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1974 Rusty Staub PSA 9
PaulMaul
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Is there a reason this card went from $30 pre-COVID to $300? Last couple of sales around $175, but multiple sales of $200-300+ before that. Not especially low pop. ??
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PaulMaul
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I don’t know the answer to that but based on that card it looks like it was free helmet give away day for kids at Shea.
Rusty was a very underrated player. Played for a really long time and was pretty productive.
Lots of common cards from the 70s in higher grade commanding larger premiums now especially with no one submitting them anymore at current rates.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
True. 70s 9 are or will be like 80s 10s. No one(me) is sending any commons or semi-stars for grading at these prices.
One factor is there was no 9 sale (at least that VCP captured) between late 2018 and early 2021. That built up demand and reset the price. That happened with a lot of commons around that time. Once the price reset, people reset what they were willing to bid for the card.
You never sneak a precious few in with another value order just to see if maybe... fingers and toes crossed... that maybe you can get a 10? How do you resist? What is your secret? I've wasted too much $$ grading 77s. I can't help it and I just sent in a bunch along with my 68s in the March special.
There's only 1 PSA10. It will not likely become available and if it did, it would go for crazy money.
So that means a PSA9 is essentially the highest attainable grade for the collector.
Ha. I LOVE subbing the 77s too, and it is definitely a fool's errand. Those things are tough to get a high grade on. So much chipping and badly centered backs. Football is even worse than baseball.
A point that is important to note. Some don't figure it out until they lose enough auctions and they actually look at the pop report.