vintage card prices

[theshleps]

Signed vintage cards even non rookies are going higher and higher. Do you think most of the buyers are us board members who bid against each other and drive them through the roof or are there alot of collectors not on net 54 with giant pockets? Even non rookies are going high. Do you think there is an end in site? Or once the few of us on here get our wants will the demand plummet?

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I honestly believe collectors are finally starting to recognize how scare a signed T205 is or how cool it is because of the age of the card and being signed.. Seems that once the T206's hit 100+ years old, the signed ones went up significantly.


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[Republicaninmass]

I think the sheer nostalgia of a player actually touching their own card is the driving force. Also, the rarity of seeing a player and having the card with you in hand to have signed increases the rarity of many signed cards. The masses are realizing there are not many around.

"We" have built "america's toughest signed card want list" from many autographed card collectors who have been at this since the 50's. Most all are missing the same cards, and that tends to create a bidding war of all wars. However, I have been contacted by a few people, not on this site, who are interested in starting a signed set. There are also player and team set collectors venturing into the world of signed cards.

I think signed cards have still not reached their potential, and there are steals to be had on ebay and auction houses of signed rarities going unnoticed. The HOF rookie cards should lead the way with others being dragged slowly up with them.

[Exhibitman]

Decades ago in the hobby signed cards went begging. Many collectors thought of them as defaced. I recall purchasing lots of 1950s HOFer signed cards at auctions where no one even wanted to pay $2 each for them. I still have some of them. I also recall being looked at like I was nuts for getting old timers to sign their vintage cards at shows. That attitude persisted until relatively recently. I picked up quite a few signed HOFer cards at various Nationals over the last decade for less than the cost of the raw card in comparable condition. In some cases I was not only able to knock off a want list or type card but get an autograph to boot. That hasn't been the case for a few years now, though.

[egri]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Decades ago in the hobby signed cards went begging. Many collectors thought of them as defaced. I recall purchasing lots of 1950s HOFer signed cards at auctions where no one even wanted to pay $2 each for them. I still have some of them. I also recall being looked at like I was nuts for getting old timers to sign their vintage cards at shows. That attitude persisted until relatively recently. I picked up quite a few signed HOFer cards at various Nationals over the last decade for less than the cost of the raw card in comparable condition. In some cases I was not only able to knock off a want list or type card but get an autograph to boot. That hasn't been the case for a few years now, though.

+1

I remember when I was in fifth grade (9-10 years ago) and I picked up Bobby Doerr's 1949 Bowman card from the local card store. I asked the owner if I should send the card to Doerr to sign, and before I'd even finished the question he was shaking his head no.

[clydepepper]

I just don't see how anyone can believe signed vintage cards are authentic without making a huge leap of faith.

Autographs, in general, are a risk, but the older they are, the more vital indisputable providence becomes.
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