No More Titusitus?

[Cozumeleno]

That's a curious decision to say the least. Titus cards have fallen slightly but are still holding pretty strong. A PSA 3.5 just went for a little over $400.00. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-11-T206...item5d5a38ea3a

The seller can do what he/she wants (and maybe they just wanted the money), but unloading ten all at once of a popular card seems like a bad idea. I'm interested in seeing what the final tally is - have to imagine there'd be a better return in breaking them up and selling over the course of a few weeks one at a time.

[swarmee]

Yeah, this auction seems like a bad idea. I know a lot of set collectors that want 1 Titus card, why make them purchase 10 to get it? Another oddity, the title only lists PSA 1 POOR when the grades go up to VG.

[travrosty]

no this makes sense, this is someone that has some titus cards, but NOT the main hoarder, IMO, he is forcing the main horder to buy all 10 or none.

[packs]

That would be my guess too. Force a bidding war with someone else who figures, hey I only need 1 and I'll just sell the other 9.

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by travrosty

no this makes sense, this is someone that has some titus cards, but NOT the main hoarder, IMO, he is forcing the main horder to buy all 10 or none.

+1. Perhaps someone trying to find out the identity of the hoarder??

[RCMcKenzie]

You all will know when my collection goes to market when an ebay powerseller has 10 of these in one auction...So far I only have 3 of this pose #...

[Pat R]

The Titus hoarder hasn't bid on any in several months so he probably won't
be pushing up the price on this lot.

[Bored5000]

Titus-itis certainly seems to have dropped in recent months. A couple days ago,a Titus PSA 4 sold for $223.50 and the one that really seemed surprising was a Titus lot that included a decent T-206 selling for just $102.50 earlier this week.

The Titus Polar Bear that sold for $400 recently definitely seems to be anomaly to the softening of Titus pricing in recent weeks and months. A Titus T-206 in very good+ condition sold for $148 on eBay last month. There for a while, Titus beaters in horrible shape were selling for that much.

I kinda figured this latest lot of 10 Titus T-206s and the earlier lot that included various Titus cards from different sets came from the big lot of Tituses in REA's auction earlier this year.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...p2045573.m1684

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

You all will know when my collection goes to market when an ebay powerseller has 10 of these in one auction...So far I only have 3 of this pose #...

You are definitely a hoarder. Having three of the same OJ pose is basically like having 100 of the same T206 cards as far as % of population. That's just on average, with the rarer OJ poses equaling the rare T206 cards

[packs]

I've got a Dude of my own. He may be yours one day:

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by travrosty

no this makes sense, this is someone that has some titus cards, but NOT the main hoarder, IMO, he is forcing the main horder to buy all 10 or none.

Maybe ... but that's also assuming that not only will the hoarder bid on them but that he won't get any stiff competition. If he/she does, then point taken With Probstein, they'll probably draw a good number but I'd be hesitant about grouping so many together.

I guess we'll find out once the auction closes if it was a wise move or not. Probstein just got over $100 for a PSA 1 and considering that six of the ten cads in this lot are PSA 2-3, individually, they should have brought a nice return.