I know it's a 1/1, but why does a 1984 Donruss card sell for $3,500.00 ?

edmundfitzgerald · January 25, 2014 3:35AM

Mucho dinero

itzagoner · January 25, 2014 3:39AM

gotta be the unusual cut and appearance. ya just can't find 'em like that these days.

PMKAY · January 25, 2014 3:51AM

One person's $3500 = another person's $50

itzagoner · January 25, 2014 3:59AM

biting my tongue. ow.

WalterSobchak · January 25, 2014 4:01AM

To each their own.

mlbfan2 · January 25, 2014 4:07AM

99 cents for one in the same condition, but worse centering.

miconelegacy · January 25, 2014 4:24AM

I'd rather have a lot of other things than that for 3,500. Crazy!

bobbyw8469 · January 25, 2014 4:34AM

LMFAO!!!! I had one of those in the boxes I gave to Goodwill!! Oh well!

edmundfitzgerald · January 25, 2014 5:20AM

Wow. From .99 cents to a PSA 9 o/c to $3,500.00 for a straight PSA 9 just is amazing !

Dpeck100 · January 25, 2014 5:44AM

Am I seeing things or is the left side of the card missing?

Dnice · January 25, 2014 5:51AM

I agree with Dpeck. That card at first seems like its tilted in the holder but upon closer inspection, its not. Is it possible that the card was trimmed on BOTH sides to make it look even? 84 Donruss is known to have thin stock cards and they also vary in size but this is just beyond that.

Dpeck100 · January 25, 2014 5:53AM

The Pedro Guerrero looks funky too.

itzagoner · January 25, 2014 6:00AM

all the walls in my house look like they're caving in.

cards look fine.

Stingray · January 25, 2014 6:02AM

That is a lot of gap??

Plus $20 shipping, what a bargain!!

PSASAP · January 25, 2014 6:11AM

With another $1,500 you could buy a house in Detroit!

addicted2ebay · January 25, 2014 6:19AM

<< With another $1,500 you could buy a house in Detroit! >>

No $3,500 is plenty!
Detroit

hammered · January 25, 2014 6:46AM

<< Wow. From .99 cents to a PSA 9 o/c to $3,500.00 for a straight PSA 9 just is amazing ! >>

No, the 3500 one is a 10

These steele diamond kings are from factory sets and extremely difficult to find centered. There's a lot of competition at the top of the 84D master set registry

hammered · January 25, 2014 6:47AM

<< LMFAO!!!! I had one of those in the boxes I gave to Goodwill!! Oh well! >>

No, your was probably way off-center, like 99.9% of these are

hammered · January 25, 2014 6:52AM

<< Am I seeing things or is the left side of the card missing? >>

No, cards from factory sets (as are all the steele cards), are cut a little smaller than those from wax. This magnifies the centering problems even more, as the edge of the image is closer to the edge of the card.

I've been chasing these steele diamond kings for a long time. I haven't landed a big 10 yet. I just got a 9 on a Parrish, which is about as close as I've come

Edit to add: I agree this card isn't a great 10, with the tilt, but might be as close as we will see to a 10 on this card

Dpeck100 · January 25, 2014 6:53AM

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<< Wow. From .99 cents to a PSA 9 o/c to $3,500.00 for a straight PSA 9 just is amazing ! >>

No, the 3500 one is a 10

These steele diamond kings are from factory sets and extremely difficult to find centered. There's a lot of competition at the top of the 84D master set registry >>

84 Master

WOW you are not kidding. It looks like the Hill collection took this baby home. This was the missing puzzle piece to complete the set in all 10's.

vintageinvestments · January 25, 2014 6:59AM

That may be the guliest 10 I have seen. I would say 8 at best. tilt is horrible and it is OC on top IMO.

cuse · January 25, 2014 7:14AM

IMO, High prices paid for what I consider 'modern' stuff like this card will cause the next bottom to fall out of the card market. Everyone does remember this stuff was way over produced??? Yes, even the '84 Donruss cards. Pops will rise when others see what these modern cards sold for. Then the market prices will tank.

hammered · January 25, 2014 7:39AM

<< IMO, High prices paid for what I consider 'modern' stuff like this card will cause the next bottom to fall out of the card market. Everyone does remember this stuff was way over produced??? Yes, even the '84 Donruss cards. Pops will rise when others see what these modern cards sold for. Then the market prices will tank. >>

There is obviously no shortage of 84 donruss cards. But these are a true condition scarcity. I've opened many of these factory sets, and even if every remaining factory set is opened, you're not gonna see more than a few more 10s of Young, Clark, Schmidt, etc

ClockworkAngel · January 25, 2014 7:43AM

Just amazing. And this hobby/business is like no other. $3500 for an extremely common common, but because of this PSA registry the seller knows the owner of "The Hill Collection" needs only that card to complete all PSA 10....and the assumption would be that he'd pay whatever he has to...in this case, $3500. Any shilling suspicions?

bobbyw8469 · January 25, 2014 7:48AM

<< Any shilling suspicions? >>

None! It was one of PWCC's new BIN cards. $3,500 was the price set by the consignor.

edmundfitzgerald · January 25, 2014 7:49AM

IIRC clockworkangel I believe it was a BIN.

Dpeck100 · January 25, 2014 7:50AM

I saw the last Pop 2 of these sold for $2,200 so I am sure the owner just set a price and this whale gobbled it up.

Raulsmaster · January 25, 2014 8:21AM

Any one of us would have sent that in it woulda came back min size lol

ldferg · January 25, 2014 8:32AM

<< Any one of us would have sent that in it woulda came back min size lol >>

Or some type of qualifier. When I see cards like that in my collection, I would never think it worthy to submit.

PSASAP · January 27, 2014 6:24AM

$3500=two 1986 Fleer Jordan rookies in PSA 9!

bobbyw8469 · January 27, 2014 6:30AM

<< $3500=two 1986 Fleer Jordan rookies in PSA 9! >>

With $300 to spare!

blee1 · January 27, 2014 6:31AM

maddux69 · January 27, 2014 6:44AM

Congrats to the Hill Collection for completing his set in all PSA 10s. With the Steel/Steele variations and the centering issues throughout, that is quite the feat!

Estil · January 27, 2014 7:31AM

Because it's not a "real" 1/1. It's only "1/1" if there really is only one copy in the whole world and marked as such with "1/1". After all, as soon as another one shows up slabbed in the same grade, bam! No more 1/1...

PSASAP · January 27, 2014 9:06AM

Hill's case of insomnia has finally been cured!

WinPitcher · January 27, 2014 9:15AM

<< all the walls in my house look like they're caving in. cards look fine. >>

lol

LarkinCollector · January 27, 2014 10:24PM

TRIAPD

h2oya311 · January 28, 2014 4:44AM

Looks like I need to go through my boxes of "commons" to make sure I don't have a $3,500 gem sitting around.

The bottom hasn't fallen out yet...set registry building (and competing) is ridiculous!...my guess is that one of the big dealers (perhaps it was PWCC) submitted that card for the consignor, hence the "favorable" grade. And shockingly, everyone turns a blind eye (or pretends it doesn't matter), but when a $0.99 common fetches $3,500, that's just sickening. It shows you what happens when favoritism plays a hand in a subjective grading process.

I know it's a 1/1, but why does a 1984 Donruss card sell for $3,500.00 ?

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