John Lee

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@MLBBruceLevine He's not ready. He'll walk a batter per inning. Watch.

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@VinnysCorner1 Razor Shines

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@BigBobsCards Shhh...I've been stockpiling while he's cheap! Your following is too big & gonna ruin it!

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@F3Stabler @Vol_Baseball Somebody told me that ECU used all their pitching by some drunken coach? Or something like that…

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@DudBarnit @JeffWilsonTXR And yet he can't stay healthy to save his career. :(

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@GrandSalamiSC Done.

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@GottliebShow What a bad take.

If SGA doesn't plan to land on his feet, it doesn't matter if there is space to come down on them.

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@FearedBuck Somebody please ID this guy...I have to know what he does for a living.

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@BosCardHunter That is effectively extortion.

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@thestustustudio This happened at Fanatics Fest in NYC last year, too. And I think the prices were even worse.

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@Royals_Cards @Kai_Patricelli Topps Chrome baseball gives similar results:

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@Royals_Cards @Kai_Patricelli Removed 2025 and the results are the same: 2.9x

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@Royals_Cards @Kai_Patricelli No need to ask a repacker—we can look at the data: Market Movers ratios tool.

2023-2025 Prizm football over the past 30 days. 2.88x is the median difference bt a 10 and a 9.

Similar results for most products.

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@BigBobsCards He’s an ass. And not because of the PSA thing—he’s just a narcissist.

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@Kai_Patricelli @Royals_Cards Those are exceptions, not rules. 95% of cards are 2.5-3x raw when gemmed. Using outliers as a basis for a devil’s advocate position is not a fair comparison.

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@Kai_Patricelli @Royals_Cards Agree with your second point about the 2x estimation but few recent products have higher than 50% gem rates. And once those rates are established, PSA grades their graders against them, which means that no amount of pregrading that you might do will increase your gem rate.

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@WaxMetrix Just ripped 70 value boxes. The thing that sticks out is that half of the numbered hits were paper, which are largely valueless unless it's a big name.

7 autos (5x chrome and 2x paper) with a green as the most rare. Only one rare hit across 70 boxes--an Oh anime. Disappointing.

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@Will__Stern Could end up being a lagging indicator…which odd arguably why it’s happening a year later than it should have happened

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@JustBB_Media Chase Burns??