Commerce Comet's 1952 Topps #311 meteoric rise in value

[Snowman]

It's only going to continue to go up. It is THE hobby card. Everyone wants one. There isn't a single card that is more iconic in this hobby other than possibly the mostly unobtainable Honus Wagner, but even then I think the Mantle is still more iconic.

I recently paid $45k for one in an Authentic slab though, so perhaps I'm biased. But I obviously believe in the card to spend that much on an altered? copy of it (though upon close examination, I haven't found any hard evidence of it actually having been altered yet).

[irv]

Originally Posted by Snowman

It's only going to continue to go up. It is THE hobby card. Everyone wants one. There isn't a single card that is more iconic in this hobby other than possibly the mostly unobtainable Honus Wagner, but even then I think the Mantle is still more iconic.

I recently paid $45k for one in an Authentic slab though, so perhaps I'm biased. But I obviously believe in the card to spend that much on an altered? copy of it (though upon close examination, I haven't found any hard evidence of it actually having been altered yet).

Beautiful card! If resubmitted and it gets a grade the second time around, you are going to make out like a bandit.

Good luck if you decide to do exactly that.

[mrreality68]

I Left a Michael Jordan Rookie Card PSA 10 on the Table. It was back in 2018 and I had a Babe Ruth Photo as a Red Sox Type 1. Picked up for 18K.

Someone offered to trade for it straight up. I did not know much about Basketball cards and politely declined. I sold the Photo and made a small profit.

But even with the Jordan Rookies down from its peek of over $700K for one selling I would have made a nice profit.

Never Know but I missed on a Home Run

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

I Left a Michael Jordan Rookie Card PSA 10 on the Table. It was back in 2018 and I had a Babe Ruth Photo as a Red Sox Type 1. Picked up for 18K.

Someone offered to trade for it straight up. I did not know much about Basketball cards and politely declined. I sold the Photo and made a small profit.

But even with the Jordan Rookies down from its peek of over $700K for one selling I would have made a nice profit.

Never Know but I missed on a Home Run

Would love to see which babe Ruth photo was in the mix.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by irv

Beautiful card! If resubmitted and it gets a grade the second time around, you are going to make out like a bandit.

Good luck if you decide to do exactly that.

Thanks. Ya, I definitely want to have it looked at again. It was graded in 2011. It needs to be reslabbed regardless because the casing has been tampered with. It looks like someone previously tried to crack it out, probably for the same reason of getting a second opinion on it, but got cold feet and gave up because they didn't know how to do it properly and didn't want to damage it. I've examined it under blacklight and looked over every square millimeter with a jeweler's loupe. And I ran extremely high definition scans on it too. Nothing stands out as being altered. It has a very slight tilt to the top edge, but all edges show the same expected texture and chipping consistent with 1952 Topps cards. No sharp edges or anything like that. And it measures correctly. Nothing glows in blacklight. No recoloring that I've found yet either. I think it probably has a good chance of getting a grade if resubmitted.

Plus, I'd be famous over at the blowhard forums! They'd for sure post before and after photos of it along with all my personal info and add it to their tainted cards database and turn me over to the FBI lol.

[Republicaninmass]

During an "UP" market nobody ever says "I should have sold then"


Maybe psa 8 55.clementes and koufax for one week a few years back?


I just cant believe some of the prices paid, but they keep going up!

[JeremyW]

Snowman- Beautiful card. That being said, your top & bottom borders, left to right, appear to get smaller. Maybe it's just the scan.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

Snowman- Beautiful card. That being said, your top & bottom borders, left to right, appear to get smaller. Maybe it's just the scan.

Yes, they do. There's a slight tilt left to right. That's my best guess as to why it graded as 'Authentic'. But when you look at the edges themselves under mangification and examine the texture, color, level of fray, and chipping, they all look the same and are indistinguishable from my other 1952 Topps cards. If it was trimmed, my first guess would be the bottom edge, followed by the top edge. The problem is that the presence of a tilt alone does not necessarily mean that it has been trimmed. There is no shortage of these 1952 Topps cards out there with tilted or even flared edges straight from the pack.

[JeremyW]

Great looking card, anyway you look at it.

[chriskim]

Originally Posted by Snowman

It's only going to continue to go up. It is THE hobby card. Everyone wants one. There isn't a single card that is more iconic in this hobby other than possibly the mostly unobtainable Honus Wagner, but even then I think the Mantle is still more iconic.

I recently paid $45k for one in an Authentic slab though, so perhaps I'm biased. But I obviously believe in the card to spend that much on an altered? copy of it (though upon close examination, I haven't found any hard evidence of it actually having been altered yet).

I think it slabbed as Auth because their edges seem to be too sharp and a bit under size.

[Foo3112]

PSA 6 finished at 150K (includes BP).

[JackR]

Overpaid. Couldn’t help myself.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by JackR

Overpaid. Couldn’t help myself.

That's a beautiful card. You didn't overpay IMO.

[russkcpa]

Originally Posted by Foo3112

PSA 6 finished at 150K (includes BP).

Had that been centered it would have fetched over $200K