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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Several years ago, I was trying to amass money for a Lipset auction (in which i won a gorgeous radbourne--not the portrait), and the local card shop said, bring As and Giants (natch, I live in Berkeley). So I brought some, including a Goudey, and I threw in my best '71 Topps, which happened to be Bobby Bonds. Dave put his loupe on (this for a $3 card? I'm thinking), spends 5 minutes looking all around the edge, and then hands me my 3 dollars.

I spent a lot of time laughing about it, until someone told me that unchipped, mint '71s bring an ENORMOUS premium, especially when graded. I probably sold him a $50 card...