1909 T206 WALTER JOHNSON (Portrait) PSA 9 Mint on eBay

[drcy]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Outing this auction on Net54 is against an unwritten rule here. Now I don’t have a chance to win the auction, because you have alerted all the Registry freaks on this forum.

The card will now sell for $87,433,213.67.

The hammer price will be justified by the winner, several underbidders and Joe Orlando. The auction results will be used in future PSA advertising promoting their Registry.

The winner will end up 1/10 of a point below the #1 T206 set in the Registry though. After shedding a few tears, he will crack the card out of the holder and resubmit it hoping to get it into a 10 holder. Money will change hands under the table and his dreams will be realized.

This is really such a great hobby even if an OP occasionally breaks the rules.

Someone once asked me what an auction item would sell for, and I said "Ask me when the auction is over."

[barrysloate]

The bottom two corners don't look as Mint as the top two.

[philliesphan]

Barry - I thought the same thing. Kind of a curious comment for such a "ultra high grade" card.

Bidding on this card has more than tripled its ebay price since it was outed. That said, there are apparently six PSA 9s of this card out there. I cannot imagine that this is one of the nicer examples.

Heritage has sold two of the six PSA 9s (selling one of them twice), with both reported sales in 2018 being a bit over $100k.

This PSA 9 is not one of the ones Heritage had sold prior

[edhans]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

The bottom two corners don't look as Mint as the top two.

+1 Doesn't look like a nine to me at all. But, if a transaction actually occurs, the buyer probably doesn't care. The only thing that matters is the number on the flip.

[iwantitiwinit]

Doesn't feel right. Selling a PSA 9 Johnson on ebay makes no sense to me, less exposure, less experience with selling a 50k+ card, etc. Also, feedback while positive only shows details of sales under $200, most of the other feedback and listings are private (proven to be a red flag in the past). It might be a good listing but I have a feeling that in a few days or less this will turn out to be something other than advertised.

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

The bottom two corners don't look as Mint as the top two.

For sure,

Even if I won the lottery I would not go for this card