78 Nolan Ryan PSA 10: HOT D@MN!!

[ls7plus]

[QUOTE: But I guess that's why I don't [buy]... graded cards in this condition.

We all know the mantra re buying the card and not the holder.[/QUOTE]

+++++++1! I can see 10's going for 5-6, maybe even 10 times an eight, but these guys are paying 90% of the purchase price for a piece of plastic and paper slip!! How dumb does dumb get?

Sincerely,

Larry

[JollyElm]

I think they got a bargain!! If Dean's Cards had this same card, it would be listed for $122,750.

[DHogan]

I need one for my set. But not that badly.

[NateMack]

I would take a 52 Topps Mantle in lesser condition for the money. Crazy how the tag is king to some... To each their own, even if I think it is nuts!

What could you buy yourself at the National or a big regional show with 17K?

[KCRfan1]

GEM-MT 10: Gem Mint
A PSA Gem Mint 10 card is a virtually perfect card. Attributes include four perfectly sharp corners, sharp focus and full original gloss. A PSA Gem Mint 10 card must be free of staining of any kind, but an allowance may be made for a slight printing imperfection, if it doesn't impair the overall appeal of the card. The image must be centered on the card within a tolerance not to exceed approximately 55/45 to 60/40 percent on the front, and 75/25 percent on the reverse.

The grading for a GEM-MT 10 is pretty lenient. Slight printing imperfection, 60-40 centering on the front and 75-25 centering on the back. You only have sharp corners once, and that seems to be the key for the virtually " perfect " card. Waste of cash for the Ryan, imo.

[autograf]

I have 6-8 of them in EXMT to NRMT. Those will do. But, as an earlier poster said, to each his own. I would ALWAYS rather have a Mantle rookie in 3-3.5 although those are getting pricier now. Congrats to the 'winner'

[skelly]

The whole "10" thing is a part of the hobby I just can't understand. ( I guess I understand it, I don't subscribe to it ) I get paying a couple thousand for say a Rose rookie as a seven as opposed to buying a $300 rose rookie vg. That I do understand. I just feel that once you get to an eight, I mean that's a great looking card. paying the price of a car just to have a label say 10 isn't for me, but that's what makes the hobby great ( not being sarcastic ) everyone has different ideas and buying patterns.