Apparently the non-sports card market is alive and well....

CDsNuts · June 23, 2008 7:50AM

Brought to my attention by Neil (thedutymon), our resident non-sports guy:

Uhhhhhhh words........

brianwintersfan · June 23, 2008 7:53AM

Amazing!

HighChopper · June 23, 2008 7:56AM

To each their ...

Forget it, that's just plain ridiculous.

perkdog · June 23, 2008 7:56AM

That is incredible!

sfmays24 · June 23, 2008 8:03AM

Some people have more money than Brains... what's the odds the buyer doesn't pay after his Wife finds out about this one?

PoppaJ · June 23, 2008 8:05AM

<< Brought to my attention by Neil (thedutymon), our resident non-sports guy:

Uhhhhhhh words........ >>

Let's see.... those 3 cards or this one?

digicat · June 23, 2008 8:06AM

<< Some people have more money than Brains... what's the odds the buyer doesn't pay after his Wife finds out about this one? >>

What's the odds that the buyer doesn't have a wife?

VitoCo1972 · June 23, 2008 8:06AM

Well, I looked at the registry - my guess is the guy that just took over #1 was the buyer. I'm assuming those checklists are like the 57 Topps Football one - impossible to find in Mint shape...but high 5 figures is just crazy...and I LIKE the 3 stooges.

PoppaJ · June 23, 2008 8:07AM

Guru · June 23, 2008 8:11AM

Saw that on Beckett the other day. Weird.

larryallen73 · June 23, 2008 8:21AM

Sounds like there is a numskull born every minute.

jrinck · June 23, 2008 8:32AM

I'm trying to understand, but nothin' happens.

otwcards · June 23, 2008 8:34AM

The give credence to the primary prefix numbers being grader ID's though. Interesting that they appear from three different submissions, but have the same prefix. Coincidence? Perhaps. Thoughts?

PSASAP · June 23, 2008 8:37AM

nyuk
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nyuk

jrinck · June 23, 2008 9:07AM

<< The give credence to the primary prefix numbers being grader ID's though. Interesting that they appear from three different submissions, but have the same prefix. Coincidence? Perhaps. Thoughts? >>

CURLY: Hey Moe, Larry! Help! I'm confused!
MOE: You're always confused, numbskull. slap!
CURLY: Ooh! Hey, what's the big idea?
MOE: No big idea. Grade the cards! How hard can it be?
CURLY: This card looks too good. Should I give it a 10?
MOE: Let me see that nose flick So what's the problem? Sharp corners, good centering. What are you, some sort of ignorAmus?
CURLY: We never gave a 10 for this kind. And these other two, from those other submissions. Look at 'em!
MOE: Hmmm, you're right. Boss Joe will hang us for sure, if we get this one wrong.
LARRY: Yeah, Boss Joe. He's a mean one.
MOE: Who asked you, porcupine? hair pull Now go back and finish that stack of '52s!
LARRY: Yeah, yeah, alright.
CURLY: What should we do, give 'em a 10?
MOE: Well, the boss DID say to start enjoying our work more, and I'd be real happy to grade these a 10! What about you, melonhead?
CURLY: Soitenly! But--OOPS!
MOE: Now look what you did! You dropped 'em! smack! We can't give these a 10 now! You dinged the corners!
CURLY: Yeah, but I can straighten them out with this iron!
MOE: Now you're using your brains! Iron those cards out and give them 9s. Nobody'll know a thing.

lawnmowerman · June 23, 2008 9:11AM

Next time, please post threads like this in the appropriate forum.

lawnmowerman · June 23, 2008 9:11AM

pm sent

kshorton · June 23, 2008 9:15AM

ODD RODS, from 1969, blow away any sports card ever produced.... besides the gawd like 1976 Topps Bench card, which is cooler than anything on this planet or in outer space.

RipublicaninMass · June 23, 2008 9:19AM

anyone know any previous sales of unopened 59 stooges packs? Have a lead on a wax box ..looks like one on ebay up to 5600

edmundfitzgerald · June 23, 2008 9:27AM

I think that's great. It looks like the card would have sold for 33,000.00 if those two guys didn't battle at the end.
Two guys drove the price up to 75,000.00 dollars.
That seller is absolutely thrilled with that sale. So is ebay. The buyer is happy too. He has something that is just
impossible to get. Congrats to all people involved.

sfmays24 · June 23, 2008 9:32AM

RipublicaninMass... "anyone know any previous sales of unopened 59 stooges packs? Have a lead on a wax box"

Good luck on that one, RipublicaninMass ...want to buy my 1973 Donruss Super Freaks Baseball box (20 of 24 packs are GAI 9 & 9.5)?

Mike

RipublicaninMass · June 23, 2008 10:09AM

lol I thought you were the "super freak"?? I actually went iinto my lcoal shop and I KNOW he has an unopened wax box of 59 fleer stooges...HIGHLY doubt he is asleep at the wheel. I am thinking, what could I get for an entire graded unopened box??

fandango · June 23, 2008 10:29AM

that may have been an example of two big players competing in the same set. and both entering VERY HIGH Maximum BIDS (they were both $50,000 over the third highest bid...)

the winning bidder has bought on Ebay hundreds of the Three Stooges Cards for months now, maybe even years....

originalisbest · June 23, 2008 11:40AM

He can afford that, he can also prolly afford a nice '52 Mick, and prolly has one (if that interests him.) :-)

SDSportsFan · June 23, 2008 12:24PM

Thing is, the Three Stooges checklists are arguably the rarest non-sport checklists around. Each of the cards exists with two backs...the normal back corresponding to the card's front, and as a checklist; so it's not as simple as just pulling that particular card number. Then, you can add the fact that as checklists, they were prone to being written on, and you come up with high prices, especially from Registry participants.

Edited to add the following:

I just looked at my Sport Americana Non-Sports Price Guide and found this:

"The checklist cards are very scarce. They appear only on the backs of cards 16, 63 and 64, and on no others." "They appeared only on the final print run of the cards and only as a last minute decision due to a problem with original dies on the three cards."

Steve

originalisbest · June 23, 2008 1:04PM

And there you go! A super-completist who wants, and can afford, the finest... more power to him!

WinPitcher · June 23, 2008 1:07PM

I'm going to use my 75k this winter and buy heating oil with it.

Steve

BobaFett72 · June 23, 2008 1:23PM

lol you might need 80K for home heating oil.....

stevek · June 23, 2008 1:55PM

Amazing. Must be nice to be a card collector when basically money is no object.

65nova · June 23, 2008 2:46PM

This has to be one of the best posts of the year. FUNNY Stuff!! I can see it happening in beautiful Black and White.

CURLY: Hey Moe, Larry! Help! I'm confused!
MOE: You're always confused, numbskull. slap!
CURLY: Ooh! Hey, what's the big idea?
MOE: No big idea. Grade the cards! How hard can it be?
CURLY: This card looks too good. Should I give it a 10?
MOE: Let me see that nose flick So what's the problem? Sharp corners, good centering. What are you, some sort of ignorAmus?
CURLY: We never gave a 10 for this kind. And these other two, from those other submissions. Look at 'em!
MOE: Hmmm, you're right. Boss Joe will hang us for sure, if we get this one wrong.
LARRY: Yeah, Boss Joe. He's a mean one.
MOE: Who asked you, porcupine? hair pull Now go back and finish that stack of '52s!
LARRY: Yeah, yeah, alright.
CURLY: What should we do, give 'em a 10?
MOE: Well, the boss DID say to start enjoying our work more, and I'd be real happy to grade these a 10! What about you, melonhead?
CURLY: Soitenly! But--OOPS!
MOE: Now look what you did! You dropped 'em! smack! We can't give these a 10 now! You dinged the corners!
CURLY: Yeah, but I can straighten them out with this iron!
MOE: Now you're using your brains! Iron those cards out and give them 9s. Nobody'll know a thing. >>

WinPitcher · June 23, 2008 9:54PM

Amazing. Must be nice to be a card collector when basically money is no object.

I heard he made his money in the gaming industry.

On suckers.

Steve

CDsNuts · June 23, 2008 10:32PM

How dare you say that, Steve. I'm not sure where you're coming from, but online gaming is a legitmate enterprise and in no way...... hold on, I have pocket queens....... DAMMIT, WHAT ARE THE ODDS HE HAS KINGS!!!!! Where's my credit card?

Downtown1974 · June 23, 2008 11:07PM

One time, I spent $75,000 on marshmallow peeps.

itzagoner · June 23, 2008 11:40PM

Holy Shemp!

stevek · June 24, 2008 12:41AM

<< Amazing. Must be nice to be a card collector when basically money is no object.

I heard he made his money in the gaming industry.

On suckers.

Steve >>

Calvin Ayre collects Stooges cards?

stevek · June 24, 2008 12:46AM

<< How dare you say that, Steve. I'm not sure where you're coming from, but online gaming is a legitmate enterprise and in no way...... hold on, I have pocket queens....... DAMMIT, WHAT ARE THE ODDS HE HAS KINGS!!!!! Where's my credit card? >>

All gamblers are sinners.

Particularly those going all-in with 2/7os LOL

AUPT · June 24, 2008 3:35AM

Apparently the non-sports card market is alive and well....

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