OT but front page worthy Jordan card ebay

[Peter_Spaeth]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/401705176726

[Cmount76]

Nothing else!

[Bored5000]

There has been a $750,000 bid retraction, a $200,000 bid retraction and a $176,000 bid retraction -- all from different bidders. In addition, a $500,000 bid from a seller with "0" feedback was canceled.

Seems like a tough break for the buyer trying to make his first buy on eBay with a $500,000 bid.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The card is altered. LOL. There are 10 made not 1. It's not even close to a rookie. I DON'T GET IT.

[pherbener]

I was just going to post about this... Crazy!! I fail to see the logic in this. I know there's only 10 but what would a PSA 9 or 10 go for?? I'll stick to vintage.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The card is altered. LOL. There are 10 made not 1. It's not even close to a rookie. I DON'T GET IT.

A fool and his money..........

[RedsFan1941]

hi res scans likely have something to do with the spirited bidding

[MichelaiTorres83]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

There has been a $750,000 bid retraction, a $200,000 bid retraction and a $176,000 bid retraction -- all from different bidders. In addition, a $500,000 bid from a seller with "0" feedback was canceled.

Seems like a tough break for the buyer trying to make his first buy on eBay with a $500,000 bid.

So those bidders will never bid on PWCC auctions ever again right?

[MichelaiTorres83]

That is just pure insanity.

[Snapolit1]

Why is this selling for $599,000 when cards from the same series with the same hype are selling for $3500.

Not to impose any logical reasoning into the analysis.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Why is this selling for $599,000 when cards from the same series with the same hype are selling for $3500.

Not to impose any logical reasoning into the analysis.

Jordan rules.

[MichelaiTorres83]

How many people can drop a cool half mil on a card? One card.

Out of all the people on this message board how many do you think there are? Less than 10?

How is this even close to real? To think it would even be worth 100k is insanity. 1996? I mean. Ok. I bought cards in packs. The no name frank thomas isn’t even close to that price or any other big card at the time.

Donruss Elite cards, 89 upper deck promo cards. Can anyone name any other legendary cards with low pop numbers.. This is just ridiculous.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I put in a snipe of 750K but I'm drawing the line not one penny more.

[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

https://www.ebay.com/itm/401705176726

This is good to see; shows the hobby is alive and well and inclusive of more than us middle agedand old guys.

[Tabe]

Funny that vintage collectors will rip on manufactured scarcity but have no problem with a Lajoie #106.

[pokerplyr80]

There is a Brady card in the same auction over 150k already. The holy grail of modern football cards apparently.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F401708753101

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Funny that vintage collectors will rip on manufactured scarcity but have no problem with a Lajoie #106.

that's a terrible analogy!

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

that's a terrible analogy!

Why?

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Why?

the 34' goudey lajoie was created by goudey in response to an outpouring of letters from people trying to complete the set but there was no card #106. So those who wrote letters got cards.

How's that anything like a modern card company just deciding to only make a certain # of a background color...to "create" a rare card?

[Hxcmilkshake]

And the Tim Duncan card from the same set went for almost 34k!

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[Jdoggs]

can someone explain why this Jordan card is so popular?

[swarmee]

Sold to Nat Turner, super high end collector.

Jdoggs, read the rest of this thread. It has already answered your question over and over again.

[Dpeck100]

This is the beauty of capitalism. It spawns people successfull enough to drop 350k on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997 and not even flinch.

Awesome!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

This is the beauty of capitalism. It spawns people successfull enough to drop 350k on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997 and not even flinch.

Awesome!

One way to look at it. The other way of course is how ridiculous is it that folks in this country can't afford to go to the doctor or the dentist and this dude has 350K to drop on a shiny Michael Jordan card from 1997.

[orly57]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Sold to Nat Turner, super high end collector.

Jdoggs, read the rest of this thread. It has already answered your question over and over again.

I looked him up, and found this:

https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...ard-collection

Of note:
“I just got PSA to add a set to the Registry and I am currently the only one working on the set because these cards are so rare. It is the 1997-98 Precious Metals Gems Green Basketball set. I have already completed the red set, of which 90 cards were produced of each player, and there are 123 cards in the set. There were only 10 serial-numbered examples of each green card produced, and I have 107 of them so far. I am missing 16 cards right now.”

He recently sold his company for 2.1 Billion dollars.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Gem Mint grade was pure marketing genius.