This PSA 8.5, just sold for more than $100 of the average price for a PSA 9. Does being the first one graded count for that much?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200205508734&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=010


Or maybe I'm sounding like a sore loser?

Dan

No, you are not

And it's all about Gerry...

I also have question about PSA 5 craziness not 0.5
Can a card be graded that high with such stain on the front?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200206021161

1974 LIPTON SOUP,#4 J.P. Parise, PSA 8.5 POP 1



POP 1

hand cut ?? yeahhhhh OK.

A psa 8 Ken Dryden opc rookie usually sells for between 425 and $529 (Gerry's price). Take a look at the psa 8.5 Dryden that just sold for $933.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170200634558&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007

If these trends continue PSA will be taking a lot of second looks at stuff they graded. Maybe even stuff they saw only a few months ago.

Count me out on the buying end.

I'm not surprised with the initial interest. What I find interesting is that population reports go out the window in this case. I have a Dryden PSA 8 and I will not have it regraded. Maybe its an 8...maybe its an 8.5. Bottom line is we will never know how many 8.5s are out there hidding as 8s, so when I see a low pop for 8.5s I will take it with a grain of salt.