Is this a $5, $50, or $500 card? 1972 Pete Rose Blank back BGS 9

[thenavarro]

Those of you that know me, know that I mainly collect autographs, but I occasionally pick up an unsigned card that interests me for some reason. A couple years back, I picked up a 1972 Topps Pete Rose card that was in an SGC A slab and labeled as a 1972 Topps Pete Rose Proof card. I just bought it because I thought it was neat. Yesterday, I was going to Beckett in Dallas to get some graphs slabbed, and decided to take along my Rose to see if I could get it slabbed with a number. Beckett slabbed it with a 9 and they call it a 1972 Topps Pete Rose blank back card instead of a "proof" card.

Like I indicated above, I don't really dabble too much in unsigned cards, so I'm not too familiar with the difference between blank backs, proofs, etc.

It's a cool looking card, and came back with a strong grade. Do the masses think this is closer to being a $5 card, a $50 card, or a $500 card or some other number? I saw where some regular 1972 Topps Pete Rose cards that PSA had slabbed as a 9 were sold I thought for between $400-$500. I realize that not all grading companies are as popular as others, especially for those that pay high dollar for PSA Registry purposes, but just wondering what price range my card might be in?

Are blank backs generally more or less valuable than their standard counterpart?

[ALR-bishop]

While in general I think people would pay more for a proof card than a blank or wrong back card, I think in most sets it is impossible to tell a proof from a blank back unless there are, as in the case of the known 77 and 84 proof cards, front differences from the regular issue.

I also think the value of the card you have is hard to predict. But it is Rose, a 9, and an unusual blank back. I would guess more than $5 and less than $500 :-)

Nice to see you here Mike

[bnorth]

Blank backs are generally considered junk. If you can find a error collector you can get a small premium. If you can find a player collector that also collects errors you can get a nice premium.

I have collected these type of cards for close to 30 years. I only collect raw so not sure how much difference the Beckett or any other slab makes.

Also Topps printing errors are far from rare.

[Neal]

Cool card!

[rats60]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Blank backs are generally considered junk. If you can find a error collector you can get a small premium. If you can find a player collector that also collects errors you can get a nice premium.

I have collected these type of cards for close to 30 years. I only collect raw so not sure how much difference the Beckett or any other slab makes.

Also Topps printing errors are far from rare.

If it was a t206, it would be a 5000.00+ card.

[KCRfan1]

Nice card Mike!

[Mark70Z]

It's a '72 Topps card so it's a very cool looking card format, one of the best in my view, it's Rose and it's in pristine condition so to me it has value. What the value is, I'm unsure, but there are Rose collectors, and a fairly large group of die hard Cincinnati Reds collectors so it should be desirable to one of these groups of people.

I think blank backs are generally less valuable than finished cards. I'm sure it depends on the card, but that's been my experience. Also, I guess you can consider an unfinished card a proof card and in this case a blank back. Who really knows whether Topps used it as a proof.

My guess... $100 Very nice card by the way.

[thenavarro]

Thanks for the feedback so far.

M

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by thenavarro

Those of you that know me, know that I mainly collect autographs, but I occasionally pick up an unsigned card that interests me for some reason. A couple years back, I picked up a 1972 Topps Pete Rose card that was in an SGC A slab and labeled as a 1972 Topps Pete Rose Proof card. I just bought it because I thought it was neat. Yesterday, I was going to Beckett in Dallas to get some graphs slabbed, and decided to take along my Rose to see if I could get it slabbed with a number. Beckett slabbed it with a 9 and they call it a 1972 Topps Pete Rose blank back card instead of a "proof" card.

Like I indicated above, I don't really dabble too much in unsigned cards, so I'm not too familiar with the difference between blank backs, proofs, etc.

It's a cool looking card, and came back with a strong grade. Do the masses think this is closer to being a $5 card, a $50 card, or a $500 card or some other number? I saw where some regular 1972 Topps Pete Rose cards that PSA had slabbed as a 9 were sold I thought for between $400-$500. I realize that not all grading companies are as popular as others, especially for those that pay high dollar for PSA Registry purposes, but just wondering what price range my card might be in?

Are blank backs generally more or less valuable than their standard counterpart?

I'll bet it's a $500 card...no, wait...I'll bet it's a $5 card...oh, I mean...

I'll bet it's a $50 card...wait...can you just name a number & I'll bet, uh...I mean guess it's that price.