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Originally posted by Kevin F:

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Originally posted by webjon:
I just can't fathom that (at least) 2 people are willing to spend a quarter of a million dollars on a very common Star Wars card.

1977 Topps Star Wars #1 "Luke Skywalker" #1 PSA Gem Mint 10

I can't understand why anyone would spend a quarter of a million dollars on any non-sport trading card no matter how scarce it might be or the condition it is in. The phrase 'More money than sense' comes to mind

How is it any different from the sports fanatics that spend over a million for a card. I'm very happy as I will be selling mine off next spring probably. I got the #3 set on the PSA Set Registry and have 308/330 in PSA 10, including the big ones.

On the one hand it is entirely different as to my knowledge this is a very unusual sale in the entertainment card word. Quarter of a million dollar cards have existed in sports cards for a long time. People obsessing over PSA grades has existed in sports cards for a long time.

On the other hand it isn't different at all as it is likely a the same type of buyer buying this card who is buying sports cards.

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Originally posted by Capt Jon1:
How is it any different from the sports fanatics that spend over a million for a card. I'm very happy as I will be selling mine off next spring probably. I got the #3 set on the PSA Set Registry and have 308/330 in PSA 10, including the big ones.

I didn't say it was different. I have never understood why anyone would pay these vast sums of money for a trading card of any variety. The people spending over a million for any collectable card clearly have more money than they know what to do with

....and, yes I would quite like to find out how it feels to be in that position

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Originally posted by webjon:
On the one hand it is entirely different as to my knowledge this is a very unusual sale in the entertainment card word. Quarter of a million dollar cards have existed in sports cards for a long time. People obsessing over PSA grades has existed in sports cards for a long time.

On the other hand it isn't different at all as it is likely a the same type of buyer buying this card who is buying sports cards.

It's the sports guys who think they're "getting in on the ground floor" of non-sports seeing nothing but upside on their $250,000 investment. And let's be honest, that's exactly what it is - an investment. It's not like this card is new to anybody in our world.

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Originally posted by Ted Dastick Jr.:
It's the sports guys who think they're "getting in on the ground floor" of non-sports seeing nothing but upside on their $250,000 investment. And let's be honest, that's exactly what it is - an investment. It's not like this card is new to anybody in our world.

I've learned to embrace this ideology . . . Come on investors -- get in on the ground floor . . . It's getting to be time to sell my collection.

Art de Bart is currently at $13k+

And that's not even a particularly nice one.
Imagine what one of these would go for:



At this point, I kind of wish I hadn't met Matt Groening so many times at Comic-Con, as I would've certainly picked up one of these when they went for $400. Instead, I took it for granted I could get one down the line, but if not, I still have several sketches and autographs from him (on regular cards, comic books, and even a comic book backing board, before Bongo instructed their artists to stop drawing on those). In terms of me ever getting one now, that ship has sailed and is very tiny in the distance, unfortunately.