Dmitri Young collection

[barrysloate]

"Razor" sharp?

[packs]

I don't see what the big deal is. People are buying cards. How is that any different than what we do? These buyers are interested in grades. Many on this board are interested in what cigarette company is printed on the back of an otherwise worthless card. What's the difference between a guy who overpays for a HOFer's rookie card graded a 10 and a guy who overpays for a nobody with a Drum back?

[barrysloate]

You don't think it's a little unusual to pay $432,000 for a Roberto Clemente rookie? I've been in the hobby for thirty years and I've never seen anything like it. People can do whatever they want, but that price is an eye opener for me.

[packs]

I guess but it's the nicest Clemente rookie. I think it's a lot crazier from an outsider's perspective to pay a few thousand dollars for a scrub's T206 because it has a Broadleaf back. At least you're getting Clemente's rookie. How do rationalize to an outsider why you paid a thousand dollars for a card because it's back was upside down? People are into what they're into.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by packs

I guess but it's the nicest Clemente rookie.

according to who? the geniuses at PSA?

[ullmandds]

In my mind there is no comparison...spending a few K on a t206 drum common which there may exist 10 copies...vs 1/2 a mil on a card where hundreds of thousands of them exist...it just so happens this one is really...really new?!

Sorry...to each their own but I've never been able to relate to the condition "rarity" collector...whatever the hell that means!!!!

[wondo]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

In my mind there is no comparison...spending a few K on a t206 drum common which there may exist 10 copies...vs 1/2 a mil on a card where hundreds of thousands of them exist...it just so happens this one is really...really new?!

Sorry...to each their own but I've never been able to relate to the condition "rarity" collector...whatever the hell that means!!!!

Hey, they are really all just man-made pictures basically on cardboard. Can't eat 'em!

Anything more than .01 is ludicrous - right?

[glchen]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

In my mind there is no comparison...spending a few K on a t206 drum common which there may exist 10 copies...vs 1/2 a mil on a card where hundreds of thousands of them exist...it just so happens this one is really...really new?!

Sorry...to each their own but I've never been able to relate to the condition "rarity" collector...whatever the hell that means!!!!

There are also fewer than 10 copies of some back variations of the E121-80 commons, but no one cares. Absolute rarity doesn't always determine price. It's the old supply and demand. It's a nice Clemente RC, although I do think the price is nuts. However, I also think the price of many T206 rare backs are nuts too. To each his own on what he wants to collect and pay for. As others have said, it's just cardboard, same as my frozen pizza box.

[Delray Vintage]

I stopped buying cards in about 2000 because i decided that i would rather buy a george washington letter for the price of a goudy psa 8 ruth. I got nightmares thinking that mass produced cardboard can be worth as much as a letter written and signed by washington, lincoln, franklin. But after about 8 years I missed my cards and started buying again. The moral is that 2 inches of cardboard can be worth hundreds of thousands to someone and the allure is powerful.

i still have the letters and treasure them. Do i love my washington more than my 1887 connie mack psa 7? Honestly no, they are equal to me probably in their emotional value and are about the same monetary value. I will tell you that for cards like dimitri young's clemente I would rather have a 400k in letters because you could have all the the founding fathers plus lincoln, davey crockett, john paul jones and every other american legend.