Before and After

[Gorditadogg]

A 52T Mays #261 PSA 6 just sold for $17k on ebay last night, a pretty nice one too. The last two PSA 6's sold for $25k each.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

A 52T Mays #261 PSA 6 just sold for $17k on ebay last night, a pretty nice one too. The last two PSA 6's sold for $25k each.

The 2 at 25K had the mays death tax built in when Aaron died.

Mays is healthy as a horse and will live on forever so it should continue to drop. I'm looking to pick up another 51 Bowman for a song as It's SGC and off center. Nobody likes or wants it cause it's not "PSA" or "Dead Centered".

Can somebody do the numbers for 1952 Topps Jackie? I think it went up about 10 times...but only if PSA and centered. All others are losing value I think?

[Stampsfan]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

The 2 at 25K had the mays death tax built in when Aaron died.

Mays is healthy as a horse and will live on forever so it should continue to drop. I'm looking to pick up another 51 Bowman for a song as It's SGC and off center. Nobody likes or wants it cause it's not "PSA" or "Dead Centered".

Can somebody do the numbers for 1952 Topps Jackie? I think it went up about 10 times...but only if PSA and centered. All others are losing value I think?

Not on my watch. This card is high on my wantlist and never pulled the trigger. Still looking and getting more depressed by the day.

[samosa4u]

1952 TOPPS #312 JACKIE ROBINSON

PSA 2 sold for $1,256 July, 2019
PSA 2 sold for $7,200 March, 2021

473% increase!

PSA 4 sold for $3,000 May, 2020 (during pandemic)
PSA 4 sold for $16,450 April, 2021

448% increase!

PSA 8 sold for $16,800 Feb, 2019
PSA 8 sold for $168,000 Feb, 2021

900% increase!

[bnorth]

With all these examples of huge price increases who is doing the buying? Is anyone on here paying these new prices? Is it collectors or has vintage cards become the new game of hot potato?

I have switched over to mainly memorabilia because I haven't noticed the huge price increases there yet.

[Frankish]

Originally Posted by bnorth

With all these examples of huge price increases who is doing the buying? Is anyone on here paying these new prices? Is it collectors or has vintage cards become the new game of hot potato?

I have switched over to mainly memorabilia because I haven't noticed the huge price increases there yet.

It seems to me a combination of the two. Investors and speculators appear to be driving the prices, but some collectors have the means to keep collecting. All in, though, it seems speculators are driving much of the pricing at least on big names.

Although primarily a post-war collector (and pre-war Japanese cards), I've recently switched my focus to photos for the same reason. There has been an increase in price but it hasn't been prohibitive so far....

[rats60]

Originally Posted by bnorth

With all these examples of huge price increases who is doing the buying? Is anyone on here paying these new prices? Is it collectors or has vintage cards become the new game of hot potato?

I have switched over to mainly memorabilia because I haven't noticed the huge price increases there yet.

I haven't bought anything. I think it is new blood being given advise to buy no matter the cost. I wonder what the guy who paid 738k for a PSA 10 Jordan RC is thinking about them selling for 420k now? I am waiting it out to see if other cards settle back down close to where they were before the hype began.

[Frankish]

Originally Posted by rats60

I haven't bought anything. I think it is new blood being given advise to buy no matter the cost. I wonder what the guy who paid 738k for a PSA 10 Jordan RC is thinking about them selling for 420k now? I am waiting it out to see if other cards settle back down close to where they were before the hype began.

Yeah, this type of market is so unpredictable that it constantly amazes me. That said, every time I buy a bitcoin and it then goes down, my friends get a good laugh. Over the longer term, though, maybe the asset holder get the last laugh....