Increcible prices for PWCC auctions

tothrk · #1 04-30-2013, 07:39 PM

I got a chuckle when I clicked the link for the 64 Mantle. Above the listing, where ebay suggests alternatives to the auction in case you were outbid, is another PSA 8 '64 Mantle for a BUY IT NOW price of $430 less. Even more impressive than shattering the world record by 50% is the fact that they made a but it now price look like a bargain.

bobbyw8469 · #2 04-30-2013, 07:56 PM

Lmfao!

Leon · #3 05-01-2013, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by tothrk

I got a chuckle when I clicked the link for the 64 Mantle. Above the listing, where ebay suggests alternatives to the auction in case you were outbid, is another PSA 8 '64 Mantle for a BUY IT NOW price of $430 less. Even more impressive than shattering the world record by 50% is the fact that they made a but it now price look like a bargain.

That was a BIN with an offer. I am sure they would take less.

Peter_Spaeth · #4 05-01-2013, 07:52 AM

Leon that card does not have a thermonuclear orange back. Or the conspicuous white spot above the lettering. Apples to oranges.

Runscott · #5 05-01-2013, 09:40 AM

I think this card just proves that collectors really are listening to those of us who have been saying: "Buy the scan, not the holder"

bobbyw8469 · #6 05-01-2013, 11:08 AM

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I think this card just proves that collectors really are listening to those of us who have been saying: "Buy the scan, not the holder

If I sell this exact same card...same cert # and everything - I don't break $700......just sayin'! I find it hilarious that the card brought 4 figures.

glchen · #7 05-01-2013, 01:19 PM

For the 64 Mantle card, if you look at the feedback that PWCC provided, the ebay buyer for that card is the following: Link

This is my guess as the underbidder for the 64 Mantle auction (just looked for bidders with same # feedback): Link

Peter_Spaeth · #8 05-01-2013, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

If I sell this exact same card...same cert # and everything - I don't break $700......just sayin'! I find it hilarious that the card brought 4 figures.

For the 50 percent over world record I can only hope the consignment was from a legitimate source.

deadballfreaK · #9 05-01-2013, 04:57 PM

Good grief. I have to go beat my head against a wall. 64 Mantles were so common that you couldn't even trade one for a Ted Savage. I used to open a pack of 64s and pitch em in the trash if I had them already. I probably threw away 10 mint Mantles.

Runscott · #10 05-01-2013, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

Good grief. I have to go beat my head against a wall. 64 Mantles were so common that you couldn't even trade one for a Ted Savage. I used to open a pack of 64s and pitch em in the trash if I had them already. I probably threw away 10 mint Mantles.

I never got a dup Mantle that I can remember, but I did seem to always get my one per year.

deadballfreaK · #11 05-01-2013, 06:44 PM

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I never got a dup Mantle that I can remember, but I did seem to always get my one per year.

64 was my first year of buying cards and I went in whole hog. Mantle was in the first series and I wound up with 20 of everybody before completing it. The two cards I could never get in the set were Pete Rose and Willie Mays. My next door neighbor was a Giant and Mays fan and he had the only Mays in town. He wouldn't part with it for ANYTHING! Took me 5 years to get it from him and by then it was a little beat up. That card is in my collection to this day. It meant too much to me to upgrade. I just had an idea though. I think I will upgrade and send it back to my old buddy who lives 1000 miles away now. He probably still regrets giving that card up.