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williplettwilliplett Posts: 471 ✭✭
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Item number: 200084191377 is a raw 1953 Mantle from our friends at Great Lakes Auction House. Bidding is at $1,808 with almost two days remaining. The ad touts the cards "nice centering" even through it is off L/R and T/B. The guy is a wordsmith though, I'll give him that.

I sent the seller a simple e-mail asking if the card had ever been graded by a 3rd party service, such as PSA. What are the odds that he responds, or if he does respond, what are the odds it will be truthful?

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    bri2327bri2327 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭
    Assuming there are no issues with the card to prevent it being gradeable it would have to grade a PSA 6 to make the price its at now worthwhile.

    With 2 days remaining there will be enough people willing to take a risk where that card most likely can end up near SMR for a PSA 7 ( $3000 )

    I just cant see taking the chance when you can buy graded. Then again, there are lots of people out there who wouldnt miss $3000 and its worth it for them.
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    williplettwilliplett Posts: 471 ✭✭
    I love that 53 Mantle and will hopefully eventually own one. I guess I don't feel too bad for the people that buy from the guy since I bet they have grandiose visions of the card grading higher than we all know it will and flipping it for a nice profit. My bet is that card is a 5.
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    BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    One of these days a random Ebay scammer is going to buy one of these cards, claim that PSA wouldn't grade it, and send him back a card that they cracked out of a PRO holder, at which point great-lakes-auction-house is going to have to seriously rethink his business model.
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    jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    Here's an auction where they bought a couple 53 mantles raw recently

    53 mantles
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    bifff257bifff257 Posts: 751 ✭✭
    Mantle




    << <i>I guess I don't feel too bad for the people that buy from the guy since I bet they have grandiose visions of the card grading higher than we all know it will and flipping it for a nice profit. My bet is that card is a 5. >>





    I for one had those visions but after 3 raw buys that came back as PSA 3, 3, 4, I just decided it is better to spend that kind of money on a Slabed card. image

    When ever you see a nice looking card like that not graded it makes you wonder WHY???????? image
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Description claims card has nice centering. card i looked at is OC.

    Steve
    Good for you.
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    VolverVolver Posts: 753
    Win...I agree card looks OC no doubt
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    leadoff4leadoff4 Posts: 2,392 ✭
    I've checked this deal out a lot lately. There are several instances I've noticed. Their seller id is great_lakes_auction_house and thier buyer id is crab-chucks. Just recently they bought a 54 Topps Duke Snider for $40 using a buy it now and they resold it for $112 I think. Unreal but I guess I shouldn't complain if people buy from them. Very nice profit if you do that over a 6 month time period or a year. They also bought a 62 Clemente for about $40-45 and sold if for about $120 so they are buying/flipping raw and graded cards and people are buying. If they made 500 deals like the Snider for a profit of $72 each that's $36,000 even if it does take a year!! Check them out on a 53 Rizzuto as well as the Mantles, T. Williams and a Ruth card recently. More importantly these cards are 5s or 6s on average and their getting what a 7 or 8 would sell for!!!!!!!!
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Must be nice having a following that you can constantly rip off.


    Steve
    Good for you.
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    EstilEstil Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't forget the card is miscut in the back too. image
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    williplettwilliplett Posts: 471 ✭✭
    It ended up over $2,900!!! What will it have to grade to get that money back? I never did get a response from them when I asked if the card had ever been graded. What a shock huh?
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    jmbkb4jmbkb4 Posts: 2,963


    << <i>It ended up over $2,900!!! What will it have to grade to get that money back? I never did get a response from them when I asked if the card had ever been graded. What a shock huh? >>


    It would have to grade PSA 7, I think. Looks 5-6 to me.
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    jmbkb4jmbkb4 Posts: 2,963
    Woops!!

    Or PSA 8.

    Last PSA 7 sold for $2,500...
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    cohocorpcohocorp Posts: 1,371 ✭✭
    they must have one hell of a following of really loyal customers there. wtf

    edited to add- they dont even take paypal either! wow
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    JeescyJeescy Posts: 24


    << <i>Woops!!

    Or PSA 8.

    Last PSA 7 sold for $2,500... >>



    Yeah, but it ended with a Buy It Now, so it's hard to say what it would have ended at...
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