It's officially time to start buying pre-war cards again

jb217676 · #1 06-21-2010, 01:17 PM

I've noticed hockey cards are going for good $ lately. I would regularly pick up 1963 Parkhurst commons in PSA 8 last year for $25-$35. Recently I've lost out on commons bid up to the $50-$75 range. I used to pick up the stars for that price!

usernamealreadytaken · #2 06-21-2010, 01:20 PM

I have observed over several years of collecting, buying and selling that prices drop over the summer months and pick back up in late fall, winter, and early spring...Just not as many stuck inside pouring over ebay, auction houses, BST, websites etc. Anybody else notice this?

T206Collector · #3 06-22-2010, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by usernamealreadytaken

I have observed over several years of collecting, buying and selling that prices drop over the summer months and pick back up in late fall, winter, and early spring...Just not as many stuck inside pouring over ebay, auction houses, BST, websites etc. Anybody else notice this?

I've noticed this in myself back in the late 1990's when I collected shiny and pre-war at the same time for a couple of years. When the baseball season is on, I focused on the hot new players. When the season was off, I went back to the old-timers. I don't think I was alone in this practice.

martyogelvie · #4 06-22-2010, 09:30 AM

I simply filter out BINs when I am on eBay at first.. then i go back and filter for only BINs.. it makes it easier to find good deals...

tbob · #5 06-22-2010, 01:22 PM

I noticed on ebay the other day there were 10,000 prewar BIN listings from 1900-1919 (approx) and 500 auctions. Anyone else remember the good old days when these figures were reversed?

I do the same thing Marty does, filter out all BINs (which gets rid of a lot of that crap and reprints) from 1900-1919 and check the auction cards. Then peruse the BINs hoping to find something other than the standard seller dumps which appear time and time again. There are definitely deals on ebay still but you have to really search for them now, which, I guess, is one reason they ARE deals, because a lot of collectors don't have the time and energy or lack the patience to do these searches.

Exhibitman · #6 06-29-2010, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by tbob

I noticed on ebay the other day there were 10,000 prewar BIN listings from 1900-1919 (approx) and 500 auctions. Anyone else remember the good old days when these figures were reversed?

When tBob speals, EBay listens:

Subject: FREE to list Auction-style, any start price, June 29-July 12 Received: Jun-28-10
From: eBay Expires: Jul-12-10
TWO WEEKS! June 29-July 12
Free Insertion Fees for up to 100 Auction--style listings
Start the bidding where you want
Pay only if your item sells

tbob · #7 06-29-2010, 12:06 PM

It would be good if those auctions started at $9.99 or .99 instead of $450, though. I think sellers are still gun-shy about what prices pre-war cards might "fetch." I was bidding on an E90-3 Gandil in a 30 holder which started out at .99 opening bid and no reserve and after 3 or 4 days the auction was pulled and the card listed with a BIN of $1450.00.

D. Bergin · #8 06-29-2010, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

When tBob speals, EBay listens:

Subject: FREE to list Auction-style, any start price, June 29-July 12 Received: Jun-28-10
From: eBay Expires: Jul-12-10
TWO WEEKS! June 29-July 12
Free Insertion Fees for up to 100 Auction--style listings
Start the bidding where you want
Pay only if your item sells

I never received that e-mail. Is this another one of those offers where you are exempt if you bought one of the stores Ebay forced on everybody a few months ago?

Kehfee · #9 06-21-2010, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jb217676

I've noticed hockey cards are going for good $ lately. I would regularly pick up 1963 Parkhurst commons in PSA 8 last year for $25-$35. Recently I've lost out on commons bid up to the $50-$75 range. I used to pick up the stars for that price!

Yeah I've seen a lot of hot hockey the last few months.

mackmen · #10 06-21-2010, 02:09 PM

its funny that hockey got brought up. I am mainly into pre war baseball, but the last two years my friends and I have begun to really get into hockey and have all begun to collect the cards as well. there is so much more talent for the newer cards (lots of great rookies and young stars), the older cards are rare enough to garner my attention and collecting efforts, the game is more consistent and entertaining than many other sports imo to watch, and learning the history has been fun. Modern hockey is pretty neat, I think its a good product.

However, hockey card collecting will never trounce my goudey, diamond stars, and t-card collection. I LOVE pre war baseball, just not modern baseball.

Leon · #11 06-21-2010, 02:15 PM

I picked up a D311 Melchoir (sp?) for my collection recently, in a 40 holder, for about $265. I picked up another Crofts Candy HOF'er in a 30 holder for about $150. Both of these are about half of what they would have brought 2-4 yrs ago. It is a good time for collecting, however, anyone that bought for resale 2-4 yrs ago, with that inventory....is not in a good spot today. I am glad I am a collector at heart.

36GoudeyMan · #12 06-21-2010, 02:25 PM

.. it would seem.

tbob · #13 06-21-2010, 02:49 PM

As far as selling goes, as always, it's hit or miss on ebay. Having a notice in the ebay section of the BST definitely helps as a lot of my buyers in my recent sale were from the Board. The E93s (all graded) went for decent prices which I was ok with although there were definitely some real bargains there. Strangely, the 1961 Fleer basketball near set I sold card by card brought more than I would have thought. Perhaps the lack of reprints and other crap cards in this section means buyers are navigating through sections other than pre-war much more easily.
I set all my pre-war cards as auctions and not BINs and that seemed to work fine but you always hold your breath when you do this.

mybuddyinc · #14 06-21-2010, 03:22 PM

Boxing cards have dropped to very low lows ....................

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