5:30AM Friday and the Mile High Auction is STILL in Extended Bidding with Bids Coming Quickly
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Never saw Brian keep it open this long. All those nice cards must have many doing all-nighters.
Good luck to anyone who is leading on any lots right now.
Good luck to anyone who is leading on any lots right now.
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<< <i>Never saw Brian keep it open this long. All those nice cards must have many doing all-nighters. >>
And packs too!!
It just ended.
Was contemplating an upgrade from 7-8, but I couldn't justify that price.
Dave
But did manage to snag one of the high-end Ryan cards that I needed to upgrade for a very reasonable price compared to last sale. Very pumped indeed!
Dave
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Clemente PSA 8 certainly wasn't. I remember when people were giving a board member a hard time for paying $6,600 and going above VCP.
<< <i>Is the final price on the Mantle PSA 8 a disappointment? Almost 100k below a recent sale.
Clemente PSA 8 certainly wasn't. I remember when people were giving a board member a hard time for paying $6,600 and going above VCP. >>
Yes surprised that 52 mantle psa 8 only sold for $313k.
I placed a bid on it that I thought was insanely high...still couldn't compete.
<< <i>The PSA9 Gretzky rookie sure went big. It's the nicest Gretz RC I've seen, but wow!
I placed a bid on it that I thought was insanely high...still couldn't compete. >>
PSA 9
Super nice card. Just under 24k.
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Super nice card. Just under 24k. >>
I suppose the clean-edge premium is about 100% on Gretzky rookies.
<< <i>So true. That 1971 Topps BB PSA 8 pack just took off like a rocket!
Was contemplating an upgrade from 7-8, but I couldn't justify that price. >>
I won the PSA 8 1971 baseball pack. When I saw the pack posted in a thread here from pictures at the national it gave me a little time to figure out my bidding strategy. I really wanted to upgrade my PSA 6 I had and just sold a bunch of things with Probstein. I decided to put my max bid on day 1. I wanted to capture the bidding increment I thought gave me the best chance to hold it for the duration. I hoped it would go for less than 2000 but glad the bid held up. It was one bidding increment from my max ($2405). I picked that because to beat me someone would have needed to pay 3000+ with bidding premium and I figured that wouldn't happen but if I was wrong and someone did bid that high I wouldn't have been kicking myself that I let it go. Who knows if I will get the money back if I ever sell it, but right now I don't really care about that. Just hope it gets here without any gum damage.
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Super nice card. Just under 24k. >>
I suppose the clean-edge premium is about 100% on Gretzky rookies. >>
I've been chatting with some buddies over last few months that high end, high grade iconic HOF hockey rookies seemed cheap relative to other sports, even factoring in the lower collector base of hockey.
Will be interesting to see if this carries over to other hockey icons in high grade like Orr, Lemieux OPC, etc
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<< <i>So true. That 1971 Topps BB PSA 8 pack just took off like a rocket!
Was contemplating an upgrade from 7-8, but I couldn't justify that price. >>
I won the PSA 8 1971 baseball pack. When I saw the pack posted in a thread here from pictures at the national it gave me a little time to figure out my bidding strategy. I really wanted to upgrade my PSA 6 I had and just sold a bunch of things with Probstein. I decided to put my max bid on day 1. I wanted to capture the bidding increment I thought gave me the best chance to hold it for the duration. I hoped it would go for less than 2000 but glad the bid held up. It was one bidding increment from my max ($2405). I picked that because to beat me someone would have needed to pay 3000+ with bidding premium and I figured that wouldn't happen but if I was wrong and someone did bid that high I wouldn't have been kicking myself that I let it go. Who knows if I will get the money back if I ever sell it, but right now I don't really care about that. Just hope it gets here without any gum damage. >>
Congrats on the Pack! I may have been the one that posted the picture of that pack at the National. I too was interested in the pack but after day one I was out. I saw the pack in person at the show and it is a beautiful looking pack. I think you will be pleased.
Jeremy
Last 2 52 mantle psa 8 sales were $380k and $400k by heritage and goldin auctions recently.
Perhaps the 52 mantle psa 8 has reached a ceiling and may expect lower prices in the future like the mile high auction one that just sold for $313k.
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Super nice card. Just under 24k. >>
I suppose the clean-edge premium is about 100% on Gretzky rookies. >>
My guess is the buyer will try to bump the card but the surface probably has some slight issues due to being stored as a sheet for years. Amazing return for the seller.
Put the pictures of those 3 cards side by side and it will be obvious as to why one sells for $313k. Most collectors with $400k in their hands, if given the opportunity to purchase any one of the 3 cards at the prices they sold for, would not be walking away with $87k in change.
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<< <i>Super nice card. Just under 24k. >>
I suppose the clean-edge premium is about 100% on Gretzky rookies. >>
My guess is the buyer will try to bump the card but the surface probably has some slight issues due to being stored as a sheet for years. Amazing return for the seller. >>
+1 Crack and resub comes back EOT 90+% of the time. The flare of the bottom right edge is highly concerning. Centering is nice, but not perfect. I think the holder it's in now is the best that could ever be hoped for.
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Super nice card. Just under 24k. >>
I suppose the clean-edge premium is about 100% on Gretzky rookies. >>
My guess is the buyer will try to bump the card but the surface probably has some slight issues due to being stored as a sheet for years. Amazing return for the seller. >>
I'm almost certain it's NOT sheet cut. I looked at it in person at the White Plains show and the right edge towards the bottom is ever so slightly imperfect. Rest of the edges were not razor sharp like the BGS sheet cuts I'm used to seeing. Plus, I've seen plenty of clean edged 1979 OPC (Gretzky and others...not always high grade) that do not have the rough cut and came from packs. It's a myth that ALL 1979s issued in packs MUST have rough edges. They're hard to find, but are certainly out there. Winning bidder probably shares my opinion that rough edges on OPC cards is a manufacturing defect and does not deserve a mint grade.
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Super nice card. Just under 24k. >>
I suppose the clean-edge premium is about 100% on Gretzky rookies. >>
My guess is the buyer will try to bump the card but the surface probably has some slight issues due to being stored as a sheet for years. Amazing return for the seller. >>
I'm almost certain it's NOT sheet cut. I looked at it in person at the White Plains show and the right edge towards the bottom is ever so slightly imperfect. Rest of the edges were not razor sharp like the BGS sheet cuts I'm used to seeing. Plus, I've seen plenty of clean edged 1979 OPC (Gretzky and others...not always high grade) that do not have the rough cut and came from packs. It's a myth that ALL 1979s issued in packs MUST have rough edges. They're hard to find, but are certainly out there. Winning bidder probably shares my opinion that rough edges on OPC cards is a manufacturing defect and does not deserve a mint grade. >>
Fair enough. I'm familiar with 79 gretz and other 80's OPC cards .Yes, they don't all have super rough cuts but I've opened enough OPC to know that the odds of pulling 50/50 centering plus clean edges is close to 0. It would be interesting to know the history of that card....it's in a new flip, is this a new submission or did they just upgrade the slab? And what's keeping it out of a ten slab? If it's surface that is very common on sheet cut cards, they usually have clean edges, sharp corners and surface issues.
Very nice card either way and in a PSA slab so it really doesn't matter the provenance.
<< <i>Really surprising 52 mantle psa 8 sold for $313k only. Last 2 52 mantle psa 8 sales were $380k and $400k by heritage and goldin auctions recently. Perhaps the 52 mantle psa 8 has reached a ceiling and may expect lower prices in the future like the mile high auction one that just sold for $313k.
Put the pictures of those 3 cards side by side and it will be obvious as to why one sells for $313k. Most collectors with $400k in their hands, if given the opportunity to purchase any one of the 3 cards at the prices they sold for, would not be walking away with $87k in change. >>
SMR on 52 topps mantle PSA 8 is $380k.
These days it's hard to buy high grade hall of famer cards for SMR or less. These high grade hall of famer cards have sold for way over SMR in many cases. The Mile High 52 topps mantle psa 8 sold for $67k less than SMR.
This is why the mile high mantle low sale price was surprising.
Edit: I'm fairly certain that was before which would close it at $372k.
<< <i>Was the $313k before or after the juice? If before, you might as well call it $370k.
Edit: I'm fairly certain that was before which would close it at $372k. >>
After the juice.
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After the juice. >>
Wow, looks like you're right. Buyer must be pretty pleased with that close.
<< <i>Really surprising 52 mantle psa 8 sold for $313k only. Last 2 52 mantle psa 8 sales were $380k and $400k by heritage and goldin auctions recently. Perhaps the 52 mantle psa 8 has reached a ceiling and may expect lower prices in the future like the mile high auction one that just sold for $313k. >>
It will be interesting to see what happens to these cards when the INVESTORS move on to the next thing. When a card goes from 75-100K to 350-400K in less than 3 years, it is not just collectors buying them and there are not that many collectors with this level of disposable income to maintain this type of rapid price appreciation.
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I notice PWCC has a beautiful PSA 9 Gretzky going right now. And it has the exact same flare on the lower right side that the Mile High card had. I'd say the fact that both have the exact same flare suggests this was a factory anomaly and therefore, neither are trimmed nor sheet cut.
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I'd say the fact that both have the exact same flare suggests this was a factory anomaly and therefore, neither are trimmed nor sheet cut.
I concur, it's more likely a factory issue based on this, but still wouldn't touch either one. That flare would drive me nuts.