1974 topps psa mike schmidt psa 10

[Harford20]

Larry,
That V351 Williams is my unicorn. I have seen three for sale/auction in the last 15 years and the price has yet to be even in the same city (let alone the same ballpark) of my budget. At one time I had $1500 set aside for that card and it never appeared; and the money disappeared.

On the Schmidt, I do know several collectors that have to have that PSA9-10 card and wait/pay for that type of excitement. As some have noted, collecting is "to each his/her own".

Dave

[1952boyntoncollector]

As much as a fuss people make about PSA 10s 1970s cards and why?

It can be argued that 10 years from now the only 1970s cards that go for real money will be PSA 10s....PSA 9s would be like PSA 7-8s..mostly not worth the cost of grading..

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Harford20

Larry,
That V351 Williams is my unicorn. I have seen three for sale/auction in the last 15 years and the price has yet to be even in the same city (let alone the same ballpark) of my budget. At one time I had $1500 set aside for that card and it never appeared; and the money disappeared.

On the Schmidt, I do know several collectors that have to have that PSA9-10 card and wait/pay for that type of excitement. As some have noted, collecting is "to each his/her own".

Dave

Yeah, I've come to agree with you, Dave. Leon quite properly responded to one of my earlier, critical posts in this respect that "we each collect differently," and he was right. I don't see the degree of extra value in a gem mint 10 versus a nice "8" or "8.5," but I know others do. Despite respected coin dealer/afficionado Q. David Bowers' views being similar to mine, condition rarities in coins have continued to flourish. To each his own.

I did just buy an '89 Topps PSA 10 Jim Harbaugh because of what he is doing at my old undergrad school, but with 103 PSA tens, the price of course was quite reasonable.

Thanks to all for making some good points,

Larry

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Yeah, I've come to agree with you, Dave. Leon quite properly responded to one of my earlier, critical posts in this respect that "we each collect differently," and he was right. I don't see the degree of extra value in a gem mint 10 versus a nice "8" or "8.5," but I know others do. Despite respected coin dealer/afficionado Q. David Bowers' views being similar to mine, condition rarities in coins have continued to flourish. To each his own.

I did just buy an '89 Topps PSA 10 Jim Harbaugh because of what he is doing at my old undergrad school, but with 103 PSA tens, the price of course was quite reasonable.

Thanks to all for making some good points,

Larry

Well, after the Michigan State debacle, make that 102 PSA 10's--one no longer exists!

Larry

[SAllen2556]

With this debate about high-end and low-end PSA 10's, I thought I'd take this opportunity to announce a new company my partners and I have formed:
MGS 4th Party Grading (Monkey Grading Service)

This grading service will allow the collector to send in his PSA 9 or 10 or whatever, and my crack team of graders, for a fee of course, will examine the card and designate it one of three catagories (highest to lowest): super monkey, average monkey, or bad monkey.

So now if you a buy a PSA 10 Mike Schmidt, you can send it to my crack team and they'll paint a little MGS designation on the card. So not only will you have a PSA 10, if you're lucky, you'll have a PSA 10 super monkey!