Sandy Koufax 1955 Topps 123 PSA 8

[hedgefund96]

All,

I am an investor of baseball trading cards and I would like to buy the card but I would like opinions. The seller on eBay ( jjpcards (758 )) has a BUY IT NOW price of $10,500 or MAKE OFFER. According to the PSA previous auctions sales:

4/20/2018 $12,000.00 8 80552 Heritage Auctions 2018 April 19-20 Spring Sports Card Catalog Auction Ended Apr 20th Auction 24978029

2/17/2018 $9,206.25 8 143 Goldin Auctions Winter Auction 2018 Ending February 17 Auction 06048569

1/13/2018 $9,002.40 8 48 Memory Lane, Inc. Historical Rarities Winter Auction Auction 17122108
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Also, why does the auction house Memory Lane, Inc. have such low auction prices?

1/1/2018 $2,288.90 8 558 Memory Lane, Inc. Hot Summer Classic Rarities Auction 31423409

1/1/2018 $2,388.55 8 307 Memory Lane, Inc. Premier Collectibles Auction I Auction 31423409

1/1/2018 $2,518.03 8 529 Memory Lane, Inc. High Grade Card Auction and a Few Surprises Auction 09050829

Scott

[fuzzybub]

I was looking at Clemente rookies from those same Memory Lane auctions and was wondering the same thing.

[invest]

The dates in the PSA Auction database are wrong. Those auctions are from 2005 timeframe.

Troy

[jfkheat]

The VCP, Vintage Card Prices, average is $9466. The last few sales are listed below.

James

4/20/18 Heritage Auction | Image 12 $12,000.00
2/17/18 Goldin Auction | Image 12 $9,206.25
1/13/18 Memory Lane Auction | Image 9 $9,002.40
12/9/17 Goldin Image 12 $9,820.00
12/5/17 eBay Image probstein123 2***1 29 $7,411.00
11/17/17 Heritage Image 11 $9,000.00

[hedgefund96]

James,

I rechecked the actual Memory Lane auctions (the last three that I listed) and the extremely low auction prices are correct. Why so low?

[Republicaninmass]

I think a few people were trying to manipulate the market. Now nobody wants to catch a falling knife.

[jfkheat]

The last Memory Lane sale on your list ended 9/16/2007. https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...ce?itemid=7293

The one above that ended 3/31/2006. https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...ce?itemid=1568

The one above that ended 9/14/2008. https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=11180


Look at the date on the three you listed. All show 1/1/2018 yet the names of the auctions are different.

[hedgefund96]

James,

I am disappointed in PSA and their dates. Would you suggest using VCP? Is there anybody else you would suggest that contains a "universe" of all auction baseball trading cards pricing?

[deepstep19]

Aren't auctions prices with those two usually lower because of the buyer premium?

[hedgefund96]

Troy,

How do you know that they are wrong? They match the VCP prices.

[toledo_mudhen]

He has relisted this AM at $9250 - I agree the print marks are a bit much. Print Marks are fairly typical on the Koufax so the sweet spots are the clean ones


AT 7-8K less - I dont regret buying this one

[hedgefund96]

Toledo,

What was the exact price you bought this at? and when?

Also, what do you think of this current auction?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-...gAAOSwkkNbKAHy

[toledo_mudhen]

This was from REA Auction October 2017 - I paid exactly $2402 which included BP and Shipping Charges.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

This was from REA Auction October 2017 - I paid exactly $2402 which included BP and Shipping Charges.

That is a great card. Anyone investing might consider buying cards and not holders....long term, I think that is how this market keeps maturing. The best looking cards will be the best long term investments. Eventually, hopefully, holders will be less important than the cards. (and this thread was moved from the BST section)

[JustinD]

I would be very surprised to see the Koufax market strengthening in 10-15 years as you stated was your goal.

That's not in the list of names I would imagine younger collectors embracing as a key card as they come up. I don't put Koufax in Clemente or Mantle stability at all.

Personal opinion.