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12-03-2023, 11:10 PM
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12-03-2023, 11:20 PM
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12-03-2023, 11:23 PM
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I don't think it's a sign of a crash - the estimate of over $10m never made sense to me. Prices are down from 21/22 and the seller paid $6m supposedly to buy it back in 2021. $7.2m isn't bad. Not sure why it would have sold for 2x a price when cards were peak covid heights...
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12-03-2023, 11:25 PM
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I thought that not selling the other BN lots was an odd choice (high reserves not met). It seems unlikely that they'll get more in an auction without the star attraction to carry them along. The reserve does help to explain why they were sold in a lot, I think. The seller was not prepared to sell the non-Ruths for what they saw as "low" final bids.
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While $7.2mm is much less than all the hype, it is a very solid price and a solid profit compared to what it was acquired for not too long ago. Also, I believe this exact card was recently available for sale on (the artist formally known as) Collectible for $8mm, and it never sold. If correct, I am not surprised that it sold for south of $8mm.
I wish it had gone for a zillion, billion million dollars. But $7.2mm is a very solid result in the real world. Last edited by Rhotchkiss; 12-04-2023 at 12:25 AM. Reason: Cant do multiplication at 1am!
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Does anyone think the cards will show up as individual lots in a future REA (or other auction)? And will average less than the $9K per card that they ended up at? I am leaning in this direction at the moment.
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It's not possible to grade cards with the type of scans that PSA uses. No matter how high-def the images are. You need to have a machine that takes numerous images from every different angle with light reflected at different angles as well, and then convolve those images to create a topographic map like TAG Grading does in order to even begin to grade cards. And it's just too big of a hill to climb when it comes to vintage cards because of the surfaces.
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So do you think graders just have no clue how to grade vintage? Lots of stories, from reliable sources, about long time dealers getting absolutely screwed on subs and getting on average 2-3 grades lower than they expected even allowing for some tighter grading.
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