PSA 9 Alifabolaget Pele Sells for $57,000

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

I was curious about the waterfront cards, as well.

Arthur

[samosa4u]

Are you guys asking me to name you all the waterfront cards or are you asking me to define it? If you use the search feature on top of the page, then you will see lots of threads where collectors frequently use this term. This term probably originated on this forum.

[Arazi4442]

I would assume a "waterfront" card is a real estate reference, correct?

Real estate near a lake or ocean goes for a premium so a waterfront card would be a 1 of 1, highest graded, PSA 10, etc. of an iconic athlete. Just my guess.

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

I think someone meant to use watershed and instead used waterfront and it just stuck.

Arthur

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by Arazi4442

I would assume a "waterfront" card is a real estate reference, correct?

Real estate near a lake or ocean goes for a premium so a waterfront card would be a 1 of 1, highest graded, PSA 10, etc. of an iconic athlete. Just my guess.

You got it, my friend.

So a collector going after the waterfront cards would add a well-centered PSA 7.5 Roberto Clemente RC, a strong PSA 5 T206 (green background) Ty Cobb, PSA 8 Wilt Chamberlain RC, PSA 7 1951 Parkhurst Gordie Howe RC, etc.

Another thing I want to point out is that not all waterfront cards are rookies. A 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth is not a rookie, and neither is the 59/60 Quigol Pele

[Exhibitman]

Actually, I think the term is a bastardized version of "beachfront", which is why I didn't understand it. The waterfront is usually a lousy area of industrial docks and logistics stuff. Beachfront is desirable residential.

[team-of-rivals]

Apologies for drumming up an ancient post but I thought it relevant. This month, the aforementioned Pele RC at a "meager" PSA 6, sold through PWCC for 175k. Unreal.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by team-of-rivals

Apologies for drumming up an ancient post but I thought it relevant. This month, the aforementioned Pele RC at a "meager" PSA 6, sold through PWCC for 175k. Unreal.

I try to avoid the destructive hindsight thinking about cards I have passed on, but hard not to in the face of sales like this.