WOW! 2 guys wanted this bad

RobBobGolf · February 27, 2007 12:36PM

A sellers dream is having 2 buyers that REALLY REALLY want the same thing.

PSA 10 1976 Jack Lambert

Thought maybe 2k, but all I can say is WOW

theczar · February 27, 2007 12:49PM

i had been watching that card. it had been at $1200 for awhile and i thought that was high. the smr is 425 for a so 10x for a 10 isn't outrageous--just expensive.

sayheykid54 · February 27, 2007 12:55PM

It makes me want to send in my sharp sample.....Real quick.

envoy98 · February 27, 2007 1:52PM

If I had his money, I'd burn mine.

Guy is amazing...the stuff he manages to find not to mention the money he spends. His collection is amazing. And currently, the best money can buy. Everytime I look, he's added another .1 between himself and MOSH.

qualitycards · February 27, 2007 2:29PM

"A sellers dream is having 2 buyers that REALLY REALLY want the same thing."

Amen! $4500 on a '70's football card is a sellers dream!

Wabittwax · February 27, 2007 10:05PM

Yeah, I'm sure DSL needed that sale to stay in business. Lucky SOB's, lol. Good for them though, I am just jealous.

bluemarlin · February 28, 2007 12:47AM

Anybody know what the population is for this card?

CDsNuts · February 28, 2007 1:23AM

That's about $1k more than a Payton would bring. Ridiculous.

Lee

onlyanumber · February 28, 2007 2:04AM

and it has a population of 3 10's. Wow doesn't describe that price...

SDavid · February 28, 2007 4:23AM

I'm amazed they'll take personal checks on an item like that. Even if they wait until the check 'clears,' I've known sellers who had checks bounce 30 days after they were cashed. Obviously, it's not an issue with this buyer, but if someone else had won the card...

Mickey71 · February 28, 2007 8:25AM

Look at the right edge. It is overgraded. Buy the card and not the holder. This is where grading and population reports are just ridiculous. PSA will get alot of Lambert submissions in the coming months. 10's are very overrated.

gaspipe26 · February 28, 2007 8:29AM

No one can ever give me crap for paying $4850 for the 1969 brock in 9 now!! Thats amazing. Guess I'll break out the 1976 Football.

joemaggio · February 28, 2007 8:38AM

<< Guess I'll break out the 1976 Football. >>

I'm working on a 1972 Football set, I think you should break out some more of those!

gaspipe26 · February 28, 2007 8:50AM

Joe,
If I had 72's I would!! Just 75 to 79

thefootballcardstore · February 28, 2007 9:03AM

Amazing but not totally unexpected. Thats about triple the last sale, those HOF rookie cards are on fire.

perkdog · February 28, 2007 11:08AM

The seller is freakin' PUMPED

dude · February 28, 2007 11:41PM

Another big winner is the second highest bidder. He should be glad he didn't pay his top bid for that item. Aesthetically, this isn't a great looking card - but that's only my opinion. The cut on the right side hurts the look of the card significantly and I'm not sure if those black marks on the edges are print marks or just chipping. There are 67 - 9's and two other 10's. I'm sure out of that group he can find one that looks better at a fraction of the cost.

envoy98 · March 1, 2007 1:23AM

<< Amazing but not totally unexpected. Thats about triple the last sale, those HOF rookie cards are on fire. >>

No kidding! The prices realized for some of these, particularly with the entrance of fight4olddc (the current #1 finest HOF set) are unreal. I have lost out on cards that I bid well over SMR for but would have gotten 6 months ago for 70-80% of SMR. There are some, particularly the more modern issue and the higher pop cards that are still reasonable though.

This set is the most popular in the football registry. The prices are all going up, which is fine for me in one way since I have most of the cards I need. However, the ones I still need, I still need for a reason...they were expensive before and now they are even more so. I may have to bow out of some of my team sets just so I can focus funds on the HOF set before it gets too spendy.

Morgoth · March 1, 2007 1:59AM

This could be one of those cards we are laughing about years from now. I remember some of those first low pop 52 topps sold for crazy prices around 2000-2001 and never duplicated since then. This is an example of someone that has to build a set NOW and won't wait until the right card and price hit at the same time. This is a circumstance where modern collectors would be able to poke fun at the "vintage" collector. Even with how crappy Topps printing processes and cutting was in the day there is a ton of this material sitting around as it is just now worth opening. It was just 5 years ago 70's football was deemed unworthy of grading by most.

msassin · March 1, 2007 11:57AM

<< Guy is amazing...the stuff he manages to find not to mention the money he spends. His collection is amazing. And currently, the best money can buy. Everytime I look, he's added another .1 between himself and MOSH. >>

He definitely will throw money into high grade football rookies. He bought a PSA 9 Piccolo rookie from me a couple months ago.

envoy98 · March 1, 2007 3:50PM

...for about $1100 if I remember correctly?

He definitely has the money to throw around.

Wish I had that ability...

HOWARDROTHENBERG1 · March 1, 2007 9:51PM

The real genius here is PSA. They create the set registry so people like these two guys can go nuts and over-pay for a card that only has a population of three. Then the winner can say he has the best set. Problem with all of this is now that this stupid price has been established wait until you see how many 1976 Lamberts come out of the woodwork. I am going to check mine out right now.

carew4me · March 4, 2007 8:40AM

crazy money!

jradke4 · March 4, 2007 9:00AM

at those prices PSA7's and 8's look great to me. lets be real, even as PSA states these 7's and 8's are just below the 9-10 roll of the dice, until upclose under magnificaition inspection.

rlankhaar · March 4, 2007 10:44AM

Sure its crazy money...but is it really that surprising or amazing? When you're already spending a quarter of a million on a set, whats an extra 3K to you? I don't think you put a set together like this by focusing on getting a good deal on something. And when you have this kind of money, what are you going to do with it, buy another car to go with the 10 you already have?

wolfbear · March 4, 2007 10:55AM

Everytime you win a card, you just overpaid for it,
otherwise, if it were really worth that much, someone else would have bid as much as you.

That said, I've got a lot of cards that I overpaid for a couple of years ago that are worth much more today.

If dozens of people with semi-unlimited funds all wanted the same card,
how the hell high would some of these end up going for? Boggles the mind ..

msassin · March 4, 2007 11:17AM

Here is another card that 2 guys wanted real bad....

1951 Bowman PSA 8 Pesky

cravetopps · March 4, 2007 11:33AM

crazy $$ for a Pesky. Wow.

Boopotts · March 4, 2007 12:09PM

<< Here is another card that 2 guys wanted real bad....

1951 Bowman PSA 8 Pesky >>

Having a shill or two working the bids doesn't hurt either.

cravetopps · March 4, 2007 1:46PM

<<<Having a shill or two working the bids doesn't hurt either. >>>

no question in my mind that this practice is rampant on ebay and is by far, the biggest problem with an electronic auction system. There is virtualy no way to detect it if you're a sophisticated seller.

The only way to protect yourself is to avoid the bidding frenzy with a snipe or bid you're 100% happy with and not one you've been duped into believing is a competitive bidding war. Even then, your bid will be, in many cases, the result of a "shill or two".

Boopotts · March 4, 2007 3:21PM

<< <<<Having a shill or two working the bids doesn't hurt either. >>>

no question in my mind that this practice is rampant on ebay and is by far, the biggest problem with an electronic auction system. There is virtualy no way to detect it if you're a sophisticated seller.

The only way to protect yourself is to avoid the bidding frenzy with a snipe or bid you're 100% happy with and not one you've been duped into believing is a competitive bidding war. Even then, your bid will be, in many cases, the result of a "shill or two". >>

I completely agree, although I bet the problem is smaller on Ebay than it is in other collectible auction houses.

Also, I should say that I don't know if this auction was shilled or not, and it was irresponsible of me to insinuate that I did know. It just seemed like the second and third highest bidders had placed a disproportionate number of bids in the past 30 days with this seller.

WeekendHacker · March 5, 2007 1:06AM

<< Anybody know what the population is for this card? >>

CARD NO NAME VARIETY 1-2; 3-4; 5; 6; 7; 7Q; 8; 8Q; 9; 9Q; 10 TOTAL
220 JACK LAMBERT 2; 6; 12; 28; 110; 2; 241; 10; 67; 3; 3 485

Yes, you read that correctly, there are 3 other '10's'

WOW! 2 guys wanted this bad

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