1952 Mays on ebay

[begsu1013]

previous card owner contacted me (and laughing at all of this) but the card did have a very minute surface wrinkle that isn't visible in scans.

all part of it and while it blows away the technical grade, I'd probably crack and resubmit. worth a shot or two.

and I doubt very seriously this guy shilled this auction or the pete rose 7 that was being talked about in another thread.

there's no need for him to do it, especially on these...

[pokerplyr80]

With the market the changing so fast it's easy to jump to conclusions and conspiracy theories. Who knows exactly how much, if any, of what's going around is true, but sometimes a collector just steps up and spends big to get a nice card.

[TheNightmanCometh]

I'm telling you, it's oil money gone wild.

[begsu1013]

well from what other threads are pointing to (and making a lot more sense) is that this could be a group of internationals looking for somewhere to park money. at least they quoted somebody vs all this talk w/o one shred of evidence.

seems to be better rationality there vs claiming it's 4 guys that are creating the entire stir in every single aspect of the hobby.

i have an experiment going on w/ one of these *1950's* rc cards just to see that i set @ a $.99 auction w/ no buy it now option.

within minutes, an ebay user actually offered me $2500 for the card. ***BUT*** he has the same card, same grade listed @ $7xxx.

this is where it gets good. he actually dropped the "buying group" angle, n54 and said $2500 is the right price...but again, he's asking $7xxx for his and wanted to scoop mine up.

im was just curious just to see what happens whether i win or lose.

but that certainly was not the way i expected the experiment to start.

mainly wanted to see who the bidders where/are, check history and bidding patterns.

[begsu1013]

so far all bidders seem legit w/ several feedbacks left from pwcc, probs, champsnbaums, memory lane, etc.

edit: there is 1 private and one that is under 15, but were very early bids.

[pokerplyr80]

Should be interesting. At least no one will be able to claim it was shilled.

[begsu1013]

should be about the best market gauger out there....

edit: only 1 card, not consigned, wont be shilled, watched thoroughly and will report back if it's bid up and not paid for.

and a second ebayer asked how much to end it which was replied w/ "im open to an offer..."

it will not be ended early.