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CatI believe that the gravitation of the majority of "The Good Cards" towards auction houses is a mistake for sellers. There are times when you will do better with the Auction Houses and times when you will do better with EBay. I firmly believe that there are significant volumes of folks that do either Auction Houses or EBay. Of course there are many who are relentless, like those of us on this board, that scour both Auctions and EBay.
I recently sold my N162 Anson on EBay (I know that there are those that think a card in PSA 3 form is anything but a "Good Card" but give me some leeway on this one). I really believed that it would do well...not because they had been unavailable lately, but because no one had listed one on EBay lately. There had been a few of similar grade in the Auction Houses in the past year, but not EBay. Sure enough, it sold for $3,550 while the most recent one at auction sold for $3,280. I netted roughly $3,350. I would suspect that the person selling in the auction netted something close to $2,800.
The mistake I have made, is when I see a "Good Card" sell and net a strong price I have put my similar card on EBay thinking that it will net the same AND IT NEVER DOES. I think a perception is created in that instance that they are readily available. My N162 Anson hadn't been listed in so long that I am sure several bidders felt they better jump on it now.