Poll: Would You Make This Trade For a Ruth RC?

[4815162342]

Do not make that trade! Consign the prewar cards to B&L/Goodwin/Sterling/LOTG/etc., and the postwar and modern to Probstein/JustCollect/etc. Then after you dive in and swim around in cash Scrooge McDuck style, find a nice Ruth rookie at auction.

[Zone91]

Cash talks big time sell your cards and you will see when you show a guy 15k in 100$ bills he will give you a graded 1 with a smile....but at least you will be smiling to!!!!

Post # 8

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by Zone91

Cash talks big time sell your cards and you will see when you show a guy 15k in 100$ bills he will give you a graded 1 with a smile....but at least you will be smiling to!!!!

Post # 8

I hear you loud and clear on that, and that is actually how I acquired much of my collection. May very well explore those waters now with this card I am seeking, as opposed to letting the recent sales of the SGC example at Legendary and Memory Lane (at least I believe it was there off-hand without consulting VCP) set the bar.

[bobbyw8469]

23. 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan BGS 9.5/PSA 10 $4,000

I've got the Jordan rookie in a PSA 10 at $9,000-$10,000.

[Gradedcardman]

Sell a good group of them and just buy one out. If you were trading for your collection and felt good about the trade then sure. However you mentioned appreciation in value. This leads me to believe this is part personal and financial. For that reason I would tell you to not trade and sell enough to buy one.

[Moonlight Graham]

Matt, can you post a picture of the Ruth that's up for grabs?

[MattyC]

Hi Moonlight,

Would rather not throw another's card up there and instead just get the very valuable feedback from you guys on the give up/get balance. Suffice it to say here it has very nice eye appeal (at least to these eyes) but is definitely a 1 POOR card. Accurately graded in other words, no chance of a bump.

By the way how amazing is this board, where instead of just ringing up the handful of friends one has (if any, lol) that collect, one can post here and get so many educated opinions from fellow collectors? The internet can suck in so many ways, but this is definitely a pebble on the good side of the scale.

[Moonlight Graham]

I believe I saw a GAI 1 or authentic in one of Goodwin's recent auctions and it sold for nearly 10000 with the juice and that card was one of the worst I've seen. That said, I'd make the trade.

[smtjoy]

While I would make the trade if its a very strong Ruth 1. Otherwise I would sell as has been stated and then wait for the right one, they do pop up a few times a year. I would put the value depending on how it looks from $25,000 to $40,000.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by smtjoy

While I would make the trade if its a very strong Ruth 1. Otherwise I would sell as has been stated and then wait for the right one, they do pop up a few times a year. I would put the value depending on how it looks from $25,000 to $40,000.

That's where I was on it as well, price-wise, factoring in the most recent sales of an SGC 10 example. Hence why 28k-ish didn't strike me immediately as a bad valuation, and from there determining what cards would be worth that amount.

[ctownboy]

How much cash do you have in the cards you are thinking about trading?

How long have you owned them?

How much have those cards appreciated since you have owned them?

How much do you think they might appreciate in the future? (Define your own terms as far as "future" is concerned).

How much do you think the Ruth will appreciate in the future (if you think it will appreciate at all and again, define your own terms as far as "future" goes).

If you HAD to sell and raise cash fast, which would be easier to get rid of and get the most back in the fastest amount of time, the cards you are thinking about trading or the Ruth?

Right now, you might think you are never going to sell but sometime in the future you (or your heirs) might/are and answering these questions now might help then.

David

[jhs5120]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I've got the Jordan rookie in a PSA 10 at $9,000-$10,000.

Very true, but I was assuming it was in a BGS 9.5 holder..