T206 Marquard Armpit 8 Variation

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

Yes, that price was a steal. Here's a link to a 2017 auction for one.

https://bid.loveofthegameauctions.co...e?itemid=14309

I have a PSA 4 Piedmont 460 in my collection. I paid $416 in June 2017 for mine. It was sold on ebay by PWCC but the print mark was not mentioned, so I got it cheap.

No offense intended Ron but I don't think that is even close to the current value of the variation. I think the two things that had an affect on the final price of that auction were PSA putting it on the flip and the talk of it being a cataloged variation (which I don't think it ever was or is).

Another example in the same grade sold for less than half the price a year later and I think the owners of either of the PSA 3's would be lucky to get half the price of the REA example today.

https://robertedwardauctions.com/auc...red-variation/

As someone who follows the variations/print flaws closely I can say in most cases there's very little if any premium paid for them if they're not cataloged.
A good example is the Willett "hockey stick" variation which in my opinion is one of the coolest print flaws and that gets very little value recognition at all.

The only un-cataloged t206 variation that I've seen with a premium recently is the Anderson.

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by Pat R

No offense intended Ron but I don't think that is even close to the current value of the variation. I think the two things that had an affect on the final price of that auction were PSA putting it on the flip and the talk of it being a cataloged variation (which I don't think it ever was or is).

Another example in the same grade sold for less than half the price a year later and I think the owners of either of the PSA 3's would be lucky to get half the price of the REA example today.

Hi Pat, I agree that the price in the 2017 auction got a boost from the PSA label and even the mention of Net54 in the listing. I don't follow the T206 prices like I used to the last few years. But I still believe that the card that was sold for the $510 was a great price, when you look at what a regular PSA 4 sells for and the difference in price to get the variation, I would have bought it if I saw it and gotten it relabeled and relisted it as the variation for twice my costs into the card. The only other thing is it's not the nicest looking 4. Kinda reminds me of the PSA 4 Zimmerman Tolstoi that I once had.

Here's my PSA 4 Marquard.