Ebay Sales Review: 1969 Topps Mickey Mantle #500 Baseball Card

 Mickey Mantle is one of the most popular baseball players of all time. His 1969 Topps Card number 500 was his last as a player. Even though he did not play in 1969. This article will track the sale of this card on EBay from January 25, 2010 to February 8, 2010. Only auction and fixed price listings were used. Prices used will include shipping. Only listings of this card as a single card were used. We will look at graded and ungraded. we also will look at prices for the white letter variation.

White Letter Ungraded

 Two ungraded white letter cards were sold during the reporting period. Both were described as beong in very good condition. One card brought $263.00 and the other brought $159.27.

White Letter Graded

 Four graded white letter cards were sold. A PSA4 borught $420.89. A PSA4.5 sold for $499. A PSA5 brough $440.95. A PSA6 was the bargain in this category. It went for $315.

Yellow Letter Ungraded

 This was the most common card that sold during the reporting period. Twenty-seven cards were sold. Those described in very good condition sold in the range of $36 to $50. Cards described as excellent or better brought $70 to $90. Cards described as exmint or better brought $100 to $191. The quality of pictures and item description impacted the selling prices on this cards. Pictures that looked like camera shots brought less than those that looked like scans.

Beckett Graded

 Three Beckett Vintage cards were sold. A BVG2 brought $74.99. A BVG4.5 sold for $79.57 and a BVG7 went for $$264.99.

PSA Graded

 The lowest grade sold was a PSA3. It brought $83.99. PS4's sold between $69.51 and $105. The average selling price for a PSA4 was $86.77. A PSA4.5 sold for $87.69. PSA5's sold between $114.50 and $152.00. The average selling price for a PSA5 was $129.27. PSA6's sold between $104.98 and $165. The average selling price for PSA6's was $130. PSA7's sold between $248 and $303. The average selling price for PSA7's was $268. One PSA8 sold for $228.

Summary

 Picture quality is the number one factor that impacted prices for this card. Graded cards brought about twice the price as their ungraded counterparts. There are bargains to be had on this card if you are patient and ask the seller any questions you have.