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It's great for sellers and auction houses and holders of Ruth, Wagner & Mantle. It's pretty awful for collectors. They have just found out they will never get certain cards...and possibly all levels, PSA1 thru 10. Now that being said collectors HAVE to adjust their mindset and go to Authentic, Altered, Miscut, etc. If they want these cards. It's still the same card, just a lot worse shape, kind of like your wife when you first married her. You still love her, she just ain't Mint10 anymore, get used to it, live with it. |
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We will never know, but it would be fascinating to know what the sale price would have been if it had been graded a 9 (probably more accurate given the toning) and not designated as the world's greatest 311. The cynic in me says a significant amount less.
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With a PSA 8 going for almost 3 million quite some time ago now. I think if it had been a PSA 9 with the same provenance it may well still have done 12.6.
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SGC 9 is what my hypothetical was meant to say though. Still the same?
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My gut tells me that there is probably a difference. But I'm guessing it might not be as much as we would expect. I wouldn't be surprised if it still got to $10M+ even at SGC 9.0 instead of SGC 9.5. |
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So maybe it only goes for $8M? |
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The market overall has already seen huge appreciation over the last 2 plus years. And like many things that go up they can go down and back up again. For most cards, prices are down sharply from where they were at the highs, yet we still have at least 2 people who did not care and slugged it out for the 9.5 Mantle. Sales of T206 Wagners have gone through the roof too. If you are referring to those cards, you are right. Most collectors are SOL. But they have been SOL well before the sale of the 52 Mantle in the 9.5. Bottom line is that nothing stays the same. Change is inevitable. Adapt or be left behind. I have made my choice.
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To me that SGC 5 1952 Mantle was the game changer. I can’t make any sense of the price it sold for, $306,000. Last edited by Johnny630; 08-31-2022 at 06:25 PM. |
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Agree, and less than 3 years ago, lol. I just can’t get the $306,000 for a SGC 5 52 Mantle.
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I think some people are thinking along these lines:
Anyone who can be suckered by hype and overpay for a misgraded card doesn't deserve $12.6 million in disposable hobby income. It's a flawed mindset, of course. However, I can see more than a few people adopting it.
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It's hard to get one's head around, elite centering and all.
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Wow, this one spun off like the comment section on an opinion piece in the editorial section.
personal opinions only and not even worth 2 cents:
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