Which Would You Rather Have?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I don't even know who Johnny Moore is, and I follow NBA basketball. Why did somebody pay so much for it? I don't think he was a star.

He is a guy with a card that will get some fortunate collector 1 point higher on a registry.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Originally Posted by Leon

He is a guy with a card that will get some fortunate collector 1 point higher on a registry.

Or more depending how the card is weighted

I actually looked him up, not knowing anything about basketball and the Spurs retired his number, but I agree, doubt the collector was motivated by anything but the registry.

[Joshchisox08]

The real question is were these PWCC auctions and where they labeled as "Nice for the grade" ???

[Leon]

Originally Posted by DezHood

Or more depending how the card is weighted

I actually looked him up, not knowing anything about basketball and the Spurs retired his number, but I agree, doubt the collector was motivated by anything but the registry.

+1

[pokerplyr80]

With that Moore card I would be concerned that there are probably thousands of ungraded cards lying around in various collections or unopened packs and boxes. How much is the value going to drop if another 10 cards get the PSA 10 grade? Or another 20?

A few months ago I saw an unopened 86 fleer case for sale on Ebay for $300k. Were someone to break and grade the entire case I'm sure they'd find at least a few Moore 10s.

[pawpawdiv9]

Makes me wonder??? I might have a Moore laying around. Several yrs ago i bought 2 unopened packs. Of course i opened them. I stored them in a binder.
I posted several times before, thats when the USPS lost 2 (Worthy & a checklist) card i was sending to Beckett.
Make me wanna check now???

[pokerplyr80]

I would certainly take a look. You might have a 12k card in that binder.

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I would certainly take a look. You might have a 12k card in that binder.

Nope, not that 'lucky' guy, just had
#58 clark kellog
#63 lafayette lever
#59 albert king
#60 bernard king
#61 bill laimbeer
#127 randy wittman
#62 allen leavell
#128 al wood
#129 mike woodson
#130 orlando woolride
#4/11 sticker -alex english
and the metioned lost:
Worthy & checklist

Of course some of these could past for 10's and some the centering is off, but i just kept them in the binder, since i dont do basketball.
Same goes with the whole box of 81-82 i bought and sent in the Larry Birds and got back SGC 9 & 8.5's on those. Others are in binders as well.
I am not so much into sending them off to grade.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Makes me wonder??? I might have a Moore laying around. Several yrs ago i bought 2 unopened packs. Of course i opened them. I stored them in a binder.
I posted several times before, thats when the USPS lost 2 (Worthy & a checklist) card i was sending to Beckett.
Make me wanna check now???

I hear of stories from almost every one I tell about my involvement in the card hobby and they always tell me about childhood collections. I always tell them that unopened stuff and pristine cards, from the 1970s and 1980s (which is a lot of what I and I presume others hear about) can be worth a lot of money.

[Econteachert205]

The pop reports show the Moore is the toughest to get in psa 10 with 28 examples. But think of how many prewar cards are that much rarer than that. Plus if there are 28 psa 10 Moore cards already there have to be more laying around waiting to be graded.