T206 - PWCC Auction Last Night

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I think would be very difficult to truly manipulate Cobbs and other rare-back or high grade HOFers, based solely on scarcity and cost/example. Instead, I think these cards are super hot right now, which is causing more supply to hit the market and the demand drives the cost. It will likely result in many of us over-paying in the short-term (shills or otherwise), but for those of us who are long on the cards, it will shake out ok in the end. The lesson for me here is that I need to pay mightily for cards I really want. I knew this already -- having posted a very high max bid on the Young bare hand Old Mill 6 at PWCCs last auction, only to get outbid -- but now I know that my very high max bids are likely insufficient to succeed on these cards and I need to now place very higher max bids.

i disagree! you'd think it'd be a lot more difficult to manipulate much more common cards from the 50's and 60's as was being done last year...yet it WAS DONE!

[Leon]

Yeah and how well did that work? Lmao

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i disagree! you'd think it'd be a lot more difficult to manipulate much more common cards from the 50's and 60's as was being done last year...yet it WAS DONE!

[ullmandds]

yeah I know...yuk yuk...YUK! If I were capitalizing on this like some on here are...I'd laugh it all off too!!!!

[T206Collector]

One thing there is no shortage of is T206 Cobbs. The red one in particularly was super printed. We may not see prices come back down to pre-2016 levels, but to suggest that these will continue to rise in price at this rate, without some backwards movement is shortsighted, in my view. There's just too many out there.

But, yes, by selling mine last year I did well ...but not as well as I would've done this year. Geesh...

[PhillipAbbott79]

The green cobb is significantly shorter.

[CMIZ5290]

Mordecai Brown portrait PSA 6 for $2250? Chase Trophy PSA 6 for $700? Green Cobb PSA 4 with a significant crease for $8K? Some of these prices were just mind boggling...I know one thing, if I consign T206s again, they are going to Brent and not some of these over hyped AH's....

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Mordecai Brown portrait PSA 6 for $2250? Chase Trophy PSA 6 for $700? Green Cobb PSA 4 with a significant crease for $8K? Some of these prices were just mind boggling...I know one thing, if I consign T206s again, they are going to Brent and not some of these over hyped AH's....

Happy bidding!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Mordecai Brown portrait PSA 6 for $2250?

Hey, that's my new card.


Luckily I'm a collector, not an investor.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by PhillipAbbott79

The green cobb is significantly shorter.

There are six Green Cobbs on ebay right now. People kept their Cobb cards through the years. It will never be hard to find one.

[Billy5858]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

There are six Green Cobbs on ebay right now. People kept their Cobb cards through the years. It will never be hard to find one.

Yeah that PSA authentic one for auction
is a beauty I see know reason to buy an affordable
one that looks like &@(#% just to have one. I need a centered
4+ or nothing. In other words I'll never own one

[PhillipAbbott79]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

There are six Green Cobbs on ebay right now. People kept their Cobb cards through the years. It will never be hard to find one.

There used to be dozens, now there are less. All of them are low grade or priced not to sell. The populations at or above a 4 are significantly more scarce than his counterparts.

Correct. Ebay will always show cards that are currently being bid on and always show cards that are significantly over priced. That will never change.