Get E'm While You Can

[goldenage]

Originally Posted by Tomi

Look at the Borque and Messier rookies on PWCC's auction. Don't ever remember them being even close to where they are now. The Lemieux is over $60K. What a great time to be a seller.

Yes, and what a great time to be a buyer as well.

I remember how excited dealers were at the 1987 National in Atlantic City.
There was buzzing around the room that Gretzky rookies were going for $50 and Lemieux rookies were going for $7. Everyone was ecstatic and couldn't get their product out fast enough to sell. They were thrilled at the prices they were getting,.

Fast forward to today.

[goldenage]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-TOPPS-...p2047675.l2557

A PSA 2 Mickey Mantle rookie just sold on ebay for 35k.

That card cost $500 in 1987.

Jordan and Gretzky are the next Mickey Mantle.
10-20 years from now those Jordan's and Gretzky's that people sold for
great profits today will only be paying much higher to get those cards back
if they want them.

The best thing to do if you're selling your PSA 8's or PSA 9's today, is to
take a little bit of that money and buy a PSA 5 with the profits.

Mickey Mantle 1952 topps has 74 PSA 7's. 35 PSA 8's and 6 PSA 9's.
Gretzky 1979 opc has 1093 PSA 7's. 742 PSA 8's and 89 PSA 9's.

If you believe that there are 15-20 Gretzky collectors for every 1 Mantle collector, then you feel that Gretzky cards will rise like Mantle.
If you feel that the 15-20 to 1 ratio is not even close, then you may feel the Gretzky craze we are in is overdone.

[puckpaul]

I picked up this beauty in the last Classic Auction. It’s labeled OC for top to bottom (I measured it as 75/25 or slightly worse). I was happy with it. I guess if it was really ex-mt because of the centering, I paid very full but the centering didn’t bother me so...it’s mine.

[strohman99]

Very sharp Orr rookie! You can't go wrong with a Bobby Orr rookie.

[samosa4u]

I love it!

[irv]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

I picked up this beauty in the last Classic Auction. It’s labeled OC for top to bottom (I measured it as 75/25 or slightly worse). I was happy with it. I guess if it was really ex-mt because of the centering, I paid very full but the centering didn’t bother me so...it’s mine.

Beautiful card!

Centering on that card is not near as obvious as it is on some others so I would be perfectly happy with that copy as well.

[Exhibitman]

I have never been happier that I grew up in NYC loathing all things Boston (as a kid I thought the full name of the town was "Bostonsucks"), and have never had any desire to own an Orr RC.