52 topps Mantle?

WrigleyCub · June 16, 2012 3:41AM

What would be a good price for the PSA 5.5 52 topps Mantle that was just listed on eBay? Looks like a nice card but I know his BIN is too high.

Dboneesq · June 16, 2012 3:52AM

I'd say somewhere between $15K and $18K.

Foo3112 · June 16, 2012 3:52AM

Cant say for sure but it'll definitely run you over $20,000 seeing how the last 5 sold for that much. Id say the $28,000 the seller is asking for isn't too far off. My guess is he would probably let it go for $26,000.

Dboneesq · June 16, 2012 4:29AM

Foo ... where did you get those prices on the 5.5? I don't see any that sold for more than $16,800.00 in the past 2.5 years.

WrigleyCub · June 16, 2012 5:01AM

I think it may be Foo's card if he thinks it is worth that much. There was a psa 5 that just sold for 20k, but I think this 5.5 is worth around 22k at the most.

WinPitcher · June 16, 2012 10:26AM

Not all 5's are created equal. I could see a nicely centered 5.5 hit 25k.

Now if you are talking run of the mill 5 than, yeah, I could see it selling for 15-18k.

Just my 2 cents.

edited: to be clear, 'it' being a 5, not the 5.5

Foo3112 · June 16, 2012 10:46AM

I think it may be Foo's card if he thinks it is worth that much

lol - If it was my card, I wouldn't have a Jose Canseco 86 Donruss as my avatar. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks it'll sell for that much since someone has actually paid 20 grand for a 5. I still think the 5.5 will sell for $26,000 minimum.

WinPitcher · June 16, 2012 11:16AM

Wrigley, make an offer of 22k, maybe you'll get lucky.

I get a kick out of people that when they sell it's top dollar, when someone else
sells it's overpriced......

Not implying anyone here, just an in general observation.

judgebuck · June 16, 2012 11:47AM

Hunt Auctions has a sweet looking Mantle graded SGC 80 (6) in their catalog this month.

CDsNuts · June 16, 2012 11:53AM

Ignore Foo, you should be able to get a PSA 6 for under 20k. The last six PSA 6's in VCP all went for under 20k. A 5.5 would probably be in the 16-17k price range.

If you're looking into buying cards like this invest in VCP so you know what they've sold for in the past.

epatmythes · June 16, 2012 12:05PM

<< I think it's funny that people think a card is worth what they think just because they paid that amount.

Then they try to turnaround and sell it and can't or take a bath when they do.

They always use the "that's what I paid for it" as a starting point ... and get insulted if you quote them what the card actually normally goes for.

Yes not all cards are created equal, and that is definitely an important factor ... but I'm sure we've all witnessed the above situation ... and I think it's pretty funny

>>

So true... so true

Been subjected to this reality way too many times in the past few months... absolutely floors me how a dose of reality just sets some folks off!!!

neildown · June 16, 2012 1:36PM

<< I think it's funny that people think a card is worth what they think just because they paid that amount.

Then they try to turnaround and sell it and can't or take a bath when they do.

They always use the "that's what I paid for it" as a starting point ... and get insulted if you quote them what the card actually normally goes for.

Yes not all cards are created equal, and that is definitely an important factor ... but I'm sure we've all witnessed the above situation ... and I think it's pretty funny

>>

good thing your pricing strategy is sound. nice 79 topps alvin wood psa 10 on ebay for $249.

would you get insulted if somebody quoted what that card actually goes for? hint: it's less than half of your list price.

WalterSobchak · June 16, 2012 10:31PM

<< I think it's funny that people think a card is worth what they think just because they paid that amount.

Then they try to turnaround and sell it and can't or take a bath when they do.

They always use the "that's what I paid for it" as a starting point ... and get insulted if you quote them what the card actually normally goes for. >>

I find this kind of amusing as well.
When I am contemplating a card purchase, "what the seller paid for it when he bought it" has roughly the same amount of influence on my decision as "what the weather is like that day".

bishop · June 16, 2012 10:53PM

TNP777 · June 16, 2012 11:31PM

<< 

<< I think it's funny that people think a card is worth what they think just because they paid that amount.

Then they try to turnaround and sell it and can't or take a bath when they do.

They always use the "that's what I paid for it" as a starting point ... and get insulted if you quote them what the card actually normally goes for.

Yes not all cards are created equal, and that is definitely an important factor ... but I'm sure we've all witnessed the above situation ... and I think it's pretty funny

>>

good thing your pricing strategy is sound. nice 79 topps alvin wood psa 10 on ebay for $249.

would you get insulted if somebody quoted what that card actually goes for? hint: it's less than half of your list price. >>

heh

I've seen this business model in action once upon a time.

MattyC · June 17, 2012 3:16AM

It's kind of specious to discount "what the seller paid for it," and at the same time espouse VCP data-- since that seller's past purchase may often contribute to the VCP sale data one is using to determine their own offer or purchase price threshold.

In the end, like many other cards, the 52 Mantle #311 is subject to seemingly anomalous spikes in price due to the eye appeal of the given example for its grade. I once bought a 3 and paid a decent premium over all past 3 sales I could find, but then again this particular 3 and one other really stand out from all the others I had seen. In time I have actually repeatedly been offered even more for it than I paid by multiple buyers seeking a quality example. Just a case in point for how someone asking for a big premium on an eye appealing 311 is not totally crazy and may indeed wind up getting it. I'd go over VCP avg for the one in question on this thread, though thankfully am happy with a lower grade one. Just has to present well centering-wise to make me happy; I'm no stickler for sharp corners on this card, which takes it with good centering into the 15k+ zone. Hunting for the rare yet achievable centered lower-grade with a clean image takes a while, but you can get that for under 10K and it's a relative value in my opinion.

Also, though I am no seller, I would think sellers of a nice 52 Mantle know that sometimes they will get lucky and find someone with deep pockets who just wants one, and can pull the trigger on one that is priced way above the VCP average, even the VCP average of higher-end examples in the grade.

52 topps Mantle?

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