the crazy price thread...

[Rookiemonster]

It just sold for 2800 . Yeah I totally missed the b/s/t mays wow.

[irv]

Never seen a price jump like this before!

It was $8,800 with 5 seconds or so left and jumped to over $15,000 at the end
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-E...vip=true&rt=nc

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by irv

Never seen a price jump like this before!

It was $8,800 with 5 seconds or so left and jumped to over $15,000 at the end
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-E...vip=true&rt=nc

That was a damn nice Mathews. A genuinely tough card in that grade especially with that centering as opposed to Rose Koufax etc.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That was a damn nice Mathews. A genuinely tough card in that grade especially with that centering as opposed to Rose Koufax etc.

I agree, it was damn nice, but at $8,800, I believe that was the most expensive one I have seen to date, and I thought it'd stay around that or slightly higher until the end.

What really surprised/shocked me, (and of course it's not uncommon but the norm to see price jumps at the very end) is the fact it went from $8,800 to over $15,000 in 5 seconds!

I was expecting a few hundred, maybe another $1000 or so, but to see it almost double was a shock for me.

[pokerplyr80]

Maybe not crazy, but a 51 Mantle PSA 4 just went over 11k and a 6 for over 24k. Neither well centered. An altered SGC 52 went for 21k. That was a nice looking card though.

[irv]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Maybe not crazy, but a 51 Mantle PSA 4 just went over 11k and a 6 for over 24k. Neither well centered. An altered SGC 52 went for 21k. That was a nice looking card though.

It was, and a big price jump at the end as well!

[jmb]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Maybe not crazy, but a 51 Mantle PSA 4 just went over 11k and a 6 for over 24k. Neither well centered. An altered SGC 52 went for 21k. That was a nice looking card though.

I thought I was crazy paying $7700 for the 4.5 less than 2 months ago. Guess that was a good decision. The back of the 4 wasn't very nice either. I was more surprised the 52 in 2.5 being well centered went for under $17k.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by jmb

I thought I was crazy paying $7700 for the 4.5 less than 2 months ago. Guess that was a good decision. The back of the 4 wasn't very nice either. I was more surprised the 52 in 2.5 being well centered went for under $17k.

Yea you did fine if it's the dead centered one I think I remember. That 52 was off top to bottom and had some surface issues so I wasn't too surprised by the price. Still a great card but I wouldn't have gone much more were I looking.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Yea you did fine if it's the dead centered one I think I remember. That 52 was off top to bottom and had some surface issues so I wasn't too surprised by the price. Still a great card but I wouldn't have gone much more were I looking.

17k around is what the 2.5s go for i have seen for the past few months..

[Peter_Spaeth]

55 Koufax not even centered 6 for 4000+
LOL
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-S...p2047675.l2557

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

55 Koufax not even centered 6 for 4000+
LOL
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-S...p2047675.l2557

That one really was crazy considering two other 6s were available for BINs of 2200 (now sold) and 3k (still up). A 7 in the same auction with similar centering sold for 4,900. I think that buyer got a much better deal, obviously.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by jmb

I thought I was crazy paying $7700 for the 4.5 less than 2 months ago. Guess that was a good decision. The back of the 4 wasn't very nice either. I was more surprised the 52 in 2.5 being well centered went for under $17k.

The 52 Mantle was a very nice card for the price but the eye appeal is all the difference ... It is o/c a little bit top to bottom....and I think that kept the price on this one down.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-M...oAAOSwQupXUH7d

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Leon

The 52 Mantle was a very nice card for the price but the eye appeal is all the difference ... It is o/c a little bit top to bottom....and I think that kept the price on this one down.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-M...oAAOSwQupXUH7d

it was still a pretty nice card for a 2.5..it looked better than many 3s....

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

it was still a pretty nice card for a 2.5..it looked better than many 3s....

I agree 100%. Heck it's better looking than some cards in higher than 3 holders I have seen. As has been the case, the best looking cards for their grade will command prices of cards technically graded higher. If that 2.5 would have looked like this I would have bought it in a heartbeat.

[jmb]

Hi Leon,

Our Mantle's are quite similar.