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1982 Wrestling All Star Bruiser Brody PSA 10 on ebay over $800 now

wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
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I put in a few bids but this is out of my league, a Pop 1 and there are a few heavy hitters searching for high grade wrestling cards.

Will be a fun one to watch.
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Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable

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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭
    Wow.. The guy from wrestlingprints who had all of the extra cards that were never packaged in sets must be kicking himself after seeing the demand for high condition on this set. All of his cards were in the 7-10 range since the corners never got damaged from being wrapped in the cello wrapper the sets were placed in I really wish I bought more than 1 measly card from that site when I had the chance...
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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is a very cool card.

  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Brody has a good following....9 days left. wow
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is the only PSA 10 I do not own from the 82A.


    There are only two cards out of the thirty six I do not own in the top grade and this is obviously one of them.


    There is still time on this auction so we shall see what happens.


  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    this is awesome!!!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
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  • RynoandBoRynoandBo Posts: 393 ✭✭
    Dpeck,

    You are in a very familiar position.....I have a 114 card set on the registry that I am 3 cards away from a perfect 10. I almost wish that they do not come up on ebay as I will lose my mind on the bidding....no self control.

    Remember, you have 2 kidneys for a reason, get that Brody, and enjoy the r and r from the surgery.
    My Perfect 10 Ryne Sandberg PSA Basic Set

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do my best to find the sellers and try and buy them before they hit EBAY.


    This card is the perfect storm.


    I still have some upper cuts in me and this battle is not over.


  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭
    Change your handle to "esnipe10,000" and call it a day. Good luck with this.. I know the feeling when a card finally comes up for sale that you've been waiting for a while. Unfortunately for me the seller and I were way to far apart on the Mira cards I was looking for
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  • kingbeeswaxkingbeeswax Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭
    Wow! Great card. Wish I had all my PSA 9's now. I will be listing my PSA 8 on ebay this week!
    rarevintageshirts on ebay auctions link
  • kingbeeswaxkingbeeswax Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭
    My guess for final price: $980!!
    rarevintageshirts on ebay auctions link
  • gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
    I don't think $980 will be close.

    To "true" wrestling fans, Brody is one of the handful in the conversation of greatest of all time, with a tragic death ending his unique career before he could make the move to "cash in" with the major companies he had steadfastly avoided his entire career.

    An absolute legend.

    If any of you wrestling geeks would like to read his biography, I have it here. I will ship it to the first one to PM me their mailing address. A very good read.
    I am buying and trading for RC's of Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Bob Cousy!
    Don't waste your time and fees listing on ebay before getting in touch me by PM or at gregmo32@aol.com !
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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Austin Idol PSA 10



    WOW this sold for a huge price. I had a chance to buy this card directly from the seller for $1,300 and just could not justify spending that much on the card and quite frankly did not see anyone else doing so. I was wrong and the collector who has put together a tremendous 1983 set pulled the trigger.

  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    That is huge money for that card in my opinion. If he is willing to go that for the Idol PSA 10 when there is a Brody PSA 10 on ebay now... Hmm........
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are still seven cards that seperate us but he is definately bringing the heat.

    The Austin Idol card is a tremendous example. This card is super tough in a PSA 9 let alone a PSA 10 and it will most likely stay a pop 1.

    The good news is I have a number of cards that are very rare from the sets and it is nice to see big numbers like this.
  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    If you didn't buy the lot pre-ebay a while ago you would really be feeling the heat..... there is still 1983s to be graded but it will be expensive for him to pass you. Just getting one card in a PSA 10 that you do not have will make it that much tougher for the next guy.....
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    I recall bruiser brody as a kid !! he was great...
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  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Great analysis, Brokensoul has to hope that a few of DPeck's Pop 1s become 2s. DPeck gets the tie-breaker by posting his first, so not only does Brokensoul have to "match" him, but has to surpass DPeck. I have always felt that this was DPeck's most vulnerable set due to the availability of these cards still in sealed sets and the likelihood that there are many to grade yet. I do think that this lead is still very difficult and expensive to overcome, and if David just a time or two opens his wallet for one of the next Pop 1s, or let's just say that Idol PSA 10 becomes a Pop 2, Brokensoul just paid a lot of cash for that card when there are many possible to have graded yet. I am rambling but it is fun to watch and I am sure that DPeck has done his own calculations on this as well. Great for wrestling collectors all around and what makes the Set Registry fun.
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A few months ago when it really became apparent that he was seriously making a run at these sets I did buy four cards that I needed on the private market for prices I was not all that comfortable paying becuase I could see the math was quickly changing.

    The one card I bought from that lot that I was more comfortable with the price tag was the Captain Lou Albano PSA 10 and that ran me $500. That is a super tough card with only two PSA 9's and the one PSA 10.

    I own one of the PSA 9's and so does an EBAY buyer Billbrasky. He was the guy who early on was buying up higher grade material and he also has the other PSA 10 Superstar Graham which is a very tough card.



  • thehallmarkthehallmark Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭
    $820 hammer. Who won the duel?!
  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    I was second highest...... DPeck was right there too but it was another wrestling collector...........
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    Wow, y'all are serious image I'm happy to have my signed beaters. Good luck David, I hope you break the guy/gal that's trying to catch you. Or even better, I hope that the right ones don't pop so he/she can't beat you no matter how much money they have. You are THE MAN when it comes to this set and everyone knows it. Even if he/she finally gets you, you will still be the people's champion!

    Mike
    Buying US Presidential autographs
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Dave .. like Mike said, I'm rooting for you to stay #1. HOWEVER, unlike Mike, you will NOT be getting a "y'all" from this new York guy! FUGGHEDABOUDIT!
    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.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I tapped out at $800. That was enough for me.

  • thehallmarkthehallmark Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I tapped out at $800. That was enough for me. >>



    It's good you stick to a plan but man...with the limited supply I don't know if I could've shown that sort of restraint.

    I wonder what the other guy's ceiling was...
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are 10 PSA 9's and I own 6 of them and the winner owns the other 4. I know for fact Bruiser Brody is one of his all time favorites.

    I was afraid it was going to cost north of a $1,000 for sure and just decided to let this one go.

    In all reality I have only paid that kind of money for 2 of the cards in my collection and with as thin as this market is if this card becomes a Pop 2 down she goes.

    The 1982 A is the set that I have where I am the safest with 34 of the 36 cards in their top grade. I have 15 Pop 1's and 5 cards that are not Pop 1's but I own all of the cards in the top grade.

    Quite frankly I never envisioned it would ever cost this much to advance my sets from where they are at and sometimes you just have to say no.





  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I tapped out at $800. That was enough for me. >>



    Just say the words.

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just got this in the mail today. My first upgrade to my 1982 Wrestling All Stars Series A in over two years.

    The Bruiser Brody PSA 10.


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  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    What an awesome card, you have a stranglehold on 1982 A even though that article of yours has been out there for a while......great job!
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    I love the card! Congrats on the pick up!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Brody story

    This is a cool clip of Manny Fernandez discussing the death of Bruiser Brody.


    He got some revenge years later. This one is a little tough to watch.


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  • fergie23fergie23 Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭✭
    That is a work.

    Robb
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That is a work.

    Robb >>




    Interesting. It sure looked good.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Brody auto


    This looks like a legit auto to me.

    I looked up the date written in the lower right hand corner and he did indeed wrestle that night.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well that was fast. I was hoping to bid on this item but it has been removed.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I recently purchased the book Brody and one of the photos from inside is a program from 1976 with the photo used for his 1982 Wrestling All Stars card.

    A few minutes ago I did a search and found the picture on a Wrestling News from 1975.

    Brody

    I need to track one of these down.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bruiser Brody


    After reading the book that was released by his wife and close friend I was left wanting more and did some additional searching and came across this book.

    I just finished it today and it was a great read.

    It was really cool hearing stories from so many of his peers. While no one would ever suggest anyone should be stabbed to death, after reading both books it isn't all that shocking.

    Bruiser Brody didn't take crap from anyone and marched to his own beat.

    One of the things I found in the book was he wrestled D+=k The Bruiser on April 1st 1979. My mom was busy giving berth to my brother Bill and I that day.





  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It was one year ago today that I added the Brody 10 to my set. The only other card I added to 1982 A set in the past year was a stronger copy of the Mil Mascaras in a PSA 9.

    Hopefully the Harley Race shows up on EBAY. That is the only card from the set to have an upgrade in the grade assigned in the past 12 months from this set.



  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It was one year ago today that I added the Brody 10 to my set. The only other card I added to 1982 A set in the past year was a stronger copy of the Mil Mascaras in a PSA 9.

    Hopefully the Harley Race shows up on EBAY. That is the only card from the set to have an upgrade in the grade assigned in the past 12 months from this set. >>



    Need to find that Crusher!!!!!
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>It was one year ago today that I added the Brody 10 to my set. The only other card I added to 1982 A set in the past year was a stronger copy of the Mil Mascaras in a PSA 9.

    Hopefully the Harley Race shows up on EBAY. That is the only card from the set to have an upgrade in the grade assigned in the past 12 months from this set. >>



    Need to find that Crusher!!!!! >>




    That card remains quite the mystery.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I just got this in the mail today. My first upgrade to my 1982 Wrestling All Stars Series A in over two years.

    The Bruiser Brody PSA 10.


    image >>





    There is lots of variance in the cards from this set top to bottom but not side to side. Check out this beauty.


    Brody BGS 9.5
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BGS 9 signed Brody


    I sent a few offers yesterday to the seller and a message and he didn't want to budge much. After thinking it over I couldn't pass this card up. It was graded in 2013 and is a straight 9 with a 9 auto grade. This signature looks exactly like the one that is showcased in the Japanese wrestling magazine that features lots of examples of what the performers auto's should look like.

    I read both of the books on Frank Goodish and he was a very articulate man. This signature is from someone who fits that bill. There are a few other signed Brody's out there floating around in personal collections and I am extremely excited to add such a unique item to my collection.

    It states on PSA's site that they will authenticate a Brody auto and I am curious if anyone knows if they have.


    Edit to add: I sent the seller and email and asked what the back story was and the collection came from a long time employee of the Omni in Atlanta. Apparently it was torn down 15 years ago. Brody worked a lot of matches in major NWA based markets and Atlanta was a hot bed for wrestling in the time frame between when the cards were released and his death. I like hearing this response.




  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It has been quite awhile since a PSA 10 hit from the 1982 A. Someone sent in a batch of nice cards and the Brody is now a Pop 3.

  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    wow, great to know that there is another out there!
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Dpeck100
    It has been quite awhile since a PSA 10 hit from the 1982 A. Someone sent in a batch of nice cards and the Brody is now a Pop 3.




    This card is not mine or DPecks but it is really great to see a POP 3 of this Bruiser Brody reach over $1100 with time to go in the auction. I will be following closely to see where it ends but I am out of the running at this price point. I still think there is someone lurking in the weeds that will come with a registered snipe before all is said and done.
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I remember when I posted mine a few years ago the owner of the other copy was disappointed it sold privately as he would have been gunning for it. This card is going to be tough to win that is for sure.

    Brokensoul6900 in the registry had taken a hiatus but won a few cards in the last PWCC auction and when he wants a card it won't be going cheap. Brody is his favorite wrestler and this is a real beauty.



  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    He told me that he felt like he got a steal......he was the winner....
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
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