Weird Pricing Observation 72 Topps High Number
Mintacular
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Sold a PSA MINT 9 Bob Veale High 729 for $10.50 (with ship albeit) dead centered clean sharp etc. Yet most high #'s in EX with noticeable corner wear possible o/c etc. like the Veale go for around $5. Considering the grader paid close to $10 for grading fees, unless you get a 10 you are going to lose $ (assume raw purchase of $5).
Can someone help me out with this math? I also sold some VERY nice raw '72 highs for like $5-6 ea on eBay auctions (probably 7 or 8 quality) yet soft 5s sell for just a buck or two less. What gives!
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Your sale was atypically low. The VCP average is $18 and the card has sold for $20-25 6 times in the last year and a half. Could be you just caught a bad night.
I find many $20-30 graded cards especially sell at buy it now for that and at auction sell for much less, sometimes less than $10. I guess when people are set filling or need a card they look at buy-it-nows and truly want it now...
That happens with this set sometimes - I've seen a number of cases in which 1972 PSA 8 high numbers have sold for equal to or more than their PSA 9 counterparts.
There are some real bargains on graded commons these days. Some cards actually sell for more raw than they do graded. I guess it goes to show that there are still a lot more collectors building raw sets than graded ones. Once the population gets to a certain point, the graded market is saturated and buyers see little value in the graded version.