48 Leaf v. 48 Bowman

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by DezHood

Some interesting results tonight.... 2 mid-grade examples of one of the only two high numbered HOFers sold tonight. Interestingly, the 5 went higher than the 6, and both went a little low from the historicals I looked up. Do people think these may have gone low because there was a feeling they were trimmed? I do think the 5 was better centered than the 6, but still surprised by the results as people do care about registry ranking and the 6 didn't look bad to me. Thanks for any thoughts.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Leaf-Fo...vip=true&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Leaf-Fo...OIBUAA:US:1120

I was tracking those as well to see what would happen. To me, the results say a couple of things:

1. There have been a couple of "registry collectors" driving up HOF rookie prices bidding against each other. The results of these bidding wars are NOT indicative of the value of these cards overall. The prices for the cards sold last night are more in line with what I would expect.

2. The fact that the EX card (which I preferred as well) went for more than the EX/NM further supports #1. Those bidding on these cards were not looking at just the slab (for registry purposes) but instead the quality of the card and to me, the EX looks much better than the EX/NM so the bidders made the right call.

My 2 cents on it.

jeff