Sold for over $77K?!

lahmejoon

I just noticed this on ebay. I'm not familiar with basketball cards around this time. What makes this a huge dollar card, other than the 1 of 1?

Sold for $77K+

shagrotn77

That can't be right. Please tell me that's not right.

CNote

I hate being the underbidder!

prthd

someone with more money than brains

bbuckner22

I would have no problem at all sending 77K to Taiwan.

Stone193

I'm not sure about this?

I would make me nervous to send that kind of money overseas.

I wonder if the buyer is screwing with him and has no intention of paying?

RAWcardDAWG

I have it on good authority that Don Spence was the winning bidder. He recently decided he wanted to begin a basketball card collection.

recbball

Hard to find anyone who bid on this card that did not have alot of bid retractions and a high % of activity with the seller.

Probstein123

I can't believe it sold for less than 100K !

Bosox1976

I think L'il Penny must have bought it for Tyra.

prthd

Check out his other completed auctions. Some crazy prices for some older inserts. Grant Hill Ultra insert for almost 200.00 - INSANE!

byronscott4ever

Shilling is almost definite but without it, this still would have been a very popular card as Hardaway has some very dedicated collectors

Yankees001

That much for a modern card?!?!?!

I would never pay that much for anything modern. Some people are sick.

Dave

MooseDog

This is a completely bogus auction listing and bidding.

VitoCo1972

It's crazy but 90's basketball inserts always sell for insane prices.

ThoseBackPages

Great Sale!

i would fly it over personally if i owned it.

Stooge

<< <i>This is a completely bogus auction listing and bidding. >>

I was wondering something here. Did it ever occur to any of us that this might be a "set-up" auction? To let collectors know (That don't know any better) that these type of cards can generate several 10's of thousands of dollars(Falsely), to make this auction and others generate these kind of bids. To generate a HYPE so to speak to dupe some collectors to bid crazy ass prices on other 1:1 cards and the such.

$78,000 would be a nervous bid on a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 8. I would rather have that instead.

Paul.

ClockworkAngel

So this card is the only one in existence? Does anyone know how it was obtained? Random insert in a pack? In a Wonka Bar?

Anfernee Hardaway? Really? I have never heard he has dedicated collectors. But they must certainly be dedicated and loaded (money and the other kind of loaded) to buy this card. Hardaway was a stud for a few years and then just fell off. Marginal career.

This price is insane. I'd love to hear from the bidders. And I can only assume the winning bidder was none other than Anfernee Hardaway.

Really strange...

fiveniner

Get rid of all chase card gimmicks and get back to basic card hobby.Cards of this type vintage are not worth the cardboard they are printed on.

fiveniner

<< <i>That much for a modern card?!?!?!

I would never pay that much for anything modern. Some people are sick.

Dave >>

TJMAC

This really stretches the meaning of collect what you like. This buyer must just have insane money to throw around!

Dpeck100

I would be willing to bet money the card never gets paid for.

There have been tons of other examples where these insert cards get bid to the moon and the transaction is never completed.

The Stephan Strasburg Super Refractor had a bid of $1,000,000 for a few minutes on EBAY.

This is either lots of bidders just having fun or as stated earlier and attempt to increase the prices for similar cards.

itzagoner

the online equivalent of playing with Monopoly money on Twister night.

TNP777

While the hammer price is almost certainly bogus, don't discount the huge popularity and scarcity of 90s inserts and parallels. Granted, any 1/1 is scarce, but early Flair and Ultra Masterpieces are impossible to find and almost always go for insane prices. Butler has three different Masterpieces in the '97 Flair set. I've seen two of them show up since they were released. I was the underbidder on both of them, with both going for more than $250. Both cards when to a Taiwan collector.

mcadams

<< <i>Get rid of all chase card gimmicks and get back to basic card hobby.Cards of this type vintage are not worth the cardboard they are printed on. >>



Getting rid of chase cards would completely destroy the market for modern, which is what teens and 20-somethings collect. You'd effectively be putting the nail in the coffin for an entire generation of collectors.

perkdog

<< <i>So this card is the only one in existence? Does anyone know how it was obtained? Random insert in a pack? In a Wonka Bar?

Anfernee Hardaway? Really? I have never heard he has dedicated collectors. But they must certainly be dedicated and loaded (money and the other kind of loaded) to buy this card. Hardaway was a stud for a few years and then just fell off. Marginal career.

This price is insane. I'd love to hear from the bidders. And I can only assume the winning bidder was none other than Anfernee Hardaway.

Really strange... >>



The Wonka Bar part had me laughing!

fiveniner

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<< <i>Get rid of all chase card gimmicks and get back to basic card hobby.Cards of this type vintage are not worth the cardboard they are printed on. >>



Getting rid of chase cards would completely destroy the market for modern, which is what teens and 20-somethings collect. You'd effectively be putting the nail in the coffin for an entire generation of collectors. >>



I might be too old school however it seems that the prices you pay for a pak or a box in order to get that chase card has taken the young folks away from the hobby however you do make a logical point though.