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SGC 96 1954 Gordie Howe

RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
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Is it me or did someone get a major steal on this?

Howe '54

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  • jimradjimrad Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭
    Yes if it would cross to a PSA 9 - it looks beautiful !!
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  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    I know this seller, he's a doctor and absolutely legit.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe they were thinking a PSA 8.75. If you take the SMR of the 8.5 and the 9 it comes to $5,825.


    Sweet looking card for sure both condition wise and design!


  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭
    I think that's a great deal.
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    always loved that card....I just posted my 52 parkhurst howe in a sgc 96 MINT 9 today....
    Rick Probstein
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  • cardbendercardbender Posts: 1,831 ✭✭
    To me, that '54 Topps Howe is the best looking hockey card ever made.
    That was a nice buy on that SGC example.
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    WOW! 3.5 years ago that card in the same grade (I don't know the POP report so I don't know if there is more than 1) sold for $13,200.00 in a Mastro Auction.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭


    << <i>WOW! 3.5 years ago that card in the same grade (I don't know the POP report so I don't know if there is more than 1) sold for $13,200.00 in a Mastro Auction >>



    Didn't EVERY card sell for more in Mastro Auctions!!!! LOL!
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>Didn't EVERY card sell for more in Mastro Auctions!!!! LOL! >>



    I figured I would put it out there and let someone else run with it.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • benderbroethbenderbroeth Posts: 1,699 ✭✭


    << <i>To me, that '54 Topps Howe is the best looking hockey card ever made.
    That was a nice buy on that SGC example. >>



    to me the 54 topps marcel pronovost is the best looking hockey card ever made..the howe is second...hell the whole set is awesome!!!
    my t-205's


    looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭
    I think the price is fair. Perhaps a little too high.
    I love the 1954 Topps set, but I've always felt that the price for Gordie Howe cards have been a little too high.
    Orr, Gretzky, and Lemieux are the top three, and everyone else is a distant second IMO.


    PPG
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    Different brand of hockey. League is different also.

    Howe is near the top as one of the greatest ever played.

    Who ever bought this card got a steal. I'm not an active collector any more, but at that price, I would jumped on it if I knew about it.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Bottom line, you can say how nice a card looks, how much it sold for in the past, yadda yadda, but IMHO the SGC slab HURT the price of that card. SGC cards DO NOT get the high prices PSA gets, period. I had a card that sells for $1,500 plus in a PSA slab. My card was a 1 of 1, SGC equivalent. Mine sold for $500. That should speak volumes.
  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭


    << <i>

    Howe is near the top as one of the greatest ever played.

    . >>




    Look at Gretzky and Lemieux's PPG compared to their contemporaries. It's not even close.

    Look at Howe's PPG compared to his contemporaries. He isn't ahead of Beliveau, Hull, or Mikita.

    Again, Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr were the greatest who ever played, and Gordie was a great player, but not in their league.


    And yes, most hockey collectors prefer PSA over SGC.
  • pato1516pato1516 Posts: 58


    << <i>

    Again, Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr were the greatest who ever played... >>



    I'm not a hockey fan, but looking at the chart you linked, I'm curious: why don't you include Bossy along with those three?
  • ndleondleo Posts: 4,150 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Bottom line, you can say how nice a card looks, how much it sold for in the past, yadda yadda, but IMHO the SGC slab HURT the price of that card. SGC cards DO NOT get the high prices PSA gets, period. I had a card that sells for $1,500 plus in a PSA slab. My card was a 1 of 1, SGC equivalent. Mine sold for $500. That should speak volumes. >>



    Bobby is right. I have seen too many trimmed cards in SGC holders, not the BGS cut from sheet, but trimmed. The seller could have paid the crossover fees and made at least $1000 more.
    Mike
  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,259 ✭✭✭✭
    The card has a 0% chance of crossing in that holder. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Card would have to be cracked out to have a chance. Card may have already made a few trips to Cali. Using the crossover service for high grade star cards is a losing proposition.
  • ndleondleo Posts: 4,150 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The card has a 0% chance of crossing in that holder. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Card would have to be cracked out to have a chance. Card may have already made a few trips to Cali. Using the crossover service for high grade star cards is a losing proposition. >>



    I agree. That is why it still resides in a SGC holder.
    Mike
  • pclpadspclpads Posts: 457 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The card has a 0% chance of crossing in that holder. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Card would have to be cracked out to have a chance. Card may have already made a few trips to Cali. Using the crossover service for high grade star cards is a losing proposition. >>



    I agree. That is why it still resides in a SGC holder. >>




    +2 It's in a SGC slab instead of a PSA slab for a reason.
  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭


    << <i>

    I'm not a hockey fan, but looking at the chart you linked, I'm curious: why don't you include Bossy along with those three? >>




    Gretzky and Lemieux's numbers overmatch Bossy's numbers (all three forwards).


    Bobby Orr was a defenceman, and the guy who is a distant second to him (Paul Coffey) had the luxury of playing with Gretzky, Messier, and Kurri.

    Defenceman don't have as many scoring opportunities as forwards.

    Gretzky, Lemieux, and Orr created scoring opportunities out of thin air. No one else in the history of the game could do what they did.
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    Come on. Gretzky and Lemieux played in the freewheeling '80s. Howe played in another era. Not everything can be based on stats alone.

    You guys may have a point about it being in an SGC slab vs PSA. A PSA 9 would bring at least $10,000.
  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭


    << <i>Come on. Gretzky and Lemieux played in the freewheeling '80s. Howe played in another era.. >>




    Howe played in another era, but his Points Per Game in that era are not better then Beliveau, Bobby Hull, or Stan Makita.

    Gretzky and Lemieux are way above the others in their era.


    And Bobby Orr's numbers are just sick for a defenceman.


    Gordie Howe was a Teemu Selanne or Steve Stamkos with elbows.
  • illinifan912illinifan912 Posts: 1,462 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Come on. Gretzky and Lemieux played in the freewheeling '80s. Howe played in another era.. >>




    Howe played in another era, but his Points Per Game in that era are not better then Beliveau, Bobby Hull, or Stan Makita.

    Gretzky and Lemieux are way above the others in their era.


    And Bobby Orr's numbers are just sick for a defenceman.


    Gordie Howe was a Teemu Selanne or Steve Stamkos with elbows. >>



    Have to remember that the 80's were the scoring era. Their will never be a player with those ppg again with the way of the game.
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