1952 Bowman Mays auction

[Peter_Spaeth]

Prior sales.

2/6/18 eBay Auction | Image pwcc_auctions n***n 29 $2,950.00
9/18/17 eBay Auction | Image jefaichel0 a***a 10 $1,248.28
6/29/17 Heritage Image 6 $1,800.00
4/11/17 eBay Image pwcc_auctions o***h 30 $1,537.88
3/3/17 eBay Image jeremhayne-1 a***h Best Offer $1,455.00
2/8/17 eBay Image pwcc_auctions t***a 29 $2,531.88
1/10/17 eBay Image us2015_yanon s***e 12 $1,375.00
12/2/16 Greg Bussineau Image 11 $1,350.00
11/9/16 eBay Image pwcc_auctions s***s 56 $2,387.00

[iowadoc77]

Unbelievable. That’s a huge price for that card.

[ullmandds]

Someone call guiness.

[iowadoc77]

For that kind of cash you would think it would be centered. So many people simply buying the number on the flip. Value certainly won’t hold on that one.

[jb67]

Looking at the bid history it appears that two bidders really wanted it.

[tjb1952tjb]

Wow.........I much prefer my PSA 6.5. Somebody (two) must have really wanted a PSA 7. Registry inflation...........

[Touch'EmAll]

Couple days ago a 1952 Bowman Mays PSA 8 closed on eBay. I had it on my radar, even put in a bid, haha, got squashed! It went for $ 5,958. - whew!

[irv]

Originally Posted by tjb1952tjb

Wow.........I much prefer my PSA 6.5. Somebody (two) must have really wanted a PSA 7. Registry inflation...........

Me too!

[Sophiedog]

Originally Posted by tjb1952tjb

Wow.........I much prefer my PSA 6.5. Somebody (two) must have really wanted a PSA 7. Registry inflation...........

Great Card! Beautiful!

[brob28]

Originally Posted by jb67

Looking at the bid history it appears that two bidders really wanted it.

Or one person...

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Value certainly won’t hold on that one.

You wouldn't think so, but it seems more and more people are buying the flip, not the card. Remember too, that just one increment below the $2950, there was another bidder willing to pay $2900.

[packs]

Maybe there was and maybe there wasn't. It's hard to tell from bid histories.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

Maybe there was and maybe there wasn't. It's hard to tell from bid histories.

Yup. The presumption is always that it's legit, but on a price this crazy, you do wonder.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

You wouldn't think so, but it seems more and more people are buying the flip, not the card. Remember too, that just one increment below the $2950, there was another bidder willing to pay $2900.

I was just saying that this is LIKELY not an investment level card. I am not a dead centering guy either, but when I go for higher grades like this, I prefer pretty darn close. This is another case of 2 people wanting something badly. Many people throw out VCP and history and all of that because as we have said many times here, STUFF TRUMPS EVERYTHING ELSE. If you gotta have it, sometimes you make interesting decisions.