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1952 Topps Box going to end sometime...

mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
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It's currently at $209,000 with juice. Will see exactly where it ends up.



I'm very happy with the item I consigned to the auction - significant "extended" action - and it has realized (after consignment fee) over double what I paid for it a few years ago in the Sothebys/Halper/Amazon auction.

Best,
MS
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  • packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    it didn't go as high as expected. i got outbid somewhere after 2 am on the 54 5 pack lot. what a bummerimage
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Notice the disparity on the 1953 Topps pack prices?

    The 15-pack lot sold for approximately $5,000 a piece, coming in at slightly over $75,500.

    On the other hand, the single pack sold for over $12,200.

    I understand why Mastro did this on an operating cost perspective - but with such a huge disparity in pricing - you have to question if the consignor (and, possibly, Mastro) might have been better off breaking this lot up a little more than they did.....

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  • onegauchoonegaucho Posts: 650 ✭
    Kudos to the winner of the lot then... should make a decent amount reselling them separately! If I only had that kind of cheddar....
  • BasiloneBasilone Posts: 2,492 ✭✭

    The '52 single pack offering is just to tempt the underbidders on the 2nd day to get at least a "piece" of the action.
  • CDC4CDC4 Posts: 276
    If Mastro offered more single pack then maybe the competition for one pack would go down dramatically.

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  • thegemmintmanthegemmintman Posts: 3,101 ✭✭
    I don't know if this has been suggested already, but isn't it possible that the consignor of the box and the single pack are the same person?...and for a good reason: The consignor could have a couple of his friends bid up the single pack to some ridiculous level in order to get potential bidders of the box to perceive the value of the box as being worth much much more than it really is and thus bid the box up well above it's true value. The only thing the consignor loses here is paying the vig on the single pack, peanuts in comparison.

    The only thing that would debunk my theory is having the single pack sell after the box...or would it? Actually it wouldn't as long as the consignor has the single pack bid to extremes before the box auction ends.
  • TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
    A few Mastro observations:

    Someone got quite a deal with the 53 Topps and hockey pack lots. The difference between individual lots and group lots was substantial. $4,000 for a 57/58 Topps pack, yet not even $1,500 a piece for a group lot with similar grades. Other boxes got wildly overbid (a 76/77 Hockey box went for 2x full retail, 2x retail for 72/73 Topps basketball etc). Some people got carried away....

    We were all a bit optimistic a few months ago in predicting the '52 Topps box (a half million image )

    Now we just have to wait for most of this material to show up on Ebay.....
  • packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    well for whoever wanted another chance at a 53 topps pack , here you go. I am still depressed about theseimageebay auction
  • BuckwheatBuckwheat Posts: 644 ✭
    So is memorylane back in business?
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  • pcpc Posts: 743 ✭
    yes
    Money is your ticket to freedom.
  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    How many cards were in those packs?
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  • psa8myazpsa8myaz Posts: 25 ✭


    << <i>How many cards were in those packs? >>

    Quite frankly, not enough.
    If these are from the group of 15 and he gets his price per pack he stands to double up.
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  • ChewChew Posts: 71


    << <i>

    << <i>How many cards were in those packs? >>

    Quite frankly, not enough.
    If these are from the group of 15 and he gets his price per pack he stands to double up. >>



    Didn't the single pack in the Mastro Auction sell for around $10.000.00?

    I think his price is very reasonable.


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  • psa8myazpsa8myaz Posts: 25 ✭
    The group of 15 packs went for 66K plus the juice. A single pack did go for nearly 11K plus the juice. Did not say he was not reasonable only that he is going to do very well, if he was the winner of the lot of 15 and these are those packs. Just an observation.
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  • packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    the price is high in my mind , the staement that he will double his money is probably a little off. if he bought the 15 pack lot, there may be a few bites at this price but not 15. how many people are willing to plunk down 10k for 1 pack? I don't think there are 15 buyers at that price. the pack in mastro probably sold for more also because the bidders were figuring the 15 pack lot was not going tosurface and go to a private collector so the single pack was there only chance. i think there are a few buyers for this pack at around 5.5-6k which is still 500-1k per pack profit.
  • bobsbbcardsbobsbbcards Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭
    I agree with the $6K number. If grade was higher (maybe 7), then his price might be a bit easier to get. People that are used to looking at '52 Topps Packs in GAI 7-8 range for well less than the asking price here will have trouble plunking down $10K (IMHO).

    I would be a buyer in the $5.5-$6 grand range as I'm sure about 14 or more others would. I have never seen a graded '53 offered on eBay.
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  • ChewChew Posts: 71


    << <i>I agree with the $6K number. If grade was higher (maybe 7), then his price might be a bit easier to get. People that are used to looking at '52 Topps Packs in GAI 7-8 range for well less than the asking price here will have trouble plunking down $10K (IMHO).

    I would be a buyer in the $5.5-$6 grand range as I'm sure about 14 or more others would. I have never seen a graded '53 offered on eBay. >>



    I think these packs are a lot rarer than a 52 topps pack. I have also seen 52 topps packs sell for quite a bit more than $6000 in 7 and 8's


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