Memory Lane on the brain

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

One Willie Mays sale from last night that you failed to mention was his PSA 3.5 signed 1952 Topps subject that sold for an extraordinary $93K! That figure more than doubled the previous $39.9K record realized in Heritage earlier this year. Deviating from Mays for a moment, can’t help mentioning the $75K record sale of a PSA 4 VG-EX 1927 E126 Babe Ruth - beyond amazing & further substantiating the meteoric-like pricing increase of pre-1930 Ruth cards. They simply go higher & higher……

Yeah…I stay away from autographed items myself, and the market for autographed items recently seems to have gone completely bonkers. There’s also an issue with not very many pieces out there, and not much sales data. All of these reasons are why I stayed away from attempting to do any analysis. Plus, my sense is that the autographed market doesn’t really have a huge bearing on the non-autographed market, so the opportunity for crossover lessons was likely to be limited.

[Rhotchkiss]

Thank you for the Mays info. I collect/follow Cobb, Ruth, Wagner and Jackson (among some other players of that era). In my experience, each new auction generally brings records. I think these guys did not spike as much as the Mantles, Mays, Jackson’s, Aaron’s during the pandemic, they just remain on a steady, upward trend. Maybe they will go down, but they have just kept going up (at least since 2015) - before, during, and after pandemic. It’s great for the stuff I already own, but very annoying for things I want to own.

[ullmandds]

If the winner of the e126 ruth is here...I certainly dont mean to offend but this card seems way overgraded? Jay pointed out some paper loss on front. Do I see areas of water damage or something around the top 2 corners...looks like maybe the card was adhered to something and removed??? It's not as noticable on the bottom.

[JamesGallo]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

If the winner of the e126 ruth is here...I certainly dont mean to offend but this card seems way overgraded? Jay pointed out some paper loss on front. Do I see areas of water damage or something around the top 2 corners...looks like maybe the card was adhered to something and removed??? It's not as noticable on the bottom.

Total guess here but that maybe what we call in the comic business newton rings when the plastic inner sleeve pushes up against the outer plastic it leaves an oily water type look. I think that is what you may see any staining to the top corners🤷🏻

James G

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by JamesGallo

Total guess here but that maybe what we call in the comic business newton rings when the plastic inner sleeve pushes up against the outer plastic it leaves an oily water type look. I think that is what you may see any staining to the top corners����

James G

So true James. It happens with many PSA Encapsulated Photos as well. In fact, several of my photos have that same issue going on.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

So true James. It happens with many PSA Encapsulated Photos as well. In fact, several of my photos have that same issue going on.

The first (only) PSA slabbed photo I ever got has that exact thing. It looks kind of scary when you first see it and think there is some sort of damage to the item but it is, as you say, when two pieces of plastic are in contact.

[RhodeyRhode]

Low pop and big name hall of famers Ruth, Mantle, Williams, Cobb aren't seeing any slowdown imo

It does seem some of the secondary hall of famers are starting to level with certain sets still seeming hot, T206, Exhibits, Goudey