lot of risk for a bump when you don't have the card in hand to analyze.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

couldnt sell my 7.5 for around 3500 here on net54 not long ago

When will you understand that a grade is wonderful but the cards are what sell, for most collectors? A 7.5 means almost nothing to me except it shouldn't have creases. A crappy 7.5 of a hof'er might go for $500 but a great looking 7.5 could go for $1200. I don't understand how collectors just buy on grade alone...but I guess that is all many care about. the little paper opinion of someone that probably knows less about cards than you do.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Jake's Banks was quite nice IMO.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Leon

When will you understand that a grade is wonderful but the cards are what sell, for most collectors? A 7.5 means almost nothing to me except it shouldn't have creases. A crappy 7.5 of a hof'er might go for $500 but a great looking 7.5 could go for $1200. I don't understand how collectors just buy on grade alone...but I guess that is all many care about. the little paper opinion of someone that probably knows less about cards than you do.

right we know that...but should the grade means a range....

instead of me describing a card as a 7.5, i didnt feel like saying 'i had a card with a slight top to bottom tilt, one corner has a touch on it on it which i would say the touch is a 2 out of 10 with 1 being the best on the scale. The north east corner was a 1 out of 10, the southeast corner was 2 out of ten...there was a slight printer dot on the bottom left, there was a slight scuff....

I just like saying i had a 7.5.....saves time....yes all 7.5 arent equal...i thought mine was pretty good which was listed for 3500 or so .and a 8 just sold for 18k....thats all im saying....