A 1952 Topps complete set. Starting "the" ultimate post war project

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

I haven’t bought 52’s in a while. Is the Tony B so expensive because that crazy guy bought so many of them? So did his strategy work?

He succeeded in the value of the card going way up, though naturally there's no way of really knowing how many he had (or if/when he's sold them).

What stands out to me is that he began doing this over 5 years ago (but in all that time, nothing has changed with the card's "toughness" or price trend). Usually when there's a pump and dump or really artificial move higher in an asset's value, the rise and fall happens in just a matter of months. People are impatient to make their quick buck and move on.

But since that hasn't happened yet with the Bartirome after all this time, I didn't want to take the chance of the card (or the perception of it) continuing to get more difficult to find in upcoming years, and it becoming that much more expensive.

[Republicaninmass]

He has continued buying, and has not sold any to my knowledge. Last count, believe he had 50.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

He has continued buying, and has not sold any to my knowledge. Last count, believe he had 50.

Assuming all those are his, he has 45 alone on the first page/first post I linked in the post above.

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

He has continued buying, and has not sold any to my knowledge. Last count, believe he had 50.

Is he still posting publicly about any of this? I figured he'd also been banned from other forums and who knows where else

[Republicaninmass]

I believe he is still lurking, but havent seen him post publically. His ID (s) has still been bidding on bartiromes.