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Posted By: davidcycleback

Famous baseball cards are rarely under priced by amateurs. Baseball cards are usually overpriced by amateurs, which means the prices are more often than not gouging the fellow unknowledgeable who accepts the prices. There's a difference between the seller setting a price before hand and asking what would be a good price. In the latter, the dealer buyer has more responsibility and shouldn't say a $2,000 is worth $2. In the former, the buyer is accepting a price the seller set. It is expected that a dealer is going to try to make a profit off of the deal, and there's nothing wrong with that. A dealer shouldn't rob the unknowledgeable. If someone offers you a real T206 Wagner for $1 (which will likely never happen), you should pay them more. More than likely someone will offer you a reprint for $10,000, in which case you aren't required to pay more. If someone offers you a real Wagner for $5,000 you should wonder if it's hot, as the price is ultra low but high enough the seller knows it's worth something.