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[Peter_Spaeth]

The PSA 10 Rickey RC went for a mere 30K. Good buy.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The PSA 10 Rickey RC went for a mere 30K. Good buy.

I think you are joking , but didnt the prior psa 10 go for 20k or so..so a 5k potential profit in a year is serous stuff ? i not check the numbers so can be wrong

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

I think you are joking , but didnt the prior psa 10 go for 20k or so..so a 5k potential profit in a year is serous stuff ? i not check the numbers so can be wrong

Maybe, but let's not pretend this has anything to do with a card. A flip is a commodity that happens to be attached to a card. A 10 grade is a meaningless category created to artificially generate value. So sure, in purely investment terms, flips have value. But they have very little to do with cards, as outside of that holder you couldn't pick that card out of a lineup of 9s.

[Scocs]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe, but let's not pretend this has anything to do with a card. A flip is a commodity that happens to be attached to a card. A 10 grade is a meaningless category created to artificially generate value. So sure, in purely investment terms, flips have value. But they have very little to do with cards, as outside of that holder you couldn't pick that card out of a lineup of 9s.

It's like that brilliant scene from the film This Is Spinal Tap when the director, Marty DiBergi, is interviewing the guitarist, Nigel Tufnel, about his amplifier:

Nigel: "You see, most blokes will be playing at 10. You’re on 10, all the way up, all the way up...Where can you go from there? Nowhere. What we do, is if we need that extra push over the cliff...Eleven. One louder."

DiBergi: "Why don’t you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number, and make that a little louder?"

Nigel (after taking a moment to let this sink in): "These go to 11."

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe, but let's not pretend this has anything to do with a card. A flip is a commodity that happens to be attached to a card. A 10 grade is a meaningless category created to artificially generate value. So sure, in purely investment terms, flips have value. But they have very little to do with cards, as outside of that holder you couldn't pick that card out of a lineup of 9s.

you are right but same is true for 4's and 5s with 1952 mantles...hard to see a 4 ever go for more than 5 (even though you couldnt tell many of them apart) just because of the flip....

flips have a lot to do with the card hobby..

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

you are right but same is true for 4's and 5s with 1952 mantles...hard to see a 4 ever go for more than 5 (even though you couldnt tell many of them apart) just because of the flip....

flips have a lot to do with the card hobby..

I could distinguish a lot more 4s from 5s than 9s from 10s I promise you.

[Mikehealer]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I could distinguish a lot more 4s from 5s than 9s from 10s I promise you.

Of course you could, anyone could I would imagine.

[Sean1125]

Won my entire group at about 78.6%* of my max bids... Relatively happy...

I had something go 42.3%* of my maximum due to poor a description.

Edit* My numbers were wrong when I initially made this statement. They are now correct.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I could distinguish a lot more 4s from 5s than 9s from 10s I promise you.

Eh, you send in the 4s and 5s to third party graders raw and they cant distinguish..they will come back different all the time.....but you know my point...what about 7s and 8s. for example..there are lots of grades for cards in a specific set that are one grade apart that are very tough to tell the difference yet at auction its thousands of dollars in difference in price....

.one grade difference..and there are other cards out there with the condition of just one grade apart is just as hard to tell as a psa 9 and 10 rookie Jackson..thats my point.

[Mikehealer]

I thought Jacksons rookie card was 1969. I learn something new everyday.