Need VCP help please...

craig19 · April 8, 2008 6:53PM

1938 African Tobacco Joe Louis PSA8

Any help is appreciated,
Craig

gameusedhoop · April 8, 2008 8:47PM

Nothing listed, is there another name for it? I searched "Louis" and came up with the following issues from the 1930s:
1935 United Tobacco Co. 1

1935 Pattreiouex 32

1935 Pattreiouex 56

1935 Sporting Events & Stars 56

1936 Ardath Tobacco Photo

1936 Mitchell's Cigarettes 28

1937 Ardath Cigarettes

1938 W.A. & A.C. Churchman Boxing 26

1938 F.C. Cartledge Boxing Glossy 30

1938 F.C. Cartledge Boxing 30

1939 Knock-Out Razor Blade

Good Luck if it isn't on this list!

craig19 · April 8, 2008 11:25PM

Thanks.
It is definitely listed on the Joe Louis Registry. The good news is that I am quite sure that my PSA8 is the highest graded, so it should warrant some decent $$ from the registry guys...

gameusedhoop · April 8, 2008 11:49PM

It's a grade weight of 10!

<< <i>84 1938 AFRICAN TOBACCO MFG THE WORLD OF SPORT JOE LOUIS 10 >>

Should bring huge $$ in an 8!

How about a scan here?

I'll check VCP again, but the site is kind of hard to navigate for some issues.

craig19 · April 9, 2008 12:02AM

I have an offer of $200, but i think that is low.....i don't have a scanner, but can send you a dig pic....can you post for me ? If you can, i will send it tonight from home..PM me with your email...

gameusedhoop · April 9, 2008 12:20AM

Sad to say, but I am on dial-up service here, so pics take forever to receive. I wouldn't take an offer on that card, I would throw it on ebay or an auction house. With a grade weight of 10 on the Registry this is the most important card, or at least the rarest in the Louis set. I would think that the guys that are doing the Louis set have some deep pockets, you don't do sets in the 1930s without having some coin.

If you're not an ebay seller, there are people here who can sell it for you. My feedback is at 100% with over 5000 transactions and I am also a powerseller. If I can help, let me know.

Here is a PSA 5 from the Registry:

craig19 · April 9, 2008 12:30AM

thanks...i am an ebay seller, but would love to try the auction house route. If i call them up, will they give me advice on what amount to sell it? What auction house do you suggest?

gameusedhoop · April 9, 2008 1:34AM

Never gone the auction house route myself, but they seem to bring really nice prices. You will pay more commission wise, but sometimes it is worth it. I really don't know one from the other, but one must have more knowledge (and therefore more buyers) in Boxing than the others. Maybe some of the other guys around here have some ideas, some are always bidding and some even have put their stuff in. One drawback is you won't have $$ in your hand for about 6 months. They take the card, set up the whole aution catalog etc., then wait for the $$ to flow in. It is quite a process, and the "big ones" do 10 million in some of the auctions. That is alot of $$ and items coming in and out.

There is a seller here that is breaking up a bunch of 60's graded sets on ebay, and he seems to be doing really well with them. Prices seem pretty strong overall, $50,000+ per set.

Even though I have no knowledge of boxing myself I don't think that $200 is even in the ballpark for such a tough card. Afterall it is a 10 weight for a reason, and there are only 2 higher graded than 6, yours maybe the highest and only! Depends on demand, but I would guess that $2,000 may be closer to the end price than the $200.

gameusedhoop · April 9, 2008 2:48AM

This card:

sold for $640+.
It is a grade weight of 4, with a population is 17.
Even more evidence that your card might be worth closer to the $2000 figure that I am guessing. When you do sell I want a comission, look at all the free advertising it has had here now! Just kidding of course,

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