1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth in Heritage

[tiger8mush]

Perhaps lower estimates will entice more bidders to participate, giving them a false hope of having a chance of winning.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

Perhaps lower estimates will entice more bidders to participate, giving them a false hope of having a chance of winning.

At the 7M+ level, does that strategy really work? No one with that money has false hopes, I don't think. It's all about who has the deepest pockets and wants it the most.

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Leon

At the 7M+ level, does that strategy really work? No one with that money has false hopes, I don't think. It's all about who has the deepest pockets and wants it the most.

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Agreed. Cards like that will be the new toys for the fraction of the 1% with more disposable income than I would see in 10 lifetimes.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Leon

At the 7M+ level, does that strategy really work? No one with that money has false hopes, I don't think. It's all about who has the deepest pockets and wants it the most.

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At higher prices it's not about attracting buyers, it's about attracting consignors.
Being able to say they typically get X% over estimate is a selling point.

Not that that fools anyone who actually looks at those estimates compared to sales.

[ullmandds]

Wow...corey!!!!! Thx for sharing!!!

[Yoda]

PSA has already announced that SGC will become a "boutique" grader. I wonder if this might mean they are the grader of choice for all card submissions dated 1970 and prior. That way they can focus on the real business, grading Pokemon cards.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Yoda

PSA has already announced that SGC will become a "boutique" grader. I wonder if this might mean they are the grader of choice for all card submissions dated 1970 and prior. That way they can focus on the real business, grading Pokemon cards.

I hope "boutique" doesn't mean higher grading fees, but I suspect that it will.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

I hope "boutique" doesn't mean higher grading fees, but I suspect that it will.

PSA would like to discourage all of us from using SGC so they can shut it down. Key people have left the company or migrated to PSA. They are no longer doing shows. They are taking in a fraction of the cards but the turnaround times are just as long as when they were inundated.

Bet Nat has the company down to 10 part time employees. If raising fees does not convince us to stop using them then they will make sure they start grading even tougher.