Fishy 76 Topps Trek
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1976 Star Trek #1 PSA $2551 ??? Last one that IMHO looked nicer sold about 8 weeks ago for $375, the one prior in Nov sold for ~$325. 8x that seems very fishy
Seller sold a lot of other 1976 Trek many of which were 2-7x FMV. So not just this one card although it was one of the more egregious examples.
Pumping scheme? guesses?
Complete list of seller trek sales - even the lower priced cards were 2-3x FMV's from last 10 months.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_fss=1&_saslop=1&_sasl=bwjets+bwjets&LH_SpecificSeller=1
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
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The underbidder kept on raising the bar and the winning bidder kept on bidding until they reached the ceiling. Could be an effort to manipulate pricing if it's such a substantial difference from prior sales. It certainly wasn't a feeding frenzy over a rare card.
Manipulating price is my thought as well. If not, I will be listing my PSA 8 ASAP!
Another example from yesterday - sold for 7x FMV based on last several PSA 9 sales.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
This one sold for 2x FMV, BUT that is more than $2000 higher than it's last sale. It is a tough card in high grade.
The centering on this McCoy is NOT to my liking! I don't think it would be a 9 today. I guess 8 max and more likley a 7!
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
If you click on the ended items and click on the bids you can see the % of bids made by the bidders with this particular seller.
The McCoy winner placed 78% of his bids (5 items) in the last month with this seller. The underbidder placed 100% of his bids (10 items) with this seller. The 3rd bidder, with 151 feedback, placed only 12% of his bids (4 items) with this seller.
These numbers are public record through ebay. Take the info for what it is, no conclusions are being made or implied.
^ Makes me think well see additional of these cards on ebay soon as per SOP manipulation
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
One More, which will be my last
This one is a PSA10 but an old PSA10. I've a PSA9 that is better centered and probably more sharp. Still there are 5 more in PSA10 so given demand it's not "rare'.
Like a Fish, these auction stink/rot from the head down
P.S. I love the original velour shirts
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)