Please Explain the Pete Rose Rookie to Me

[M's_Fan]

As a relative new comer to the hobby, off in my little corner collecting pre-war, I had no idea the Pete Rose 1963 Topps rookie card was worth so dang much.

Granted, the REA example is the cream of the SGC crop, but still, for a post war card, of which SGC has slabbed 347, how can this card possibly be going for the same price world as a T206 Plank?

Can someone explain this madness to me?

[leftygrove10]

How much did the Rose sell for?

[barrysloate]

It's the grade. SGC 98 is the equivalent of PSA 10.

[Wesley]

Something about swimming in the sea of mediocrity. There may be 347 SGC grade Rose RCs and thousands of PSA graded ones and tens of thousands of ungraded ones, but the Gem Mint copies are far and few between.

[JP]

I know there is only one PSA 10 and it went for somewhere north of $80k when it was auctioned...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Because some people buy the label not the card, plain and simple. Crack it out, resubmit, it comes back a 9, and poof.

[4815162342]

I've never been able to see the difference between a 9/96 and a 10/98. I most certainly can't distinguish between a 98 and a 100.

[uffda51]

Could it be the McMullen family trying to corner the market?

[botn]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Crack it out, resubmit, it comes back a 9, and poof.

That is a best case scenario. However there is still a chance that Pro or CSA would holder it as Gem Mint. The good news is that the graders at SGC will stand behind the grade.