Wow Rare Air 52 Mantle SGC 5 REA

[53toppscollector]

lol that made my eyes twitch. Imagine seeing that card at the factory and saying "yes, yes this is goooood"

[brianp-beme]

1941 Goudey cards can often remind you of being in a funhouse where the floors and walls are all slanty and askew.

Brian (please avert eyes if these cards will potentially cause your brain to seize up)

[secondhandwatches]

I have a dead centered psa 4 Mantle...wonder what it would fetch at auction...

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by secondhandwatches

I have a dead centered psa 4 Mantle...wonder what it would fetch at auction...

That's a beautiful card. Unless you absolutely need the money in the next 2-4 years I'd 100% advise not selling it. It's only going up up and away.

[secondhandwatches]

I like the sound of that! You think after this 9.5 ends prices will shoot up again?

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by secondhandwatches

I like the sound of that! You think after this 9.5 ends prices will shoot up again?

Yup 100%

[Peter_Spaeth]

To the moon, Alice.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by secondhandwatches

I have a dead centered psa 4 Mantle...wonder what it would fetch at auction...

WOW!!! That's an incredible card! Congrats. I bet you'd get upwards of $300k for it. No way it's less than $250k. Centering is pretty dang close to 50/50. Not sure how much the surface wear would affect the eye appeal gang though? Certainly some more than others. But still a huge card either way that is easily AT LEAST double "comps" of your average PSA 4.

[secondhandwatches]

Wow, that would be awesome! Thanks for the nice comments.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by secondhandwatches

Wow, that would be awesome! Thanks for the nice comments.

Your 4 has world class centering; as good as it gets. I concur with Snowman, and I am sure Joe T would agree-- 300k is the low-end baseline for that example. The blue background/surface is its flaw yet the overall eye appeal is certainly there; in my opinion it reaches that "critical mass" level of eye appeal where it will spark impassioned bidding. Bottom line, too few exist centered to that degree.

And Peter, outstanding 1953T. A hair top/bottom but the edges, corners, the red corner, side centering, image, it's all there and forms super high-end eye appeal. I am hard pressed to recall a finer looking 5.5/6.