1955 Koufax Rookie PSA-8.5...
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Anyone else floored by the closing price in the PWCC...$65,100! Isn't that price higher than the last PSA-9 Koufax Rookie...which sold...by ~$20,000?
At one time...I was looking to buy that card in an 8.5. Now...not only is an 8.5 over my head but also an 8 is out of my league. I recently settled for a nice PSA-7.
At one time...I was looking to buy that card in an 8.5. Now...not only is an 8.5 over my head but also an 8 is out of my league. I recently settled for a nice PSA-7.
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WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
Watch this PSA 10 Bird-Magic rookie go for truck load also....
My god the t/b centering + tilt on that thing?
SMH
still pains me thinking back when I was holding a perfect 10 in my hands at the Baltimore national a few years ago. perfectly centered all around, even perfectly centered perforations. Dealer wanted 10K for it which was out of my league at the time. but it was a monster card that would go for insane money in the right auction one.
Dan- your bird/Johnson 9 is better than that 10!!!
Jeff
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Koufax rookies were due to take off in my opinion. I'm not at all surprised- I know I've discussed it with some guys.
Dan- your bird/Johnson 9 is better than that 10!!!
Jeff
I agree Jeff. It seems like there have been cycles for certain iconic cards to take off. First it was Clemente RC's, then Aaron RC's, then the 51B Mantle, now Koufax. I think the next one to look out for might be the Ernie Banks RC which is relatively low in comparison to some of the others mentioned.
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Koufax rookies were due to take off in my opinion. I'm not at all surprised- I know I've discussed it with some guys.
Dan- your bird/Johnson 9 is better than that 10!!!
Jeff
I agree Jeff. It seems like there have been cycles for certain iconic cards to take off. First it was Clemente RC's, then Aaron RC's, then the 51B Mantle, now Koufax. I think the next one to look out for might be the Ernie Banks RC which is relatively low in comparison to some of the others mentioned.
Agree with Banks; Kaline is another but how about the 34 Goudey Greenberg RC?? In my opinion this is an EXTREMELY undervalued card of a HOFer in psa 8; there are only 26 8's, three 9's and one 10; back in 2007 when I bought mine there were only 23 8's so it was a very low pop card in an 8 nine years ago and still is today; only three more examples in an 8 today than there were almost 10 years ago. Compare the pops in 8, 9 and 10 to the koufax, clemente and aaron rookies: this card in an 8--when it does sell--should sell for alot more than it does based on what those comparable cards with significantly higher pops sell for; I guess since there's not hundreds of 8's floating around like there are for the other three cards is one reason why one doesn't sell in an auction or on ebay every week like the koufax and clemente; it seems like every major auction has a clemente 8 and koufax seems to be heading in that direction of late. And maybe another reason its undervalued is because it's prewar and goudey and not necessarily a mainstream set like 54 or 55 topps, who knows.
Here are the pops in 8, 9 and 10 for koufax, clemente and aaron RC's:
55 koufax 225, 23, 3
55 clemente 121, 11, 1
54 aaron 182, 22, 2
As I said, compare those pops to the greenberg at 26, 3 and 1; I wonder what the pops of the koufax, clemente and aaron RC'S in an 8 were in 2007 and how many more examples have been graded 8 since then.
ETA: Also just realized that the print runs of the topps cards in the 50's were probably significantly higher than they were for goudey cards in the 30's which also could explain the lopsided #'s.
Here is a question for the board. Does the meteoric price rise in the rookie card of a player eventually lift all boats...meaning do all the cards of an iconic player realize a corresponding significant rise in price...percentage wise that is? If so...I might be able to move up my retirement. ; ) Actually...I am into collecting for the right reason...as a hobby.
Also, I don't think the rise in rookie card prices means a huge jump in the following year cards for that player. Clemente cards from 56-73 didn't seem to get a huge lift from that 1955 rookie. Aaron cards after 1954 didn't see a huge jump either....
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