Tell me what under valued players or cards you feel need to rise in price

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

Just curiously wondering what other collectors and hobby enthusiast think . I've had this conversation with a friend that's not that in to collecting . And we had very different answers . So let's here what the masses have to say

Mantle. Most of his cards are substantially undervalued while a few are really overvalued. I can send you the list of cards I have (all undervalued) and need (all overvalued) if you want more details

On a serious note, I do think that a lot of the oddball cards for a lot of the better players are still a bit on the light side. As they are added to PSA Player Registries--which is happening now with Mantle--the prices will likely creep up a bit.

[MattyC]

The Lou Gehrig RC. Though that looks to be changing, and rapidly so.

[ALR-bishop]

I would be interested in the divergent views of your and your friend, Dustin. The "masses" here are never bashful about saying what they think

[sflayank]

i would certainly buy up all the test issues and regionals all underpriced
anyone with money can buy a 52 mantle....they appear at auction 10 at a time every month in all grades...but how many dice games do you see or 66 punchouts
if a 52 mantle 8 goes for $430k a 66 punchout mantle 8 should go for $5 million

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by sflayank

i would certainly buy up all the test issues and regionals all underpriced
anyone with money can buy a 52 mantle....they appear at auction 10 at a time every month in all grades...but how many dice games do you see or 66 punchouts
if a 52 mantle 8 goes for $430k a 66 punchout mantle 8 should go for $5 million

Should, but would ? Wishing and hoping....Dusty Springfield

Welcome, Michael

[Rookiemonster]

Hey welcome sinker slider ! And bishop so far not to many bashful members . Ok my number one under valued card is 1951 bowman willie mays . When you see what the mantle sells for it can only be a matter of time before it starts to even out . And there are fewer graded examples of the mays .

My friends number one is the Johnny bench rookie . As seen in the last couple years with the Nolan Ryan rookie . He feel it will and has to follow .

I think most vintage football is rediculiusly low and even some 80s stuff can grow some . 1984 topps football has to many names and key rookies . To be chalked up as 80s trash .

Well there is the bread and meat of what I have . There are some other cards I have in mind . But I really want to see what other collector have in mind . I love all the regional/oddball love I'm seeing

[mintacular]

i say no on oddball as many (not all) are not very attractive ex: post cereal and were not part of the massees collecting experience whereas topps base cards were. jmo

[hcv123]

While the market is easily viewed and valued through a supply and demand lens, it has puzzled me that many of the food issue, regional and test issues of many of the better known, more collected players don't sell for significantly more. While there is certainly a thinner demand base, the supply is so much smaller it still shocks me. I was saddened (that I couldn't afford it) and heartened to see the prices of the 1953 Stahl Meyer cards in a recent auction - PSA 7 Mantle selling for 30k+. Even that price seems like a bargain when you consider the likely less than a couple of dozen examples in existence and the 7 being the second highest graded - next to say the kind of numbers his 1953 card sells for.

[Sinker Slider]

I haven't posted over here or introduced myself yet, though I have been reading for some time, so I'll say first by way of brief introduction that I got back into collecting a couple of years ago after a long hiatus and collect mostly ungraded baseball Hall of Famers and graded baseball HOF rookies.

I'm generally dubious of efforts to try to predict the future on these things, but there's one card that doesn't seem to get mentioned in these kinds of threads that I think should be at least part of the discussion: the 1939 Play Ball Ted Williams.

I would think it has some room to grow for a few reasons. It is of top 5 player, and if I'm not mistaken is one of the few widely agreed upon pre-war rookie cards. While not exactly scarce, there are fewer graded than other major rookies (about 1000 graded between PSA and SGC, versus 2,000 for Mantle and 4,000 for Aaron, for example). It is a nice picture and a clean looking, classic card. Yet it can be had right now for the same or less than an equivalent Aaron and 1/4 of the price of a 1951 Mantle for mid-grade examples, with the discrepancy growing in higher grades. And it hasn't yet seen the run-ups in price that other major rookies experienced in the last couple of years. That seems to me to create potential for growth as more people turn to acquiring rookie cards of the very best players, which seems to be a current trend.

[Laxcat]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Mantle. Most of his cards are substantially undervalued while a few are really overvalued. I can send you the list of cards I have (all undervalued) and need (all overvalued) if you want more details

On a serious note, I do think that a lot of the oddball cards for a lot of the better players are still a bit on the light side. As they are added to PSA Player Registries--which is happening now with Mantle--the prices will likely creep up a bit.

Yep. Regionals/oddball have climbed in prices lately. I deal quite extensively in them. Pre EBay they were a bear to find. Not much easier with the 'Bay.