Trading in 2023

[parkplace33]

I am seeing more and more in 2023 is sellers (including dealers) accepting trades in lieu of cash. Example:

T206 Cobb - $10000 or $13000 in trade

This was prevalent at the National and at some recent cards shows.

Anyone else notice this? Personally, I would want the cash if I was a dealer, but to each his own. I wonder if this trend will continue in 2023/2024.

[slightlyrounded]

Trading down, especially when you can value your big cards higher than cash seems like a win-win....Probably easier to sell several $1-3k cards than a $10k card for the average dealer. There are only so many whales in the hobby.

[AMPduppp]

I wonder if trading is used more by newer collectors. Given how crazy the market is for vintage now, it can be really tough to get into the bigger cards (especially if you don’t have the patience to save up). Much easier to make smaller purchases and combine them to trade up, even if it means overpaying a little.

[Exhibitman]

Trading is...fun! They were called trading cards after all.

[bnorth]

I am just a collector and I love trading. I have made way over 100 trades on here with some great members. I have traded everything from worthless junk wax cards to a T206 Cobb to HOFer game used/issued bats.

I find if you don't think your items are worth 100 times what they really are and don't try to extremely lowball the other persons trade items that trades are very easy and common on here.

[raulus]

Trades are a great way to get impossible to find stuff by giving up other impossible to find stuff. Sometimes money just won’t shake it loose, so you have to be willing to dangle something they really want.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

I am seeing more and more in 2023 is sellers (including dealers) accepting trades in lieu of cash. Example:

T206 Cobb - $10000 or $13000 in trade

This was prevalent at the National and at some recent cards shows.

Anyone else notice this? Personally, I would want the cash if I was a dealer, but to each his own. I wonder if this trend will continue in 2023/2024.

If dealer is parting with a $10,000 T206 card of Ty Cobb, asking for $13,000 worth of cards seems reasonable to me. Same applies to Matty, Ruth, and so on. After all, that's top-tier material. I'd also expect the dealer to be picky with what they'd take in trade. No shimmer rainbow Zebra foils of a draft pick who has never played a professional game.

Now, if they say, "this card is worth $1,000...I'll give you $750 in trade for it" and so on...then pull the $13,000 in trade for this $10,000 card thing, that seems like an issue. In that case, they're taking their cut twice. No bueno, in my opinion.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

I am seeing more and more in 2023 is sellers (including dealers) accepting trades in lieu of cash. Example:

T206 Cobb - $10000 or $13000 in trade

This was prevalent at the National and at some recent cards shows.

Anyone else notice this? Personally, I would want the cash if I was a dealer, but to each his own. I wonder if this trend will continue in 2023/2024.

As long as the card you're "trading" has a similar premium above comps it could be a win-win

[BobbyStrawberry]

In almost three years on here, I have yet to complete a trade. The biggest roadblock I've found is that I don't have the breadth of collection that can accommodate people's "looking to trade for" wants, which are typically extremely narrow. I honestly don't even look at most "for trade" posts, because I know I won't have a "red Hindu of player X in an SGC 3.5" or whatever.