72 Frank Baker 9 - Ebay

EOMINT

Crazy price but this card is friggin impossible so I couldnt resist...

EO

LloydsBaseballCards

WOW

jackstraw

no Stahl for you !

EOMINT

Yeah FB picked up the Stahl, very nice card, somehow I missed the listing...but I did snag the Holtzman.

EO

NeilDowney

Hey EO, Do you now have a PSA 8 version for sale? Let me know at nbdowney@msn.com

mcastaldi

Eric> Considering what the PSA8 Bakers have gone for, the hammer on the 9 wasn't out of line. It's one of the toughest cards in the set in PSA8, so 9s will be even tougher. Considering what I know I'd pay for a PSA8 Schaal IA, I shudder to think what it will take to get the first PSA9 of that card. The Holtzman is also a very tough 8 and an extremely tough 9. If you picked those two up, you had a good day.

Mike

EOMINT

Hi Neil,

No, dont have that card in an 8.

Eric

FB

EO,

Nicely played. I wasn't sure if you were going to throw down the hammer that hard or not. You got a winner.

And I have to tell you... I was figuring and hoping that you had missed the Stahl listing. Its not quite as hard as the Baker, but PSUINNYC put down a stiffer bid than I was expecting for someone so new to the set.

So now you and Erik Jarvi have the only Baker 9's - this one was a 1 of 1 before DSL's got graded.
And you and I have the only Holtzman 9's - same deal - now 1 of 2.

EOMINT

PSU may be new to the set but he's probably had a faster ramp than anyone esp w the buyout of Montero's cards...he is clearly serious about making a run, and I wouldnt be surprised to see his set in the top 5 by next October's awards.

Eric

FB

Agreed that PSU has started out very seriously by picking up Andy Montero's set and hasn't shown any signs of slowing down by adding 10%+ already on his own since then.

I'm not sure about him reaching that top 5 position by next October. Assuming you're still ahead of him and you've made the top 5 - he'll have to top Neil Downey's 8.01 set rating which means that he'll have to be 91+% complete in PSA 9. Thats a lot of harder to find 9's to add in 12 months. I won't say that he can't do it - but it will take a little bit of luck and more money than I'd want to spend to get there....

calleocho

by next year Chris might make a serious play on the top spot.

with his kind of coin if he were to focus on just one set there would be no stopping him

mcastaldi

As I'm sure Frank and Eric will attest, the more 9s you accumulate in a given set the harder the remaining ones are to find. Also, if a card has a PSA9 pop of only 2 then someone is getting left out.

Mike

EOMINT

I am hoping these high prices will attract more dealers to submit 72s so we can get some more 9s listed on Ebay...it's been somewhat sparse lately.

EO

mcastaldi

Eric> It seems DSL still seems to be submitting a decent number of 72s and seems to have good success getting 9s. However, my impression is that he's only submitting stuff he feels to be 9-quality. The 8s I've gotten from him the last couple months have been very nice. I'm hesitant to use the term "9s in 8 holders", but they have been very nice. But otherwise, the supply isn't nearly as consistent as it was say 12-18 months ago. Getting more people interested in building the set (at any grade) can only be good for all of us.

Mike

EOMINT

And now the Norm Cash as well...SWEET!

EO

pc

if you guys just took turns you'ld save a fortune.
these $400 commons will be $50 in a year or two.
you'll never be whole on the set and if you sell
the set in the near future you will have wasted
more than just money.

jackstraw

i doubt money is an objective in the 72 world. eric i would love to see some pictures in your 72 set.
to clarify things did you guys say that andy montero sold his set to psuinnyc?

FB

jackstraw,

Yes - a deal was struck. So, Andy has taken a pretty dramatic drop in the rankings but is working his way back up through his own submissions and low cost pickups on eBay. He's at #24 right now, but I'm sure that we'll see him back in the top 20 before the end of the year.