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Is older psa case a turn off to buyers?

julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
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the seller is legit, the cert # is legit, the price is $200 below SMR.... what gives?

1969 Nolan Ryan PSA 9

Is the older psa case a turn off or something?

Julen
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Not sure what you mean.

    The starting bid is 900.00 dollars. I assume that is the least he wants for it.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    Yes, but the smr is $1100 and this is a psa 9 Nolan Ryan we're talking about. I believe if it were in a newer psa holder it would be going for well above $900.

    Julen
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I think had this guy started the bidding at 9.99 he would have gotten lotsa action and would in all probability get his 900.00-1100.00


    I used to think that certs starting in zero were trouble, but some of my best cards have the xero cert.

    so who knows?


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    I dont think its the holder. Sometimes when people start an auction off high, it turns off a lot of bidders. It looks like this one just slipped through the cracks. Nice card.....
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    And it sold for 900.00


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Definitely older flip there with the zeros with the slashes, 1st Gen? What is up with his own little security sticker on the holder, that is a distraction. Wonder if that can be taken of without leaving a bunch of glue on the holder?


    Stingray
  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    I don't think it's a "security sticker" but a label the seller put on the case, like a watermark, so no one steals his scan. I agree it shouldn't be on the case itself, though.
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  • TreetopTreetop Posts: 1,474 ✭
    That PSA 9 of Ryan looks fairly nice, but I've held in my hand some PSA 10's from the 65 set in those old holders, that would be a low 8 or high 7 today. I wouldn't buy a high dollar card that began with a "0" unless I held it in my hand. I know others that feel this way also.
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  • 1mouzon1mouzon Posts: 66
    It was a sticker on the card...it comes right off.

    if I knew how to post pictures, I'd post a Reggie Jackson 1970 Topps I just picked up from the same seller in an offline transaction for $400 below SMR
  • 1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭
    If it starts with a "0" it is likely not worth bidding on as it was graded when the standards were much much lower, most if resubmitted would be 2 full grades lower today. I think it's funny when some of the big time guys think they have the greatest sets ever only to see them in person and their 9's look like my freshly graded 7's. That's the truth of the matter.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,608 ✭✭✭✭
    Personally I like some of the older graded PSA cards. I trust them more. Let's face it, as time goes on, more and more trimmed or otherwise altered cards are bound to slip into PSA holders as card doctors get more savvy at their 'craft'.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    most if resubmitted would be 2 full grades lower today


    No way................

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it looks like a great card.

    And, I can't believe how much cheaper this card is - back in the 90s, this card would probably go for like 2 grand or more? I remember PSA 8s selling for 800$.

    I don't know about old vs. new flips, easier, harder, stricter, lenient? I still think the old word applies...the card not the holder thing IMO.

    mike
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