Rea! Rea!! Rea!!!

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

Nicely centered SGC 5 ‘52 Topps Mantle now over $50K....and counting! You are spot on Matty!

Such a difficult card to find nicely centered in that mid grade area with only minor flaws. That is a real nice example.

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Such a difficult card to find nicely centered in that mid grade area with only minor flaws. That is a real nice example.

+1

[MVSNYC]

Which 52 MM are you guys referring to? the only well centered example I see is the PSA 9, all others are OC, or tilted.

[Touch'EmAll]

Oh my, the current bids of decent REA stuff is already high, and going higher I am sure. A lot of what used to be in my budget isn't anymore, sigh. What do you all do, drop your standards from 5-6 grade and start looking at 2-4 grade stuff? Or bag it on the Iconic names and go for 2nd tier HOF players? Or save up to just buy 1, maybe 2 cards all year? Maybe start to downsize, sell a few to buy one? Decisions, decisions. Glad I picked up what I did 10-20 years ago, whew.

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

What do you all do, drop your standards from 5-6 grade and start looking at 2-4 grade stuff?.

This is what I have been doing. Going after grades 1-3. I'm officially an armpit collector. Sigh.

[T_Hamilton]

I’m with you...I’d rather have iconic cards of the greats in low grades vs. higher grades of second tier HOFers...