Now, why do this?

purelyPSA

Here's an interesting auction. What I'd like to know is, why blow it all out? The only reason I can come up with is that he needed the cash pretty quick. Based on his descriptions of what cards - and conditions - are included in the lot, he could have probably made another $1000-1500 by breaking up the lot and selling it in groups of 1-200.

I've dealt with this dealer for '71 raw before, and he's only probably 1/2 a grade off, which is really rare, especially for 71s; also, he pays attention to centering, so you don't get a whole bunch of "NM/MT" cards centered 90/10...which says to me, this buyer got a fantastic deal. Lots of gradeable stuff in there. I was hoping in vain that it wouldn't sell and I'd be able to pick up a couple hundred cards, but oh well. If the buyer is a board member, best of luck on the lot. It'll be interesting to hear how many 9s, if any, this sale nets.

purelyPSA

Also, if the person who bought the lot is a board member and more of a collector than a dealer, I'd be interested in buying some nice dupes you might wind up with. Drop me a line at purelypsa@aol.com and maybe we can work something out. Too bad it wasn't Bauerfan that won.

Virtualizard

Your link doesn't work. I searched ebay for the item # as well, but that doesn't come up either.

JEB.

brumbach

This is probably it:

1971 Topps Baseball VENDING Lot - 2,875 cards

Vargha

It seems that he has culled the lot pretty well if he knows what he seems to know. Is the market for PSA 7 1971 Topps stronger than the grading fees? If not, then the lot sold for about what it should have sold for.

Mantlefan

I'm not a 71 guy, but these cards look like PSA 5's or 6's based on the centering and border chipping.

gemint

I bought a "NM-MT" 1968 set from him a few years back with mixed results. The Ryan, Mantle and Bench were already graded PSA 8 with the Mantle being a weak 8. The rest of the stars in the set ended up grading mostly 7 or worse (some I didn't bother to submit due to poor condition). The Superstars card was returned as miscut and therefore didn't grade. The only real highlight was a Mazeroski which came back a 9. Overall, I came out even at best. If I bid on another of his raw cards/sets, I will deduct a full grade from his advertised opinion.

Vargha

Deducting at least a full grade on any eBay raw cards is a good rule of thumb.

Wabittwax

Whwn I sell raw on EBay, I put the exact desription based on PSA standards. Needless to say that the buyers are extremely happy when they receive the cards and I get some great feedbacks for it. My closing price usually takes a beating though because I'm not overgrading my cards. I just don't have the heart to do that to people though. A few extra bucks isn't worth making another person feel like crap. Life's too short for games like that.

purelyPSA

Gemint - wow. I bought a dozen raw 71s that were on Ebay about a year back from this seller. The seven cards I submitted received 8s. The other 5, I felt, could go either way for a 7 or an 8, so I didn't submit them. The commons were fairly low pops and I got a Yaz for half of what a graded 8 would have cost me, so I figured I came out very well, even with the 5 cards I didn't submit.

norty

Wabittwax:

What is your E-Bay user name? I'm always looking for raw cards. If I know you grade correctly, that will certainly encourage me to participate in your auctions.

Wabittwax

My names that I use on EBay are wabittwax and fivestarcollectibles