T210 Prices

[rdixon1208]

The subject of prices realized on recent T210 sales came up in the pick-up thread, and I wanted to touch on that some more, so I just started a new thread.

In reference to T206 prices, I've noticed that common T210's in let's say SGC 20 condition are fetching $40 - $80 each, where comon T206's would get about $20 - $25. But T210's in the SGC 60 range are getting something like $80 - $100.....about the same price as T206's in the same grade. What's up with that?

There was a T210 auction last week of a card that I wanted. It was graded SGC 30. I bid $97 on the card and lost. I was outbid by two people. A week later, and the same subject is auctioned off in a SGC 60 holder. I won it for $91.

T210's in high grade seem to be pretty hard to come by to me. Any thoughts on why the prices don't reflect that?

[Wite3]

One reason might be more competition for lower condition cards.

Joshua

[Bill Stone]

I think it depends on the series --a recent eBay auction of T-210 series 6 cards resulted in an average price of $111 for the SGC 30 cards however an SGC 20 sold for $223 and a SGC 10 sold for $214. I paid $ 147 for a PSA 2 card. None of those prices suprised me.

I agree with Bill on this one. I am only interested in T210 series 6 cards from the T210 set but the prices are much higher for them in that series. I think it depends on what series it is and the fact that some people go after a specific team in a series in some cases.

Tony Turner

[FrankWakefield]

I was watching some of those auctions, and bid in a few of them.

As difficult as this might be for some of you to understand, some of those bids reflect the bidder's desire to have the card, ie that subject/ballplayer in that series; and the bid had very little to do with condition or third party grading.

When approached from a comparison of slabbed T206s vs slabbed T210s, I understand the consternation. But some of those bids had nothing to do with the the card being slabbed, and little to do with condition.

[rdixon1208]

I get it. It's just weird seeing cards not really carry much of a conditioned-based premium. It doesn't have anything to do with third party grading. It's just that people are usually willing to pay much more for much nicer cards.

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

I was watching some of those auctions, and bid in a few of them.

As difficult as this might be for some of you to understand, some of those bids reflect the bidder's desire to have the card, ie that subject/ballplayer in that series; and the bid had very little to do with condition or third party grading.

When approached from a comparison of slabbed T206s vs slabbed T210s, I understand the consternation. But some of those bids had nothing to do with the the card being slabbed, and little to do with condition.

[tbob]

The reason you can't compare T210s in lower condition with T206's in lower condition is that you can always pick up a T206 whereas some of the T210s are next to impossible to find. Now with regard to the higher condition T210s vs. T206s, I think that (just a hunch) more T210 collectors are just content with having an example of the card, whether it be a 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50. I know Robert won a couple of series 3 portraits in 50 and 60 holders of players that I just had won a few weeks ago in 30 holders so I wasn't bidding against him or he never would have won them for the prices he paid. The one thing I have learned, and most 54ers will agree with me, is that when it comes to prices on ebay, everything is a matter of timing.