The preference of the collectors for rookie cards in mint condition is not new. This hobby is however changing to unprecedented heights. The severity of the PSA grading standard leads to sort for each card even recent a very small population whose condition is above all others.
The example of the rookie card of Wayne Gretzky in ice hockey is instructive. This card was published with the same front side with a reverse in English by Topps and bilingual by O-Pee-Chee in the same year (1979). The difference may seem insignificant but it is not. The only bilingual example graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA was sold for $ 465K including premium by Goldin on August 4, 2016. Two Topps are known in the same grade. One of them was sold for $ 200K by Memory Lane 16 days later, on August 20, 2016.
At such a level of scarcity in perfection, it is nevertheless also required that the player is famous.
In the 1960s, Pete Rose and Nolan Ryan are young baseball champions. At that time Topps is editing some cards specially assigned to rookie stars by gathering several players. For Rose in 1963 and Ryan in 1968, only one piece has been graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA. Both cards are for sale by Heritage in Dallas on August 27, each one with an estimate of $ 400K, lot 80022 for Rose and lot 80026 for Ryan.
The aesthetic quality of the card is obviously a minor concern in the hobby. The four heads with caps from 1963 provide no sporting information and the two 1968 players are waiting for an unidentified action. The other fellows beside these two stars do not generate any comment in the Heritage catalog.
Results including premium :
1963 with Pete Rose : $ 720K
1968 with Nolan Ryan : $ 610K
The example of the rookie card of Wayne Gretzky in ice hockey is instructive. This card was published with the same front side with a reverse in English by Topps and bilingual by O-Pee-Chee in the same year (1979). The difference may seem insignificant but it is not. The only bilingual example graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA was sold for $ 465K including premium by Goldin on August 4, 2016. Two Topps are known in the same grade. One of them was sold for $ 200K by Memory Lane 16 days later, on August 20, 2016.
At such a level of scarcity in perfection, it is nevertheless also required that the player is famous.
In the 1960s, Pete Rose and Nolan Ryan are young baseball champions. At that time Topps is editing some cards specially assigned to rookie stars by gathering several players. For Rose in 1963 and Ryan in 1968, only one piece has been graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA. Both cards are for sale by Heritage in Dallas on August 27, each one with an estimate of $ 400K, lot 80022 for Rose and lot 80026 for Ryan.
The aesthetic quality of the card is obviously a minor concern in the hobby. The four heads with caps from 1963 provide no sporting information and the two 1968 players are waiting for an unidentified action. The other fellows beside these two stars do not generate any comment in the Heritage catalog.
Results including premium :
1963 with Pete Rose : $ 720K
1968 with Nolan Ryan : $ 610K
No arguing Pete Rose is one of a kind same for this PSA 10 example of his 1963 rookie card https://t.co/FiwNwKl9zk pic.twitter.com/Crd2mlibug
— Heritage Sports (@Heritage_Sport) August 24, 2016
As singular as the man whose debut it heralds this is the only NolanRyan rookie in a PSA 10. https://t.co/jWu5HVS9Jy pic.twitter.com/sUMycWFzZ9
— Heritage Sports (@Heritage_Sport) August 21, 2016
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