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Rickey Henderson Rookie Card

eBay Buzz Weekly Update: Rickey Henderson's perfect rookie, Shohei Ohtani's new ink, Nick Saban, Knute Rockne and more
Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.
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THE POWER OF GRADING
The Item: 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson Rookie Card (PSA 10)
The Price: $17,300 after 33 bids with more than three days remaining
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This is a card that's been slabbed by PSA more than 18,000 times but just 22 have gotten a PSA 10. Even PSA 9s are relatively rare compared to other grades (just 1,842 exist) while PSA 8s are the most-common grade with more than 8,500 cards in that grade. This is an iconic Rookie Card that has topped the $30,000 mark seven times since 2015, according to PSA, with a high of $38,400 via Heritage Auctions early last year. Many times cards like these get posted with hefty Buy-It-Now prices so it should be interesting to see where this piece of cardboard perfection ends.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, eBay Buzz, Football and tagged Alabama Crimson Tide, Knute Rockne, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout, MLB, New York Jets, NFL, Panini America, PSA, Topps, 1980 Topps, 2013 Topps Allen & Ginter, Nick Saban, Oakland A's, Rickey Henderson, Rickey Henderson Rookie Card, 2017 Panini Certified Cuts, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Shohei Ohtani, Calvin Ridley, Shohei Ohtani autographs, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Saquon Barkley, 2018 Topps Heritage High Number, 2018 Topps Luminaries, Rashaad Penny, 2018 Panini Origins, 2018 Panini Spectra, DJ Moore, Knute Rockne autographs on September 13, 2018 by BlowoutBuzz.
Are all buyback autographed cards the same? Not this one ...
It's got some rough edges, fuzzy corners, some light surface snow, and a curved-but-not-awful corner crease -- but it's got some character and it's mine.
And it's also signed by Rickey Henderson.
It's a copy of his 1980 Topps Rookie Card and it's also a recent pickup from a major autograph dealer. It's also a story that has a few pieces that this collector thought made it interesting enough to present right here.
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This entry was posted in Autograph Collecting, Baseball and tagged Hall of Fame, Steiner Sports, 1980 Topps, Oakland A's, Rickey Henderson, Rickey Henderson autographs, Rickey Henderson Rookie Card on April 4, 2017 by BlowoutBuzz.

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