the crazy price thread...

[Rookiemonster]

eBay mays rookie is about to end psa 3 is at 2550 ! I don't know if this is a record but it seems high for a psa 3 .

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

eBay mays rookie is about to end psa is at 2550 ! I don't know if this is a record but it seems high for a psa 3 .

Apparently you missed the B/S/T thread here on Net54:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=mays
Leon was selling his PSA 2.5 for north of 3k.
I had been looking at this specimen on Ebay, and not totally shocked to see the price, thus it could of went for more.
Its not rocket science here, rookie cards are going thru the roofs.
Just don't look at the grade folks, look at the card!!!!

[bobsbbcards]

Previous high price for a PSA 3 is $1,862.75.

[Rookiemonster]

It just sold for 2800 . Yeah I totally missed the b/s/t mays wow.

[irv]

Never seen a price jump like this before!

It was $8,800 with 5 seconds or so left and jumped to over $15,000 at the end
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-E...vip=true&rt=nc

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by irv

Never seen a price jump like this before!

It was $8,800 with 5 seconds or so left and jumped to over $15,000 at the end
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-E...vip=true&rt=nc

That was a damn nice Mathews. A genuinely tough card in that grade especially with that centering as opposed to Rose Koufax etc.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That was a damn nice Mathews. A genuinely tough card in that grade especially with that centering as opposed to Rose Koufax etc.

I agree, it was damn nice, but at $8,800, I believe that was the most expensive one I have seen to date, and I thought it'd stay around that or slightly higher until the end.

What really surprised/shocked me, (and of course it's not uncommon but the norm to see price jumps at the very end) is the fact it went from $8,800 to over $15,000 in 5 seconds!

I was expecting a few hundred, maybe another $1000 or so, but to see it almost double was a shock for me.

[pokerplyr80]

Maybe not crazy, but a 51 Mantle PSA 4 just went over 11k and a 6 for over 24k. Neither well centered. An altered SGC 52 went for 21k. That was a nice looking card though.

[irv]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Maybe not crazy, but a 51 Mantle PSA 4 just went over 11k and a 6 for over 24k. Neither well centered. An altered SGC 52 went for 21k. That was a nice looking card though.

It was, and a big price jump at the end as well!

[jmb]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Maybe not crazy, but a 51 Mantle PSA 4 just went over 11k and a 6 for over 24k. Neither well centered. An altered SGC 52 went for 21k. That was a nice looking card though.

I thought I was crazy paying $7700 for the 4.5 less than 2 months ago. Guess that was a good decision. The back of the 4 wasn't very nice either. I was more surprised the 52 in 2.5 being well centered went for under $17k.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by jmb

I thought I was crazy paying $7700 for the 4.5 less than 2 months ago. Guess that was a good decision. The back of the 4 wasn't very nice either. I was more surprised the 52 in 2.5 being well centered went for under $17k.

Yea you did fine if it's the dead centered one I think I remember. That 52 was off top to bottom and had some surface issues so I wasn't too surprised by the price. Still a great card but I wouldn't have gone much more were I looking.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Yea you did fine if it's the dead centered one I think I remember. That 52 was off top to bottom and had some surface issues so I wasn't too surprised by the price. Still a great card but I wouldn't have gone much more were I looking.

17k around is what the 2.5s go for i have seen for the past few months..

[Leon]

Originally Posted by jmb

I thought I was crazy paying $7700 for the 4.5 less than 2 months ago. Guess that was a good decision. The back of the 4 wasn't very nice either. I was more surprised the 52 in 2.5 being well centered went for under $17k.

The 52 Mantle was a very nice card for the price but the eye appeal is all the difference ... It is o/c a little bit top to bottom....and I think that kept the price on this one down.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-M...oAAOSwQupXUH7d

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Leon

The 52 Mantle was a very nice card for the price but the eye appeal is all the difference ... It is o/c a little bit top to bottom....and I think that kept the price on this one down.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-M...oAAOSwQupXUH7d

it was still a pretty nice card for a 2.5..it looked better than many 3s....