Printing More Money vs. High Card Prices

[dio]

And
PSA 3 52 topps mantle way off center for 90k

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by dio

And
PSA 3 52 topps mantle way off center for 90k

I believe those are asking prices? Have they sold for that anyway? Considering what some of this junk is selling for, that is still a bargain, IMHO.

A PSA 3 is a PSA 3 is a 3 is a 3. Still a nice collectible card with many fine attributes, even if "way off center". Eddie, as in Anal Eddie. You wouldn't want my off center 3 and I wouldn't sell it to you. Not even for 9-0.

[dio]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

I believe those are asking prices? Have they sold for that anyway? Considering what some of this junk is selling for, that is still a bargain, IMHO.

A PSA 3 is a PSA 3 is a 3 is a 3. Still a nice collectible card with many fine attributes, even if "way off center". Eddie, as in Anal Eddie. You wouldn't want my off center 3 and I wouldn't sell it to you. Not even for 9-0.

Agree, a 3 is a 3. I have no problem with off center cards, and i owned a few OC, i find great value for them.
that's the sold price, we'll see how heritage/goldin auction ends for these 52 mantle to get a reality of the current value

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by dio

Agree, a 3 is a 3. I have no problem with off center cards, and i owned a few OC, i find great value for them.
that's the sold price, we'll see how heritage/goldin auction ends for these 52 mantle to get a reality of the current value

LOL. You never know when the good old centering debate will re-enter the equation! I would agree. A lot of the current thinking on centering preferences is the result of collective bias.

[dio]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

LOL. You never know when the good old centering debate will re-enter the equation! I would agree. A lot of the current thinking on centering preferences is the result of collective bias.

A lot of times, ppl compare a centered card with off centered but with similar aspect surface/corner, of course it makes the centering card look way superior
If you compare a beat up center 2 vs a bold color decent corner 2, i'll take the off center one every time.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by dio

If you compare a beat up center 2 vs a bold color decent corner 2, i'll take the off center one every time.

Agree 1000%.

Not OCD about centering in any way, having always preferred clean surface, image, corners. Glad to be in this camp. It saves me $$.

More to topic... big time price for the last Uncle Jimmy Jimmie last night. It's a nice example for sure, but wonder if the fear of missing out on the Uncle Jimmy offerings had something to do with its premium.
https://www.wheatlandauctionservices...entoryid=19358

[oldjudge]

Leon-I don’t think it is that. I think what you are seeing is new well healed buyers entering markets where the supply of desirable goods is limited. If anything, it is probably analogous to Tulipmania, although Tulipmania was a bubble and I’m not sure that this is. If there was too much cash sloshing around in the economy I think you would be seeing widespread inflation and you are not.

[chalupacollects]

I dunno, with Wall Street getting involved this may turn out to be an industry wide pump and dump... great time for sellers, buyers not so much...