JOE MONTANA GETTING NO LOVE

With Mint-condition Jerry Rice rookie cards flirting with — and exceeding — the $100,000 mark, you’d think Joe Montana rookies would be right up there with ’em. But no. A Montana 1981 Topps rookie graded PSA 10 showed up on eBay in April and sparked 85 bids … and then settled at “only” $46,000.

That’s a lot of dough, yes. But compared to current prices paid for Rice and Tom Brady rookies, Montana’s first card is a flat-out steal.

In fact, if you drop to a grade-9 example, you’re looking at sub-$10,000 prices. In recent months, we’ve seen Montana rookies graded PSA 9 sell for $6,300 on 34 bids, $6,206 on 46 bids and, in early May, just $3,550 on 41 bids.