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

[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?

[T206Collector]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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?

[Matt]

I thought the 100 free listings was part of their most recent fee structure changes - up front is free, but if it sells they take 12%.