1951 Bowman Mantle SGC 96
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This seems odd to me and I wanted to get some feedback from other board members. Right now this card (offered by BMW) is bidding 75K on ebay with time left in the auction...meanwhile a month or so ago Superior put up a PSA 9 of the same card and it didnt even crack 50K...what the heck is going on here, something just doesnt seem right here. Thoughts?
Eric
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sgc 88
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Since only one has graded SGC 96,
and SGC 96 = PSA 10, and only one PSA 10 exists,
one could make the argument that this is one of the top 2 examples of the card in existance.
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
MS, do you remember a Mantle 9 selling for 100k?
Wolfbear,
Sgc 96 = Psa 9. At least according to the grading scales.
The card is nice. The bottom line is only a handful of people can spend this kind of money.
Regardless of whether Psa or Sgc graded it a mint card. The current bidder is the "John
Branca" of the Sgc world (or I guess as close one can get). He has some nice Sgc graded cards.
aconte
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aconte - you mean Beckett's grading scale ?
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
I bet your palms would get sweaty doing that one!!
EO
Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
Are you positive about the Psa 9 Mantle price? 50k sounds too low.
Anyhow, nine different bidders bid over 50k on this card. I don't think Koby or waittil was
one of them...
aconte
1) Only two bidders in over $57,200
2) The card is a strong MINT card, but it would not be confused for a GEM MINT card. A tiny bit of a tilt, two or three minute print dots. Centering less than perfect. Left corners look sharper than two right corners. Tad bit of a rough cut.
3) Mantle probably has one of the highest variabilities of prices realized. At certain price levels, only few players are in the game.
A truly MINT card -- and an interesting auction for sure.
<< <i>Anyhow, nine different bidders bid over 50k on this card. I don't think Koby or waittil was
one of them...
aconte >>
That's low, Aconte....making fun of me for my financial state. You are right in that I cannot afford a $75K card at this time, but how many of us can?
huh?
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e·phem·er·a
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n.
A plural of ephemeron.
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e·phem·er·on
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n. pl. e·phem·er·a (-r-) or e·phem·er·ons
1.A short-lived thing.
2.ephemera Printed matter of passing interest.
[Greek ephmeron, mayfly, from neuter of ephmeros, daily, short-lived. See ephemeral.]
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ephemera
Ephemeron E*phem"e*ron, n.; pl. Ephemera. [NL. See Ephemera.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the ephemeral
flies.
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ephemera
E*phem"e*ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a day fly, fr. ? daily, lasting but a day; ? over + ? day.] 1. (Med.) A
fever of one day's continuance only.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under
Ephemeral.
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ephemera
May May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. ?), daughter of Atlas
and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
--Chaucer.
2. The early part or springtime of life.
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson.
4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spir[ae]a (S. hypericifolia) with many clusters of small white
flowers along the slender branches.
May apple (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant (Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself
(popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the
forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
May beetle, May bug (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in
the winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied genera. Called also June beetle.
May Day, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May
queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
May dew, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed.
May flower (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.
May fly (Zo["o]l.), any species of Ephemera, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of
many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
May game, any May-day sport.
May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
May lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).
May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary.
May queen, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day.
May thorn, the hawthorn.
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ephemera
n : something transitory; lasting a day
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ephemera
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"Plumes that MICKED the may. --Tennyson."
51 Bowman Mantle SBC 98 (with a gurantee of minimum crossover to PSA 8) sold for around $29,000 in Mastro if my memory serves me correctly
51 Bowman Mantle PSA 9 sold for $66,000 in Mastro.
51 Bowman Mantle PSA 9 failed to hit reserve on eBay when offered by Chris from Superior. High bid was $49,000. It later was sold in a private sale (no details available).
<<51 Bowman Mantle SBC 98 (with a gurantee of minimum crossover to PSA 8) sold for around $29,000 in Mastro if my memory serves me correctly
51 Bowman Mantle PSA 9 sold for $66,000 in Mastro. >>
If recollection serves me correctly, the two above cards were one and the same. An enterprising person crossed the SBC 98 to PSA 9. It seemed pretty evident from the scans at the time that that is exactly what happened...
MS
My comment was about your support for Sgc product.
MS,
Two bidders over 57k. But there could of been others interested to go higher until the bidding
reached 75k.
aconte
Forget the holder and let's agree the card was graded accurately, and god bless the guy who has the discretionary income to drop that kind of coin$$ on a card.
1954
You're probably right on "this thread" David. I just couldn't believe this gem of a card was being picked apart. Add the fact that some people felt it should be crossed over, others felt the buyer overpaid compared to PSA prices, or that the original post thought
month or so ago Superior put up a PSA 9 of the same card and it didnt even crack 50K...what the heck is going on here, something just doesnt seem right here.
I read this as as an inference that PSA prices are always higher than SGC. What happened here?
I think the history of the seller on this board put a bias against this card. I just looked at the card (regardless of holder or seller) and saw a true rarity.
EO
Who was the under bidder on this card? Does anyone have a clue on him?
I know the winner has spent a few bucks in the past.
please fill me in on what sportscards this guy should have spent his 75,000 bucs on?
are you guys that loyal to psa?gimme me a break it's a nice card its from a legit grading company its just not psa, so nobody can believe it.
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In my opinion your comparison is not accurate.
aconte