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Question for you 1972 freaks

acowaacowa Posts: 945 ✭✭
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Is this price "normal" for a 1972 Common with a pop 8?

1972 Haller IA link

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  • carkimcarkim Posts: 1,166 ✭✭
    David (fread) & Larry (nailman) are on a mission. I can only stand back and watch.

    Carlos
  • acowaacowa Posts: 945 ✭✭
    I thought the 1967 guys were crazy....but there have been several auctions for 1972's that left me stunned. When a pop 8 or 9 is going for that much coin...you gotta love being a seller.

    Regards,


    Alan
  • FBFB Posts: 1,684 ✭✭
    And you have to love already being at 100%!!!

    I know that Erik Jarvi has been watching some of these prices on cards that he still needs to finish (18 to go) and he's not amused.

    Yes - the Haller IA is a tough card - probably one of the 10 - 15 toughest in the set. But, if I still had 20-30% more to go - I'd bid my $40 - lose and then look for the next one. Shows you the difference between having one serious bidder and two.
    Frank Bakka
    Sets - 1970, 1971 and 1972
    Always looking for 1972 O-PEE-CHEE Baseball in PSA 9 or 10!

    lynnfrank@earthlink.net
    outerbankyank on eBay!
  • mcastaldimcastaldi Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭
    I'll offer a different perspective. . .

    When I chose to break up my 72 set and list a bunch of cards on eBay, I started with the low-pop stuff first. These auctions ran in late May - so only about 7 weeks ago. At the time of the auctions, every single one of them were PSA8s with pops of 6 or less.
    Here are some examples of how these went. . .
    A pop-3 card received only ONE bid and sold for $15 (as of 7/22 this has a pop of 5)
    A pop-5 card got 4 bids and sold for $16.50 (this card still has a pop of 5 as of 7/22)
    A pop-5 hi# had 7 bids and closed at $22.50 (now has only 6 PSA8s)
    A pop-4 went for $20.50 (now pop is 8)

    While the Haller IA is indeed one of the tougher cards in the set, it currently has a pop of 8.

    This simply illustrates how incredibly fickle the market can be. Sometimes you put stuff up that by rights should garner a premium, but instead fares no better than ordinary commons. Other times you'll put up something like a 73 Murcer that goes for $200. . .or Dale Wedge had a 72 Bonham PSA8 go for for $125.

    Population does play a role, but I think other factors (including luck) are at least as important.

    Mike
    So full of action, my name should be a verb.
  • FBFB Posts: 1,684 ✭✭
    HEY!!!

    Who are you calling freaks!?!?!?!
    Frank Bakka
    Sets - 1970, 1971 and 1972
    Always looking for 1972 O-PEE-CHEE Baseball in PSA 9 or 10!

    lynnfrank@earthlink.net
    outerbankyank on eBay!
  • docdoc Posts: 37
    A bargain at twice the price!!!

    Steve P. (seller of the above mentioned auction)image
  • mcastaldimcastaldi Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭
    Hey Steve. Before you get too giddy, the Haller IA that went before yours was still within earshot of where yours closed.

    Other Haller IA PSA8

    I'd simply pass off the $13 difference to your being a nice guy image

    Mike
    So full of action, my name should be a verb.
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