This might be an interesting card to gauge a PSA 8.5 price.

RedHeart54

A well known, well traded card.

Seaver rookie

Pinkcatfish

In another example - a 71 OJ Simpson 8.5 went for $600 +. Many 8s that have moved on ebay have been $300 or so.

storm888

I think we will need MANY months of sales - on MANY different cards - to reach any FIRM conclusions.

WinPitcher

I agree with Red and Storm.

The Seaver is starting at 750.00 what does an 8 normally go for?

DSL usually has the market pegged.


Also, Storm is correct in that we need more data b4 we make any
concrete opinions.


All in all that is exactly the type of card where the .5 would benefit the seller.


Steve

nightcrawler

This is kind of the perfect thread for me to vent... just a little, heh heh.

I saw this 8.5 card the other day, listed as a 1 of 1??? Even though there's like 27 PSA 9s and a 10. I know that's not a big deal, but we all know that a true 1 of 1 is the highest graded with no equals. At least that's what I thought. But whatever, here's the auction.
1962 Parkhurst #31 Gordie Howe PSA 8.5 (1 of 1)

Now for the good part. I think rockbottom may have been annoyed for the same reason as myself. The 8.5 was a 10 day auction, and along comes this 9 listed 3 days later with an ending time 3 minutes before the 8.5??? I seriously doubt that's by mistake. Thanks rockbottom, that'll teach em, ha ha.
1962 PARHURST #31 GORDIE HOWE PSA 9


Any Gordie Howe search will show these two cards perfectly together, with the 9 on top.

mmsportscards

One of my auctions i'll be eager to see.

72 PALMER 8.5

RedHeart54

Final bid $1136.18. In other words, the price a high end 8 used to get.

mbothner

I see that this is one of the .5's that have the 8.5 listed on the same line as the NM/MT+. Were these only done for the test dealers that PSA used or were some graded like this for everyone before PSA changed the flip?

WinPitcher

The Seaver sold for 1,027.00, a straight 8 books for 750.00 (not sure what they actually sold for in the past)
so IMO the .5 bump helped out some. Probably what a nicely centered hi end example would have closed for.

The benefit here for the buyer is that he has the grade to show for it. The seller benefits by getting more then
what a straight 8 books for.


Win/Win..............;-)


If I was to send in any cards for the bump thy would have to have a substantial spread in price
between grades. I would not send in commons just top move up in the registry.


Steve

mbothner

<< <i>If I was to send in any cards for the bump thy would have to have a substantial spread in price between grades. I would not send in commons just top move up in the registry. >>


I sent in 8 cards over $100 and got no bumps. Sent in 102 cards under $100 and got 27 bumps. Don't know if that means anything or not.

Mickey71

WinPitcher has said all that needs to be said. Realistically, the only cards that should be sent in are cards with a large price gap between grades. Alot of commons will not have a huge gap and a bump rate of about 15% will in the long run lose money. I want to present a little math on this, and this is just guessing but it's what I'm going by for my resubs. Let's say you have 1962 commons in PSA 8 that are $20 each-I know some are more and some are less. $20 each and an 8.5 is now going to average $50-which I doubt. You send in 100 at the bulk rate of $6 per card= $600. At a 20% bump rate you will get 20 bumps. 20 x 30 extra value from the .5= $600. This rate is exactly the amount you paid for the sub. Not to mention the shipping both ways is probably something like $70 total. Also, I'm not sure most folks are getting 20% bumps.
Thanks,
Mickey71