1952 Mickey Mantle Topps 311

[1952boyntoncollector]

I asked Greg how much you paid for the 4.5..so we know the private sale amount..

[MattyC]

Boynton, GregC doesn't own a 4.5.

[1952boyntoncollector]

my bad..

[Peter_Spaeth]

I've bought many cards privately but just as a matter of personal taste I don't think I would be discussing what I paid on a public forum. Not that there is anything wrong with it.

Mantles sell frequently enough that I think you can get a pretty good idea of what to pay for one just by relying on publicly available data. When I was in the market I found numerous transactions on cardtarget and vcp and while of course many were out of date, I was able to piece it together with trends to come up with a reasonable idea.

You do have to be very careful though as has been pointed out. There are scams every day, and disturbingly there are fakes in fake holders that people have been burned by.

[1952boyntoncollector]

I just don't rely on what private sales are..

but this discussion started when the seller of the mantle refused to disclose any more info to me after I showed in a past sale last year of the 1952 mantle he was selling after he said he has had the card for many years

to me that was a discrepancy he could of addressed..didn't have to say how much he go the card for but where he got it seemed to matter at that point

[Peter_Spaeth]

No figuring some people out, I guess. What would be interesting to me is whether the sellers who obviously don't have the card actually get away with it ever, or if Paypal/ebay will always side with the buyer when it comes down to he said she said.