$202,000 Jeter Card

[Jobu]

Looks like people aren't exactly shaken by PWCC and PSA:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1996-Select...-/352816860218

[darwinbulldog]

Always interesting to see a closing price like this for a card that (raw at least) I would certainly have passed over if I had seen it in a $1 box at a card show. I have much to learn.

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Always interesting to see a closing price like this for a card that (raw at least) I would certainly have passed over if I had seen it in a $1 box at a card show. I have much to learn.

Imagine being the people that scrolled past cheap Microsoft/Apple/Amazon stocks...

What a crazy hobby we participate in. One man's $1 card is another man's $202k card.

[D. Bergin]

Do you think that somebody paid sales tax on that card, or is it going straight into "The Vault"?

[conor912]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Always interesting to see a closing price like this for a card that (raw at least) I would certainly have passed over if I had seen it in a $1 box at a card show. I have much to learn.

+1

[h2oya311]

Holy crap!

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Always interesting to see a closing price like this for a card that (raw at least) I would certainly have passed over if I had seen it in a $1 box at a card show. I have much to learn.

Some of the modern collectors buying cards like this might skip past a magee error or even a plank in a box of t206 commons. That's the great thing about this hobby. Something for everyone. Even if guys who collect in one area or era don't understand another.

[perezfan]

Granted, I know nothing when it comes to modern cards, but if I saw this card on a Dealer's Table at the National for over $20, I would have kept walking.

Is this the Wagner of modern day cards, or is there something else that's equally rare/desirable/pricey?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Is this the Wagner of modern day cards, or is there something else that's equally rare/desirable/pricey?

If you're asking if it's trimmed like the Gretzky Wagner…

Yep!

That's way short for a modern card.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by steve B

If you're asking if it's trimmed like the Gretzky Wagner…

Yep!

That's way short for a modern card.

I don't see anything on any edge suggesting trimming. It also looks like a very old grade when the card likely wasn't worth much.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by steve B

If you're asking if it's trimmed like the Gretzky Wagner…

Yep!

That's way short for a modern card.

I believe Brent Mastro said, "it's the finest example of a mini known to exist."

[Goudey77]

The landscape of card collecting is changing. New generations in...old generations out. Two different perspectives right? Just be glad the hobby is live and well!

[rats60]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Granted, I know nothing when it comes to modern cards, but if I saw this card on a Dealer's Table at the National for over $20, I would have kept walking.

Is this the Wagner of modern day cards, or is there something else that's equally rare/desirable/pricey?

The Wagner of modern cards is the 2003 Exquisite Jordan/LeBron Logoman or the 2009 Bowman Mike Trout Superfractor, both 1/1.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by rats60

The Wagner of modern cards is the 2003 Exquisite Jordan/LeBron Logoman or the 2009 Bowman Mike Trout Superfractor, both 1/1.

A 1/1 is too rare to be the modern equivalent of the t206 Wagner in my opinion. It would have to be something like this Jeter, or a Lebron, Brady, or Jordan card that can at least become available once every year or two.