89 Upper Deck Griffeys- Economists?

[WillBBC]

Vlad had a run in the early 2000s that carried his 95 Bowman's Best rookie to Griffey like numbers. Raw mint copies were pulling upwards of $150 with 10s selling for upwards of a thousand. The Refractors were pulling ridiculous amounts of money regardless of centering or print lines.

You can get slabbed gems for about 65 bucks now. It's crazy. I remember selling a PSA 9 Bowman (not even Bowman's Best) for 200 way back when. It's hard to believe how inexpensive they are now.

Now the Bowman's Best rookie is about 10 bucks raw with Refractors still getting decent coin but nowhere near where they were a decade ago.

I think the only truly iconic card of the 90s, 20-30 years from now, will be the '93 SP Jeter rookie. ARod's already taken such a huge dip and Rivera--despite all his greatness--his cards didn't really pull much of anything until the last few years. I'm really, really curious as to what they'll sell for a few years from now.

Who knows. Different generations buy and collect different things so...we'll see what happens.

[buymycards]

Remember when you could get $80 for a PSA 8 Griffey? I once got $70 for a PSA 8 McGwire RC.

Rick

[Rich Klein]

I was in a friends store in NJ while visiting my dad and he sold 3 Big Mac 85T RC's for $300 each while I was there. And that was not a show off for the Beckett guy, those were real sales as I asked the people why they were buying those cards.

[RobertGT]

There may be 45K in PSA 8 or better in existence, but how many of those are available to buy at any one time, and how many of those are forever buried in personal collections? I just did an ebay search for "1989 upper deck #1 griffey psa" and I got 94 hits.

As has been stated, Griffey is still extremely popular (one of the few with no PED black marks) and very collectible, so think of the thousands and thousands of Griffey fans vs. 94 hits on eBay. It's easy to see why his RC still commands $20.

To me, $20 is nothing to pay for one of the hobby's classic modern cards, even if there are a ton of them out there.

[Matthew80]

Originally Posted by RobertGT

There may be 45K in PSA 8 or better in existence, but how many of those are available to buy at any one time, and how many of those are forever buried in personal collections? I just did an ebay search for "1989 upper deck #1 griffey psa" and I got 94 hits.

As has been stated, Griffey is still extremely popular (one of the few with no PED black marks) and very collectible, so think of the thousands and thousands of Griffey fans vs. 94 hits on eBay. It's easy to see why his RC still commands $20.

To me, $20 is nothing to pay for one of the hobby's classic modern cards, even if there are a ton of them out there.

Good point.

Incidentally, $20 isn't too much for me.

[7nohitter]

Thanks to this thread, just bought my first one...raw...$16.50

[maniac_73]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

Thanks to this thread, just bought my first one...raw...$16.50

Lol so did I..raw 17 u got a better deal haha


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[pawpawdiv9]

Just so happened to see this thread on Griffey..
It seems like 2 yrs ago, I brought up my 'broder' cards of 89.
They were unlicensed cards that were being sold.
Here are some pics on what i am talking about: