Type Collectors - cards you don�t see anymore ?

Exhibitman · #1 09-26-2018, 11:46 AM

My total SWAG theory is that people who have a few examples of rare cards are sitting on them waiting to see where values go, especially on the ones that haven't run up in recent years. I know quite a few people, myself included, who regret selling some issues or players too early and won't make that error again.

Could also be the AH effect: so many houses, so many auctions, all needing consignments. We may perceive it as 'seeing' fewer of these cards than in past years because relatively fewer of them are being FSBO'd on eBay where we search for them.

tbob · #2 09-26-2018, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

My total SWAG theory is that people who have a few examples of rare cards are sitting on them waiting to see where values go, especially on the ones that haven't run up in recent years. I know quite a few people, myself included, who regret selling some issues or players too early and won't make that error again.

Like selling off an entire set (minus one common) of the T213-3's I derived from the Southern Find in the 80's to Bill Mastro in the early 90's to obtain money to purchase other cards? The biggest mistake I ever made in the hobby. The cards were all EX or better, about 15 were overprint backs. I sold the entire set for less than the price one Ty Cobb in EX goes for 25 years later

ullmandds · #3 09-26-2018, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tbob

Like selling off an entire set (minus one common) of the T213-3's I derived from the Southern Find in the 80's to Bill Mastro in the early 90's to obtain money to purchase other cards? The biggest mistake I ever made in the hobby. The cards were all EX or better, about 15 were overprint backs. I sold the entire set for less than the price one Ty Cobb in EX goes for 25 years later

Ouch bob!!!

Rickyy · #4 09-28-2018, 01:08 PM

E 104 with Nadja Backs... I don't see a lot of those at all.

Ricky Y

dstudeba · #5 09-30-2018, 09:18 PM

I would agree with the T209-2 I don't see them as often as I used to. The others mentioned always seemed tough.

Leon · #6 10-03-2018, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickyy

E 104 with Nadja Backs... I don't see a lot of those at all.

Ricky Y

But as the ones I had mentioned first, how many have we really ever seen? They, like some others, have never been plentiful. They are neat though.

rjackson44 · #7 10-04-2018, 01:36 PM

Texas tommys

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