1938 Goudey Update
10/06/06 23:55 PersonalNew Pickup
Weird week this week for '38 Goudeys.
A few weeks ago I made a major trade with a friend, where I acquired eight upgrades for my set. Initially, one of the upgrades was for card #276, Zeke Bonura. My friend had a PSA 6, I had a PSA 5. We included it in the trade, but when he saw my PSA 5 he was really unhappy with it, so we swapped those two cards back. I was bummed, because I didn't think I'd ever see that card in a grade higher than PSA 5.
Of course just a week or so later a PSA 6 was listed on eBay; I won that auction and ultimately upgraded the card.
Then came the card that's currently my personal holy grail; the #258 Bobby Doerr in PSA 7. This is a tough, tough card, and suddenly one was listed on eBay. SMR (which is an utter joke) is $385 for the card, I figured $650 would win it. Initially I set a snipe bid for $680, just to be safe. Then I started thinking of how disappointed I would be if I lost the card for $690, so I upped my snipe to $725. Then I started thinking how few and far between this card is made available in this grade, so I upped my snipe to a whopping $865, thinking I should win the card with $200 or so to spare.
Of course I lost it, to the only other 38 Goudey guy I know of who needs the card. He paid $875.
So I'm still stuck with my PSA 5.
A few weeks ago I made a major trade with a friend, where I acquired eight upgrades for my set. Initially, one of the upgrades was for card #276, Zeke Bonura. My friend had a PSA 6, I had a PSA 5. We included it in the trade, but when he saw my PSA 5 he was really unhappy with it, so we swapped those two cards back. I was bummed, because I didn't think I'd ever see that card in a grade higher than PSA 5.
Of course just a week or so later a PSA 6 was listed on eBay; I won that auction and ultimately upgraded the card.
Then came the card that's currently my personal holy grail; the #258 Bobby Doerr in PSA 7. This is a tough, tough card, and suddenly one was listed on eBay. SMR (which is an utter joke) is $385 for the card, I figured $650 would win it. Initially I set a snipe bid for $680, just to be safe. Then I started thinking of how disappointed I would be if I lost the card for $690, so I upped my snipe to $725. Then I started thinking how few and far between this card is made available in this grade, so I upped my snipe to a whopping $865, thinking I should win the card with $200 or so to spare.
Of course I lost it, to the only other 38 Goudey guy I know of who needs the card. He paid $875.
So I'm still stuck with my PSA 5.
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