Card prices tipping point?
I just walked out of the bi-annual Chicago Sports Spectacular without buying anything. I am NOT cheap, but prices were higher than the National that occurred less than 4 months ago, some ABSURDLY so. I have no idea where some people are coming up with their numbers, COMPS BE DAMMED. Many items — of all eras — 1.5-5x logical value with minimal negotiation.
The funniest things I saw:
• Signed/ungraded 1984 Topps Eric Dickerson RC: $400 ... only like 6x actual value.
• 2025 Johnny Furphy (an injured 10th man off the Pacers' bench) Flawless jersey card: $650
I won’t attend another show until the National next year. Happy to spend my $ right here.
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• Collecting Indianapolis-related pre-war and rare regionals, Jim Thorpe, and other vintage thru '80s
• Successful deals with Kingcobb, Harford20, darwinbulldog, iwantitiwinit, helfrich91, kaddyshack, Marckus99, D. Bergin, Commodus the Great, Moonlight Graham, orioles70, adoo1, Nilo, JollyElm, DJCollector1, angolajones, timn1, jh691626, NiceDocter, h2oya311, orioles93, thecapeleague, gkrodg00, no10pin, Scon0072, cmoore330, Luke, wawazat
Last edited by Brent G.; Yesterday at 04:39 PM.
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