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Why Did The 1914 Babe Ruth Sell For 44% Less?
Plus a ton of card links
Mike Junk Wax Hero
October 27, 2025
Last week I posted this to Twitter:
This card sold for $7.2 million two years ago.
It sold for $4 million last night.
What happened? Not a good target for a repack?
— Junk Wax Hero - Mike (@JunkWaxHero79)
11:17 AM • Oct 25, 2025
It was pretty snarky! But it elicited a variety of responses that range from very possible to downright false, and then to conspiracy theories.
Several people said that SGC doesn’t sell well, which might be true in modern slabs and TCG, but is not true for vintage. We sometimes forget that our experiences are anecdotal, and are not the experiences of everyone. If you’re selling modern cards at card shows and can’t sell SGC slabs, that’s a very specific experience with those slabs that vintage dealers aren’t experiencing.
My less-obvious theories about why it sold for 44% less than it did two years ago:
It was never a $7.2 million card in the first place
People with money in the market for this card have speculated that it would have been crossed to PSA if the owner could have
Or potentially even asked PSA about crossing it
The eye appeal movement of the last two years have made well-heeled collectors take more notice of the appearance of these cards
There just aren’t a lot of people in the market for this card
What do you think?
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I consigned some cards with them for November. If you’re looking to sell some things, consider CIA!
Fun Collection
Thanks to Jumbo Jimbo for sending me this cool Facebook post:
Amazing Collection For Sale
The number 1 PSA registry set for the Chicago Cubs went up for sale at an auction house I’d never heard of, Donley Auctions.
From the listing:
“The objective is to hold EVERY Topps Chicago Cubs Card created AND have them ALL PSA Graded. This set is 92.6% complete and carries an overall grade of 8.773. Consists of total of 2014 cards with ONLY 159 needed for completion of the set is it stands today.”
Pretty neat!
🗣️ YouTube Comment Of The Week
Last week I posted that I was selling off some cards:
This comment made me laugh:
And then he followed it up on my next video:
🎙️On the Pod
I had a really interesting conversation with Max about being a dealer:
Graig and I talked about getting into modern cards:
And you can listen to our latest before it hits YouTube:
👻 Brief Horror Movie Review of the Week
This week I watched Dead Mail, which had a good story told in an unusual way. I enjoyed it enough but quite frankly I regret spending the weekend before Halloween watching this.
3 out of 5 stars.
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