Should be interesting CSG 52 Topps Mays

ullmandds · #1 03-21-2021, 06:36 PM

It used to be...a few years ago...that at any given moment of any day...you could go on ebay and find goudey ruths...mantle rookies...t206 cobb...they've all dried up...and noones selling.

The 52 topps mays has had quite a run lately...So why are there sooo many for sale right now on ebay...there are tons!!!!! I get that many are taking profits...but...isn't this. card that should bridge the gap with mantle as time goes by? Do people NOT want to hold this card?

chadeast · #2 03-22-2021, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ullmandds

It used to be...a few years ago...that at any given moment of any day...you could go on ebay and find goudey ruths...mantle rookies...t206 cobb...they've all dried up...and noones selling.

The 52 topps mantle has had quite a run lately...So why are there sooo many for sale right now on ebay...there are tons!!!!! I get that many are taking profits...but...isn't this. card that should bridge the gap with mantle as time goes by? Do people NOT want to hold this card?

I have a guess. This card, perhaps more so than the others you mentioned, has been purchased over the years as an investment by some, and not necessarily as a collectible (little emotional attachment to the card). So some of those who purchased it as an investment now see this as the time to cash out on that investment.

Obviously not the majority, but if, say 10% of t206 Cobb buyers purchase purely as an investment, while 30% of Mantle 311 buyers do the same, there would be many more Mantles up for sale when the market rises dramatically, as it has now. Again, just a guess.

ullmandds · #3 03-22-2021, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by chadeast

I have a guess. This card, perhaps more so than the others you mentioned, has been purchased over the years as an investment by some, and not necessarily as a collectible (little emotional attachment to the card). So some of those who purchased it as an investment now see this as the time to cash out on that investment.

Obviously not the majority, but if, say 10% of t206 Cobb buyers purchase purely as an investment, while 30% of Mantle 311 buyers do the same, there would be many more Mantles up for sale when the market rises dramatically, as it has now. Again, just a guess.

oops...I meant mays!!!!

chadeast · #4 03-22-2021, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ullmandds

oops...I meant mays!!!!

Oh, never mind then

Fuddjcal · #5 03-22-2021, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ullmandds

It used to be...a few years ago...that at any given moment of any day...you could go on ebay and find goudey ruths...mantle rookies...t206 cobb...they've all dried up...and noones selling.

The 52 topps mays has had quite a run lately...So why are there sooo many for sale right now on ebay...there are tons!!!!! I get that many are taking profits...but...isn't this. card that should bridge the gap with mantle as time goes by? Do people NOT want to hold this card?

I do, unfortunately, It's not a PSA so no one would want it anyway. It's a very trimmable & soakable PSA 7, so maybe send it off to PWCC for a shill bidding war?

I'm not liking the CSG 2.5 Mays much.

The card or the holder.

perezfan · #6 03-22-2021, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

I do, unfortunately, It's not a PSA so no one would want it anyway. It's a very trimmable & soakable PSA 7, so maybe send it off to PWCC for a shill bidding war?

I'm not liking the CSG 2.5 Mays much.

The card or the holder.

That card looks soooooo much better in the SGC holder. Very classy and hope it never ends up trimmed and in a PSA slab.

The new grading company really needs to pay attention to the near-unanimous comments here, and address their aesthetics for vintage cards.

ullmandds · #7 03-22-2021, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by perezfan

That card looks soooooo much better in the SGC holder. Very classy and hope it never ends up trimmed and in a PSA slab.

The new grading company really needs to pay attention to the near-unanimous comments here, and address their aesthetics for vintage cards.

but we are not their target demographic so why should they?

packs · #8 03-22-2021, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ullmandds

but we are not their target demographic so why should they?

We have money.

chadeast · #9 03-22-2021, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ullmandds

but we are not their target demographic so why should they?

I predict an increased interest in the vintage card demographic by CSG, once the current modern card boom ends. We aren't GameStop, but maybe we are the blue chip stock that churns out dividends year after year, good times or bad.

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