Most valuable card

[rats60]

The Wagner. There are 3 Mantles, so if one were to come up for sale, you have 2 deep pockets that wouldn't be bidding. There is only 1 PSA 8 Wagner.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rats60

The Wagner. There are 3 Mantles, so if one were to come up for sale, you have 2 deep pockets that wouldn't be bidding. There is only 1 PSA 8 Wagner.

There are 0 PSA 8 Wagner's, realistically speaking, and that could be (maybe not) a problem.
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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Leon

There are 0 PSA 8 Wagner's, realistically speaking, and that could be (maybe not) a problem.
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Why did one of the big submitters get it into a PSA 10 slab?

[Leon]

What are you talking about? Did you mean to say what "if"? Or are you speaking of a Mantle or what?

Originally Posted by bnorth

Why did one of the big submitters get it into a PSA 10 slab?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Leon

What are you talking about? Did you mean to say what "if"? Or are you speaking of a Mantle or what?

It was a joke about the Wagner because of you saying there is no PSA 8.

[pokerplyr80]

I'm not so sure the Wagner being trimmed makes much of a difference. Plus the card has a history, Gretzky used to own it. If another psa 8 is discovered and they were both sold I would not be surprised if the new one went for less, and they both sold for less than a psa 10 52 mantle.

[ls7plus]

IMHO, the most valuable card, should it come out for sale, would be the best example of the 1914 Baltimore News Ruth (VG+, I believe), quite possibly contested closely by a PSA 10 '52 Topps Mantle. 8 figures would not surprise me for either. Each has become analogous to the early '60's Ferrari road/race models in our collectible field.

Regards,

Larry

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by Leon

There are 0 PSA 8 Wagner's, realistically speaking, and that could be (maybe not) a problem.
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Things being what they are I believe the PSA 10 Mantle - MUCH more interest in it lately (higher demand) and I speculate more deep pockets willing to do battle for it.

Pretty incredible the level of detail that PSA claims to invest in determining if a card is trimmed or otherwise altered and yet a card that is supposed to be in some respects the face of the hobby sits in a holder with a numeric grade at the top of the population and not even so much as a qualifier - If I am not mistaken, by their own guidelines the card should have an "A" grade.