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93 finest refracter nolan ryan psa 9.how high will it go?

sloanjrsloanjr Posts: 20 ✭
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hi everyone,i'm new to the boards but i have been reading them for about a year or more.i have a nolan ryan,gaylord perry,1950 bowman football,and a 69 topps deckle edge sets on the registry.i have had great dealings with some of you and hope to have more later on.i was just wondering what everyone thought about the ryan card on ebay.i would post a link but on a scale of computer skills just put me at the bottom.thanks to all who reply and let me say it has been great reading the boards.thanks jason

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  • 70chip70chip Posts: 797
    Linky

    Collecting Interests:
    Ripken, Brooks & Frank Robinson, Old Orioles, Sweet Spot Autos, older Redskins - Riggins, Sonny, Baugh etc and anything that catches my eye. image

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  • kobykoby Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    maybe $2000


    although card is centered quite high for an unqualified PSA 9
  • CON40CON40 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭
    Koby is right on both counts... not the best 9 out there, but it'll still get to $2K... as a hardcore Ryan guy, I have to get this eventually, but it really is a bitter pill to swallow to spend so much on a 10-year-old card that, while scarce, is still just an overpriced (absurdly) gimmick card... I haven't decided yet if I am going to jump in on this one.
  • kobykoby Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    $2000 is indeed alot to pay for the refractor. There is just so much you can buy with that money.

    Nolan Ryan specialists, along with Yount, Brett, and Fisk collectors are actually lucky in that they only have to deal with one year of these gimmick ultra-premium insert cards. I beleive it was 1993 when TSC introduced First Day Issues, UDCC introduced gold signatures and Finest had these very expensive refractor cards. If you only collect cards from playing days, you don't have to deal with all the other refractors, gold, mirror, game-used and autograph cards that followed.
  • mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
    That's the whole reason we collect vintage cards! It's not a question of luck, but one of preference. To me, a 1/1 card is essentially worthless as it is simply value created by the card company, not the market. However, a 1968 Topps Gem Mint 10 Ryan is really a 1/1 (or at the most 2 or 3 that have yet to be graded) because of the actual difficulty of obtaining the card in such a hugh grade. It's a better feeling for me to hold something in my hands and wonder about the history of the card - "Did this come from some kid's collection? Has it been sitting in a shoebox for 30 years? Imagine what it looked like when it first came out of the pack!" Stuff like that is what the hobby is all about to me. To see a 2004 Nolan Ryan 1/1 that went straight from a $100 pack to a top loader then straight to ebay so that some wax pack lottery player can scrape up enough to buy 5 more super-premium packs is sickening to me.

    That being said, I wouldn't mind having the refractorimage.
  • jaybyrdjaybyrd Posts: 377 ✭


    << <i>That's the whole reason we collect vintage cards! It's not a question of luck, but one of preference. To me, a 1/1 card is essentially worthless as it is simply value created by the card company, not the market. However, a 1968 Topps Gem Mint 10 Ryan is really a 1/1 (or at the most 2 or 3 that have yet to be graded) because of the actual difficulty of obtaining the card in such a hugh grade. It's a better feeling for me to hold something in my hands and wonder about the history of the card - "Did this come from some kid's collection? Has it been sitting in a shoebox for 30 years? Imagine what it looked like when it first came out of the pack!" Stuff like that is what the hobby is all about to me. To see a 2004 Nolan Ryan 1/1 that went straight from a $100 pack to a top loader then straight to ebay so that some wax pack lottery player can scrape up enough to buy 5 more super-premium packs is sickening to me.

    That being said, I wouldn't mind having the refractorimage. >>



    Mudflap - That is probably the best explanation I have heard as to why vintage cards are superior. Oh brother - here we go again with the age old debate.image
    Collecting vintage material, currently working on 1962 topps football set.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, looking at what the refractor's at now ($910), I guess I'll be perfectly happy with my regular PSA 9 1993 Finest Ryanimage

    Steve
  • sjeanblancsjeanblanc Posts: 379 ✭
    I was wondering when one of these would hit eBay again. I've already sunk a ton into my collection of Ryans so what the heck is a little more. I don't think a 74 Deckle Edge PSA 9 is going to be showing up any time soon and the 68 Venezuelan PSA ? has been a no-show since it was added to the set and a 68 OPC is probably a managable purchase if a PSA 8 version surfaces. So when I look at expensive cards on my shopping list this is one of the more obtainable, despite my having a 9OC of it.

    So I guess what I saying is tally-ho. image

    Scott Jeanblanc
    jeanblanc@iconnect.net
    Ebay UserId : sjeanblanc
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    Collecting Nolan Ryan cards (68-94)
  • HAMMERFAN44HAMMERFAN44 Posts: 318
    Reality check??
    I NEED HANKS!!!
  • sjeanblancsjeanblanc Posts: 379 ✭
    What does reality have to do with anything? image

    People spend $1000's of dollars on Joe Schmo commons which when the Set Registry fad passes 5-10 years down the line will be nice commons that were overpaid for. I would rather have an overpaid for Nolan Ryan card than a Joe Schmo. Just my personal view.

    Scott Jeanblanc
    jeanblanc@iconnect.net
    Ebay UserId : sjeanblanc
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    Collecting Nolan Ryan cards (68-94)
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