Record high for 1971 Topps hockey !!

ezyshooter

Ok am i missing something here?? I understand an OPC set going this high. Or higher for that matter.
I'm so confused
Goes to show you that people have more money then brains. I have seen the nicest 1971 Topp sets with cards that were centered better then this auction go for 350.00 max.
This one is at 899.99 and not even over yet !!
Can somebody make any sense to this for me ?

Steve1971 topps set

baseballfanatic

When DSL pulls out at 503.00, you know you have reached the maximum turnover level.....

phreakydancin

It almost looks like shill bidding, except that theseive placed an insurance bid a few minutes after going past psamoto.

gameusedhoop

The same buyer just picked up a 1971 PSA set, all 8s, one OC, for $2000. It kind of makes me wonder what my set at 8.80 GPA and Bob's set with a 9.20 GPA might be worth. I may just list my set on ebay.

Brian48

Wow. I actually have this set myself. Still raw and in roughly NM-MT condition. When my house got buglarized over a decade ago, the bulk of my expensive collection was stolen, but the thief left behind a complete Topps 68-69, 71-72, and 73-74 hockey set.

ezyshooter

Well DSL is up to 925.00 and this guy still has 2 bids higher. Don't know if he is trying to impress somebody (lol) or trying to send a message to other people interested in building this set. Well he has sent a message to me and i'm building the set as well. Unfortunely i am not allowed to the language on this board i would like to use. But in general i guess you can call him a fool. And fools always lose out. Especially with there money. Now every dealer out there with low pop 9's,10's and nice sets are going to be all over e-bay with there sets and of course getting people to bid the auctions up especially once they see this FOOL has bid on the item.
Well if you were ever going to get rid of your set gameused hoop, now is the time to do it !! Make sure you add a few thous to the buy it now !! You will get top money for it at least.
Steve

Boopotts

Unreal. It's a 8$ a card right now, the Dryden looks no better than an 8 (given the centering) and 70% of the rest of the stars are OC. This set frequently comes with a lot of oversized cards, so I guess DSL figured that if they pull out the Ingento they could could flip it for $1300 or so after grading fees, but even that seems like a stretch.

Mantlefan

I sold this set for $350 last month on EBAY. The quality was the same and I had the Orr, Dryden, Espo and 5 other cards graded PSA 8 included.

renrutmd

So what do you guys figure my #1 1971 opc psa set with all 8 and 9's no qualifiers has to be worth?? PSA 9 Dryden & PSA 9 Dionne as part of the set.

gameusedhoop

<< <i>I sold this set for $350 last month on EBAY. The quality was the same and I had the Orr, Dryden, Espo and 5 other cards graded PSA 8 included. >>



Frank, your set was even a better deal than that. It was only $295 with the shipping, I know, I bought it. Not only did it have Orr, Dryden, Mikita, and T. Esposito in PSA 8 already, it was overall very nice. So nice in fact I sent in 47 cards to PSA and received 34 8s and 2 9s. Some of the 8s were Plante, Cournoyer, Bobby Hull, Perreault, Sanderson, and the Checklist. Here is the submission:

1 31669727 1971 TOPPS 2 NHL ASSISTS LEADERS B.ORR/P.ESPOSITO/J.BUCYK 7
2 31669728 1971 TOPPS 5 NHL SHUTOUT LEADERS GIACOMIN/ESPOSITO/MANIAGO 7
3 31669729 1971 TOPPS 6 NHL GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE LEADERS 8
4 31669730 1971 TOPPS 7 FRED STANFIELD N/A 9OC
5 31669731 1971 TOPPS 10 JACQUES PLANTE N/A 8
6 31669732 1971 TOPPS 15 YVAN COURNOYER N/A 8
7 31669733 1971 TOPPS 17 GARY CROTEAU N/A 9
8 31669734 1971 TOPPS 23 EDDIE JOYAL N/A 8
9 31669735 1971 TOPPS 29 MARC TARDIFF N/A 8
10 31669736 1971 TOPPS 30 NORM ULLMAN N/A 7
11 31669737 1971 TOPPS 33 ANDRE LACROIX N/A 8
12 31669738 1971 TOPPS 36 ROGER CROZIER N/A 7
13 31669739 1971 TOPPS 38 FRANK ST.MARSEILLE N/A 7
14 31669740 1971 TOPPS 41 GREG POLIS N/A 8
15 31669741 1971 TOPPS 42 ORLAND KURTENBACH N/A 8
16 31669742 1971 TOPPS 43 JIM McKENNY N/A 8
17 31669743 1971 TOPPS 48 JIM JOHNSON N/A 8
18 31669744 1971 TOPPS 50 BOBBY HULL N/A 8
19 31669745 1971 TOPPS 53 ROD SEILING N/A 8
20 31669746 1971 TOPPS 54 GERRY CHEEVERS N/A 7
21 31669747 1971 TOPPS 56 RON SCHOCK N/A 8
22 31669748 1971 TOPPS 57 JIM DOREY N/A 7
23 31669749 1971 TOPPS 58 WAYNE MAKI N/A 8
24 31669750 1971 TOPPS 59 TERRY HARPER N/A 7
25 31669751 1971 TOPPS 60 GILBERT PERREAULT N/A 8
26 31669752 1971 TOPPS 61 ERNIE HICKE N/A 8
27 31669753 1971 TOPPS 62 WAYNE HILLMAN N/A 8
28 31669754 1971 TOPPS 63 DENIS DeJORDY N/A 8
29 31669755 1971 TOPPS 64 KEN SCHINKEL N/A 8
30 31669756 1971 TOPPS 65 DEREK SANDERSON N/A 8
31 31669757 1971 TOPPS 70 GORDIE HOWE N/A 7
32 31669758 1971 TOPPS 77 SYL APPS N/A 8
33 31669759 1971 TOPPS 78 TOM WEBSTER N/A 8
34 31669760 1971 TOPPS 81 ERNIE WAKELY N/A 8
35 31669761 1971 TOPPS 87 GARY DOAK N/A 8
36 31669762 1971 TOPPS 92 MIKE PELYK N/A 8
37 31669763 1971 TOPPS 94 BOB PULFORD N/A 8
38 31669764 1971 TOPPS 97 JEAN RATELLE N/A 7
39 31669765 1971 TOPPS 106 TONY FEATHERSTONE N/A 8
40 31669766 1971 TOPPS 108 RALPH BACKSTROM N/A 8
41 31669767 1971 TOPPS 111 CHECKLIST #1-132 N/A 8
42 31669768 1971 TOPPS 113 RON ELLIS N/A 8
43 31669769 1971 TOPPS 116 JIM ROBERTS N/A 8
44 31669770 1971 TOPPS 118 JEAN PRONOVOST N/A 8
45 31669771 1971 TOPPS 119 GARY BERGMAN N/A 8
46 31669772 1971 TOPPS 120 HENRI RICHARD N/A 9
47 31669773 1971 TOPPS 124 GARY SMITH N/A 8

Date Received: 05/26/2006
Date of Grades Posted: 06/02/2006
Date Shipped: 06/02/2006

I really don't see how this other set can even approach this one in overall quality, especially at 3+ times the price.
With prices like this being paid I am happy that my set is done, except for a few upgrades as I go. Having a GPA at 8.77 doesn't hurt either. Now to catch Bob at the 9.17 GPA, I'm not going there.

thesieve30

That is a quite an insulting comment. I guess you are entitled to your opinion.
Peace,
Mike