Is it time to ask AGAIN if T206 prices are falling?

[Luke]

Speaking only for myself, I simply missed this auction. A lot of the Sovereigns and EPDGs would have ended higher if I hadn't. It's possible some other people who would normally bid didn't realize this one was happening.

[JustinD]

I think over saturation of the auction house market will naturally lead to this happening.

I think eventually we will see a few bow out as concurrent auctions will lead people to choose based on budget and just not being able to bid on 60 things at once. Ebay needed competition, but the opening was huge and many people jumped into the ring. That group will narrow as time goes on.

Till the amount of sales equals demand you will see things sell lower and slip through the cracks. Supply and demand rules all and that rule is unbreakable.

We may also be seeing a bit of a buyer exodus from the auction scene as some of the prices are rediculous. There is no reason on earth to pay 3 times the previous value of a month ago just because you are getting it from a well known auction house. The gambler mentality of auctions have garnered some well heeled spending addicts (much to the happiness of the ownership) but the reasonable people are going to step back and remember the housing prices of the early 2000s.

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by JustinD

I think over saturation of the auction house market will naturally lead to this happening.

+1

[t206fix]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

Speaking only for myself, I simply missed this auction. A lot of the Sovereigns and EPDGs would have ended higher if I hadn't. It's possible some other people who would normally bid didn't realize this one was happening.

I agree with Luke. I didn't know about this auction. If so, I would have bid on a lot of these also.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by t206fix

I agree with Luke. I didn't know about this auction. If so, I would have bid on a lot of these also.

The auction was posted on the front page of this forum the morning of the day it ended and is still the 2nd to last thread on this page. I guess not everyone that posts reads the other threads?

ps....I am going with over saturation of the auction market for depressed prices.

[bn2cardz]

It is also the time of the year. I have noticed that Oct-Dec seems to bring lower auction prices. I have believed it starts with the over saturation of competing fall auctions leading into the holidays where collectors stop spending money on themselves and save for holiday gifts.

[rjackson44]

A card is worth what someone is willing to pay for it 😎

[tab]

I would have been bidding but I guess they don't want my business. Tried to register a week or so ago. Never did get a response. Tried to get in contact with them by email, no response. Tried to register again , no response. I did check my junk folder by the way nothing there.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by tab

I would have been bidding but I guess they don't want my business. Tried to register a week or so ago. Never did get a response. Tried to get in contact with them by email, no response. Tried to register again , no response. I did check my junk folder by the way nothing there.

A year or two or three ago I also tried to register and never received a response. One would think that approving registrations would be a priority. They're one of the very few (perhaps the only) auction house that I haven't bid in.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by tab

I would have been bidding but I guess they don't want my business. Tried to register a week or so ago. Never did get a response. Tried to get in contact with them by email, no response. Tried to register again , no response. I did check my junk folder by the way nothing there.

A two minute phone call pushed my registration through about 5 minutes after I entered my info on their website during the auction prior to this one.

And if prices are falling I will take a couple of Cobbs off someone's hands, preferably PSA or SGC 3-4, common backs are fine.

[jl9999]

Originally Posted by tab

I would have been bidding but I guess they don't want my business. Tried to register a week or so ago. Never did get a response. Tried to get in contact with them by email, no response. Tried to register again , no response. I did check my junk folder by the way nothing there.

I had the same issue with them. They e-mailed saying they wanted me to call them. Called repeatedly nobody ever picked up or answered of my messages. Sent multiple e-mails, nothing.





John Leso

[btcarfagno]

How many times have we had this discussion? At some point in the not too distant future there will be an auction house having an auction where the T206 results will be really high and we'll all look at this thread and be like


Tom C

[Yoda]

I was the happy and surprised winner of the Hart card. Just to underscore your point I figured it had to be at least a $1,000 card plus juice. Might get it switched over to SGC. If T206's are indeed trending lower, it might be a cold winter for a lot of dealers holding large inventories of them as well as the auction houses.