Record Breaking Prices (with modification)

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Posted By: bruce Dorskind

Here is an interesting four part triva question

1. What is the most money ever paid (in auction or on E Bay- i.e. a documented
sale) for a non-Hall of Famer baseball card? LETS EXCLUDE Joe Jackon and JOSH GIBSON

2. What is the most money ever paid for a non-graded card of a non Hall of Famer?
(excluding Joe Jackson)

3. What is the most money ever paid for a graded card of a non Hall of Famer?
(excluding Joe Jackson)

4. What is the most money ever paid for a minor league or Cuban card of someone
who did not play in either the American League or the National League?
(excluding Gibson because he is in the Hall of Fame)


Look forward to hearing what you have to say. Sorry for the late correction..

Best wishes for a Happy New Year!!


Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List

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Posted By: Misunderestimated

I would guess that the answers to 1-3 would be cards of Joe Jackson...or perhaps some exceptionally scarce Old Judge... or the Doyle variation T206.

Assuming you meant to include Puerto Rican cards, I would go with the Josh Gibson Toletoros or, once again. some phenomenally scarce Old Judge card (this time of a minor leaguer) for the final question.

I'm anxious to read the correct answers.

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Posted By: Wesley

1. T5 Pinkerton Joe Jackson

2. T5 Pinkerton Joe Jackson

3. T206 Doyle variation PSA 2 Good

4. N172 California League Dailey SGC 10 Poor

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

the high grade 1952 Topps Pafko...........

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Posted By: Matt E.

Is there any kind of prize available for the correct answers?

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Posted By: JimB

Tom,
The PSA 2 Doyle variation went for over 170k in a Ron Oser auction before he joined Mastro. I think the Pafko went for somewhere in the 80s.
JimB

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Posted By: Anonymous

Misunderestimated and Wesley, what questions did ya'll read?

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

those pesky T206's....forgot about those boys.....

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Posted By: jay behrens

Who let Sean back in to ask question about most valuable cards?

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: Wesley

Oseedy,
Bruce edited his original questions after Brian and I posted our responses. The original questions did not exclude Jackson or Gibson.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Oh, nevermind

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Record prices are often not reflective of the value, so I take them with a big grain of salt.
For example, after the first 1 or 2 get their cards for their registry, the sales
often drop dramatically. The 3rd, 4th and 5th sales may be more reflective of the
value. The 1997 SI For Kids Tiger Woods once sold for $100,000, and nobody considers
that a relation to the card's value. Even at the time, the $3 million paid
for the Mark McGwire 70 home run ball was considered looney money.

We all know about the bigger fool theory of selling ("A fool who paid too much only
has to find a bigger fool to pay more"). A record amount sometimes is the amount the
a biggest fool would pay.

A seller will realize that if the biggest fool needs only one card, once he buys it, the sales
prices for the card will drop. This is because the biggest fool is no longer buying.

I'm not suggesting record prices are not relevant information, just that I don't take
them take them as automatic statement of value. Almost by definition, records
in any area will by the home of aberations.

In figure skating, they average the judges' scores after throwing out the highest
and lowest scores. I like this approach towards analysing information: start by
tossing out the extremes at both ends.