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2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady Horror Story

Would someone please tell me how much a 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady football card was valued at in 2004? I cannot remember how much I purchased it for back then, but I do remember purchasing it on eBay for half of its value. I no longer own it. Beckett and PSA both determined that it was trimmed when they examined it at a sports collectors convention in 2015. A dealer offered me $300 for it at the convention, so I sold it. The dealer knew that it was trimmed when he offered to purchase it. I obviously regret the sale now. Thanks in advance.

"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."

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  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 8,855 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I sold a Brady 2000 Contenders PSA 9 around that time on ebay for around $350-375 if that helps? I remember that they were selling for around $400 at the time and my intent was to replace it with a BGS 9 because I had been collecting his better RCs in BGS slabs. I never replaced it and I don't even want to know what they're selling for now lol.

  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭

    That helps. I am trying to remember if I purchased it for $50 or $100. It was valued at either $100 or $200 at the time. I did not have a lot of disposable income back then, so I always imagined that I paid $50 for it. I recently saw how much one in that condition sold for this year. That is the reason for my curiosity. Don’t worry, Erik. I won’t tell you how much it sold for. Thanks for the reply. I am hopeful that someone has an old Beckett magazine laying around from back then.

    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 8,855 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I paid around $275 for it just days before NE won their 2nd SB and IIRC it was listed in Beckett for around $300 at the time. I have some old football Becketts buried somewhere,I'll see if I can find one from around that time. I kept the ones with Brady on the cover and I'm pretty sure that they usually put him on the cover after winning a SB back then.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,348 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 14, 2023 3:30PM

    Dont feel.bad, my buddy remembers seeing some of those in bargain bins at shows before Brady got his first Ring.

  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    edited September 14, 2023 4:03PM

    Thanks, Erik and Perk Dog. Erik, based on what you are saying, I probably paid $100 for it. I purchased it after the Patriots won their second Super Bowl. The seller was selling two at the time. Mine was listed as a Buy It Now. The other was listed for bidding at half of the Buy It Now price. I definitely did not pay $200. It is likely that I did not want to get into a bidding war, and I decided to just buy the card outright for $100. Please let me know if you find a 2004 Beckett magazine buried somewhere. Thanks again.

    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,108 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am wondering if BGS and PSA said it was trimmed or minimum size? the 2000 contenders is notorious for coming directly out of packs smaller than standard. it was a common defect directly from the factory.

    additionally, PSA authentic graded contenders of brady sell very consistently for 11-12k. that would be the grade for either a factory short or trimmed version. even altered they hold very high value.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭

    BGS determined that it was trimmed. They even indicated the specific location on top of the card. I was as doubtful as you, Craig. I asked PSA to take a look at it. They determined that it was definitely short, and would never receive a grade as a result. I was so upset, I just wanted to get rid of it. It was valued at $3000 at the time, so I figured an offer of ten percent of the value was fair. I still feel sick over it.

    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 8,855 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MikeyP said:
    Thanks, Erik and Perk Dog. Erik, based on what you are saying, I probably paid $100 for it. I purchased it after the Patriots won their second Super Bowl. The seller was selling two at the time. Mine was listed as a Buy It Now. The other was listed for bidding at half of the Buy It Now price. I definitely did not pay $200. It is likely that I did not want to get into a bidding war, and I decided to just buy the card outright for $100. Please let me know if you find a 2004 Beckett magazine buried somewhere. Thanks again.

    I might have been off a year on when I purchased it at that price, it might have been a few days before their 3rd SB win not 2nd. I won two auctions in the same night,a thursday, one was the Contenders PSA 9 and the other was Brady's SP Authentic BGS 9 for $250 and they both arrived the day after NE won the SB.

    I didn't have any luck finding the old football Becketts. I did find an old binder with a ton of Jordan Magazines & Becketts in sleeves but god only knows what happened with my Brady binder. Sorry.

  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    edited September 15, 2023 11:07AM

    Thanks for searching for it, Erik. I was just thinking that the seller may not have been selling two cards at the time. It may have been the same card, with an opening bid of $50 and a Buy It Now for $100. That is more likely.

    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
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