so what's hot?
 

So what's hot right now from your own observations?

t206 back collecting seems to be on fire. what else?

HOF Card collecting
 

Seems a lot more are getting into getting members of the HOF.

I've seen it drive up prices on:
Negro League Cards
Game Cards (Fan Craze, National Game, Polo Grounds etc)- used to be a fun & Cheap alternative to find players in their playing days with photos, but the secret is out!
Stan Coveleskie- So few cards and the prices keep going higher! (Happy to say I finally got mine last night after 2+ years of frustrating bidding!)

postcards
 

postcards are hot...

Some E98s on ebay a couple weeks ago had healthy prices for being such low grade. And 1914 CJs are certainly holding their own.

Harmon Killebrew,Hof tougher backs, Princess Kate, Mila Kunis.

Good call Tim, Negro League stuff is on fire.

Some postcards for sure Leon, overall still hit or miss though. Rose Co. pc's are definitely hot for example. PCL pc's also hot.

that's a given.

zeenuts as usual.

With the current state of the economy, a lot of collectors are still reluctant to give up the hobby, despite not being financially capable to collect as much as they once did, so they are resorting to lower grades for now.

So, I'd go as far as saying that low-grade and beaters are picking up steam in the hobby, because it's all some people can afford, or at the very least, all they are willing to spend right now. Personally, I've always loved the beaters anyway.

My vote too, is Mila Kunis

Or the e103's in Goodwin's last auction. THEY were on fire.



I think we may have better luck with a "what's not hot". I could have a list full of things to say.

Hot
 

& Pippa.

On fire
 

Bregstone's

card-like objects:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...Ruth%20001.jpg

Vintage photos and artwork from publications. With all of the archive liquidations over the last few years this would seem to be a good time to collec them.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...40_458_lg.jpeg

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...115885_lg.jpeg

+1 Pippa

:D

1911 and 1912 Zeenuts are red hot.

E90-1s when not sold as a set are hot :(

CJ's in general
 

I started my 1915 cj set 14 months ago and have noticed that prices overall have seem to have risen. I still cant beleive the ebay auction a couple months ago on ebay for a nice psa 1 cobb found in a car owner manual that go no bids when it started at $2300 and then was restarted the next week at 0.99c and got over $2500...I wish I had the $2300 the first time.....

T206 Hall of Famers in EX & better condition. They just keep chugging away!!

My beloved T205's have seemed to have lit up and took off. Seems to be quite a few newbies to the collecting that has created a surge in prices.

What's Hot
 

1) PSA 7 and 8 e96, e97 and e 98
2) PSA Wilson Wieners- especially the "Anthony" Card
3) T 205 psa 8 and above
4) Negro League items- see our thread
5) Union Association and Players League items with ads or illustrations
6) Sol White "Colored Baseball"
7) Rare 19th and early 20th century advertising poster with cards or players in unrestored condition
8) jack Chesbro t 206 psa 8
9) Hank Greenberg Diamond Star psa 8+
100 1914 Cracker Jacks in PSA 8

We're buyers on all of the above

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
bdorskind@dorskindgroup.com

Hot
 

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/3176446827/" title="1905 Louis Van Oeyen Real Photo Postcard by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/3176446827_deb6327e1d_o.jpg" width="500" height="912" alt="1905 Louis Van Oeyen Real Photo Postcard"></a>

great looking card
 

Great looking postcard, Jeff. Congrats.

Leon, what's with the new avatar? I'm thrown by it. Totally unsettled.

1934 Adam Hats- Left Gomez - Premium
 

1934 H-Unc (general catch-all for advertising that I use) Adam Hats Premiums. I had always seen them in the SCD and thought they were neat. I have shown them a few times...I didn't mean for it to be unsettling.....:eek:

Just off the top of my head, M101-4 Ruths appear to be hot tonight.

Postcards
 

Postcards are EMERGING, IMHO--they haven't been listed in the Standard Catalog that long, and there's some really neat ones out there. Nice Lajoie, Jeff.

Larry

More evidence that postcards are hot...

I really like the image on this one, but $2650 seems like a really strong price, imo. Congrats to whomever landed it!
link

http://i24.servimg.com/u/f24/13/04/98/39/flick10.jpg

Brian

That is a beauiful image but someone payed alot of money for it. Great image though.