It's all about the registry

[brunswickreeves]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

PSA created slabbing. The company then followed it up with the Registry. Strokes of genius both quite simply because:

Bottled water? The world’s most abundant resource-come on now!

[Kutcher55]

That 75 set is so beloved. The sparring for regular and mini PSA 9s and 10s has been quite heated for a while now, and both sets are notorious for qc issues, every kind imaginable. I can only imagine what the factory floor was like at Topps in the 70s. There must be pics out there. And the cardstock they used back then was awful. Not super thin like late 80s Donruss but the veneers just didn’t hold together very well. It would be cool if a vlogger scientist type disassembled commons from different topps years and analyzed the chemical composition of the card stock. Well I’d like watching it anyways.

Also you’ll note that’s an older slab. Both PSA and SGC just don’t really hand out 10s anymore to cards in the 70s. If you look at every 9 and 10 from this era I suspect the vast majority of them were slabbed before the Covid boom. That Dave Roberts 10 would be a 9 on a regrade. Of course you could say the same for almost any 10 out there.

Also some guy just paid $6M for a banana taped to a wall. The Crypto bros are flush these days.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

Bottled water? The world’s most abundant resource-come on now!

I could nitpick and say that would be air, but nonetheless that's a fabulous example indeed! I wonder how many of the people buying bottled water also claim to be environmentally conscious?

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

I could nitpick and say that would be air, but nonetheless that's a fabulous example indeed! I wonder how many of the people buying bottled water also claim to be environmentally conscious?

I drink only bottled water - even my dogs drink bottled water.

Environmentally Conscious? - Not a thing for me...........

[JohnP0621]

People with Stupid Money $$$ sometimes spend it on Stupid things.
John P

[raulus]

Originally Posted by JohnP0621

People with Stupid Money $$$ sometimes spend it on Stupid things.
John P

All they need is someone even stupider with even more stupider money to take it off their hands when they're ready to sell.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by raulus

All they need is someone even stupider with even more stupider money to take it off their hands when they're ready to sell.

So - I see this pop up this morning on FeePay

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9GHBBSCQyZRXB6mF8

Seller has it listed for $229,000

I'm thinkin 35 to 40K TOPPS

What am I missin?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

So - I see this pop up this morning on FeePay

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9GHBBSCQyZRXB6mF8

Seller has it listed for $229,000

I'm thinkin 35 to 40K TOPPS

What am I missin?

Hope springs eternal!

Not all that different than the seller with the Jackie piece from his grandpa looking for a billionaire to buy it off him for several more digits than it was worth.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

I drink only bottled water - even my dogs drink bottled water.

May your dogs live long and prosper!