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Originally Posted by ASF123
This is interesting to me - that some people find the auction format a fun way to try to be strategic. I guess that might help explain why auctions have become the dominant format even for commodity cards.
For me it's the opposite. An auction is analogous to a dealer not only not pricing their cards, but when you ask what the price is, they say "eh, make me your best offer and then check back in a week or ten days. If no one else has offered me more, then I'll sell you the card." Which, for me, is completely off-putting. I can see the appeal for cards that only rarely come up for sale. But for a T206 Roger Bresnahan or something? No thanks.
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I collect flannel (pre-1972) GU jerseys. If things were priced for sale, the good stuff would get snapped up quickly (probably by collectors other than me) and the rest would sit forever.
I remember, back in the 1980s, somebody in Michigan listed a GU Mudcat Grant Twins jersey for $50. I called immediately after seeing the ad, and of course it was already sold. The seller lamented he could've sold it dozens of times over, all the calls he was getting. Auctions are the best for flannels because it's tough to know what the sale number should be.
For common stuff, like adding a T202 to my collection of those, I either lowball bid, or look for BIN deals.