A PSA special submission gone bad?

onegaucho

Auction for 87 Topps cards

Poor guy. 596 cards at $5 = $2980.

Auction is currently at $1200

I can't decide who's crazier... the seller for submitting that many 87 Topps or the current high bidder for wanting them... I can find 1200 better ways to spend that kind of money!

(Now if it were for 596 'unique' cards from the set, that might be something worth getting...)


>> Edited to add link.

NewbietoPSA

what auction is this?

onegaucho

My bad. I'll stick the link back into the original post.

packCollector

I just checked some certs and he has a lot of 7's too. he does have a lot of 9's too but I would think those would barely get grading fees back and he has many multiples on each

RobE

Who is mike420bowling

WinPitcher

Bowling looks like he is the seller's shill.................he has won 3 auctions ....yup u guessed it all with this seller...............lol



<I can't decide who's crazier... the seller for submitting that many 87 Topps or the current high bidder for wanting them... I can find 1200 better ways to spend that kind of money!>


see above

goodriddance189

<< <i>Who is mike420bowling >>



someone who likes pot and bowling?

maybe The Big Lebowski

RobE

<< <i>Bowling looks like he is the seller's shill.................he has won 3 auctions ....yup u guessed it all with this seller >>




Just an observation.

It could be possible he's just a loyal customer.

ctsoxfan

Funny you bring this up...I noticed he had a few 1987 Topps PSA 10's up last week or so. A Clemens went for around $200, a few other stars went for $50 or so each. I remember laughing at the notion of someone actually grading the cards I couldn't give away fast enough in 5000 ct monster boxes - 1987 Topps! I bet he won't do that anymore.

RobE

$200 for the Rocket?

I have more of these cards that I'm willing to admit to fresh out of cellos.Virtually impossible not to warrant a 10 or two.Maybe they are massed produced but they certainly appear to have some border chiping problems that make me think of 55 bowmans and 62 Topps.

ctsoxfan

Rob, I was shocked. I don't know how to search auctions that have ended, but it was at or near $200 close to the end. I have about 547736523 1987 Topps Clemens myself (okay, maybe not quite, but a lot!) and was thinking the same thing you are. But, I am not taking the chance on getting back 9's (or 8's - garbage time!).

Wabittwax

I opened some 87 Topps vending boxes a while back, I think about 5 or 6. Surprising, I could not find any star cards worth submitting. Maybe a couple were 9's but nothing looked like a 10. These are tougher than many people think.

Jmnesq

Maybe someone can help me... why in the world submit this garbage? Is there a market for 8s or 9s? Why even buy a 10? I just don't understand the value of a PSA 10 1987 Topps Mike Schmidt. Great. It's a PSA 10 Schmidt... which is worth a quarter OUTSIDE of the slab... I'm supposed to pay close to $100 for it in a slab?

{shake head}

jackstraw

clemens

bonds?

here's the one? yikes

heres a list of recent auctions that have ended

Wabittwax

Here's one that I just won tonight:

PSA 10

It's for my McGwire master set though.

Really though, what's $23? I've pissed away a lot more than that in a couple hours at a hold 'em table and I come home with nothing to show for it.

onegaucho

Wow. What a difference a few years make. I bought that same McGwire (it was less than a pop of 10 back then) in 2002 for $100 and turned around and sold it for $200+ a few months later. Amazing...

ctsoxfan

Thanks, jackstraw. That was the one I saw. How funny is it that the same card sold for only $58.00 a few days earlier?




<< <i>Maybe someone can help me... why in the world submit this garbage? Is there a market for 8s or 9s? Why even buy a 10? I just don't understand the value of a PSA 10 1987 Topps Mike Schmidt. Great. It's a PSA 10 Schmidt... which is worth a quarter OUTSIDE of the slab... I'm supposed to pay close to $100 for it in a slab? >>



I think a quarter outside a slab is pretty generous...

Fabfrank

Instead of criticizing, guys should be submitting all their "gem mint" cards and realizing these prices on their quarter cards.
Remember, one mans garbage is another mans treasure.

CON40

The 1987 Topps set is not a bad set -- overproduced yes -- but still Topps and still attractive. I'd pay $20 for a HOFer in PSA 10 from this set. This auction for 600 PSA 8s is just a junk sale. And who knows why someone would pay $180 for a PSA 10 Clemens? But don't trash the entire 1987 effort and PSA 10s from the set. I look at it this way: You can get nice high grade cards of rookies and HOFers for short money. With the vintage look, they will always be somewhat desirable down the road. My 2¢!

jaxxr

Interesting post.

Perhaps there was/is an even lower grading cost for certain modern ultra-large submissions.

Not all of us are nuts enough to collect this set. However as Wabbittrax says prior, they are a bit tougher than most think. Quantity does not always equal quality. The 87 set does offer different borders, some good rookies, plenty of HOFers, some neat specials, and so on. The cost of raw is quite affordable and a hobby is not supposed to be only for investment.

Even the lowly 1988 Topps set has a few variations which make it somewhat interesting, but maybe about one-fourth as collectible as even the 1987 set.

As for 8s or lower, in almost any set from around 1982 and later, they are going to be practically worthless for years to come. A well-centered 9, or better, of almost any card or set does warrant some desire. It's truly a matter of taste but I think I might prefer a 1987 Mike Schmidt psa 10 rather than a 1951 Bowman psa 4 of Joe Tipton, Red Munger, Neil Berry or the like.

packCollector

wow , did i fast forward 50 years and should I be retired instead of working there is more talk on these boards about 86, 87, and 88 topps than anything else. I must have fell and hit my head and been out of it for a while nice cards but I haven't seen this much excitement since the 88 donruss gregg jefferies rookie