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JHS5120JHS5120 Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭
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Sorry for bringing this back up.

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The most valuable non autographed raw card since 52 Mantle I think
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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    I'd call it the most EXPENSIVE! LOL
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    Doug

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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'd call it the most EXPENSIVE! LOL >>



    Doug, your usual positive demeanor has been replaced by sarcasm?! hallelujah!!! Welcome to 2010! image
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  • TomiTomi Posts: 643 ✭✭✭
    Hope Strasburg doesn't pull a Brien Taylor.
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I'd call it the most EXPENSIVE! LOL >>


    Doug, your usual positive demeanor has been replaced by sarcasm?! hallelujah!!! Welcome to 2010! image >>



    What a BRILLIANT comment ............ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (Sarcasm TWICE in one thread!!!!!)
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Which would you rather have?

    1. The Strasburg.

    2. This Mantle PLUS $2,000.00

    3. This BABE RUTH PLUS $5,000.00.


    How could ANYONE pick #1???????
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • SmuggoSmuggo Posts: 425 ✭


    << <i>Which would you rather have?

    1. The Strasburg.

    2. This Mantle PLUS $2,000.00

    3. This BABE RUTH PLUS $5,000.00.


    How could ANYONE pick #1??????? >>



    Neither

    4. The money.
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  • JeffD27177JeffD27177 Posts: 198


    << <i>

    << <i>Which would you rather have?

    1. The Strasburg.

    2. This Mantle PLUS $2,000.00

    3. This BABE RUTH PLUS $5,000.00.


    How could ANYONE pick #1??????? >>



    Neither

    4. The money. >>



    Yeah, with all due respect, the two options you gave are just a different side of the same coin: inflated prices for a graded card. Why would anyone pay $14k+ for an off-center card that can be bought in a half grade lower for $10,000 less (PSA 8.5).

    In no way am I defending the ending price of that Stasburg, it's idiotic. But your examples just highlight further idiocy in the hobby.
  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    Or--for a few more dollars, you can buy this beauty from my uncle.

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  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    That's a sweet looking ride!!
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  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    Jeff, I agree 100%

    Dumb $$ on that Mantle, and the WWG Ruth is 3X too much for an issue that not many collect in the US.
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    Wasnt long ago a NRMT/MT '59 Mantle was a $500 card, and there are thousands and thousands of them.
  • ZixxZixx Posts: 228 ✭✭
    This should mean that the auto'd Super coming out later in Bowman Chrome should fetch 20K pretty easy.

    That'll be fun to watch!
  • cardbendercardbender Posts: 1,831 ✭✭
    The winning bidder paid a little more than $1000 per letter of his name. Cool.

    I think that's the way I'll start bidding on cards, but I don't know any one letter named players I could afford.

    Congrats to the seller of this card. Condolences to the buyer. I wonder if the players' agent or a family member bought the card?
  • bxbbxb Posts: 805 ✭✭
    The winning bidder has a feedback score of only 45, and this is the only sports card he/she has bid on this month. Seems a little odd.

    Re: the final price: I don't follow the modern card market very closely. Is it commonplace for these contrived 1 of 1 cards to command high prices? Can't the card companies just keep making more of these any time they want? I don't understand the appeal.

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  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    I wont say how stupid the buyer was if its a legit purchase...That's because, if it is a legit buyer, he probably has more money to throw around on other bad/high risk purchases.

    b
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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    i woudl take the ruth and the 5k

    strong price for a modern card though
    Fred

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  • ShawnyDShawnyD Posts: 242
    ive taken craps that are worth more than this card. Pure hype and bullspit, artificial scarcity to the extreme.
  • RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    While I don't get it either, I do see the bigger picture. There's a reason that it's referred to as prospecting. You have to spend money to make money.
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  • al032184al032184 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭
    I think someone mentioned this previously, but I would bet the winning bidder has some affiliation with Topps. I can't remember I saw anything about baseball cards get this kind of coverage.
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    I'd rather have this Strasburg 1/1 and $16393.
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    I'm glad the card went for what it did. The publicity is good for our hobby, so in that regard, CONGRATS! I would much rather take that kind of money and invest it into some sweet vintage! For that kind of money, you could almost purchase a 51 Bowman Mantle PSA 7 AND a 51 Bowman PSA 7 Mays.
  • JHS5120JHS5120 Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm glad the card went for what it did. The publicity is good for our hobby, so in that regard, CONGRATS! I would much rather take that kind of money and invest it into some sweet vintage! For that kind of money, you could almost purchase a 51 Bowman Mantle PSA 7 AND a 51 Bowman PSA 7 Mays. >>



    I agree that this is nothing but good news for our hobby! People are realizing that baseball cards can still demand a huge premium today like they did 5 years ago. I think that this year is a huge turning point for the hobby with the Million Card Giveaway fetching national attention and now this. Topps is doing a great job and hopefully we will see an influx of new collectors and new $$$ turning hands.

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