Isbell T206 sale on Ebay

[Mountaineer1999]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-White-...-127632-2357-0

Wondering why this Sovereign Isbell sold for $889? Just curious. I'm probably just out of T206 touch these days as it's been awhile.

[Bobbycee]

Most likely because of low pop with the Sov. 150 back. But, card has a few creases & is probably over bid.

[Ronnie73]

That's crazy, I paid $20 for mine 5 years ago.

[toledo_mudhen]

Per PSA

Piedmont (52+%) and Sweet Caporal (27+%) backs account for approx 80% of all graded T206s

Sovereign Backs account for approx 4% of all graded examples

[swarmee]

Looks like a Poor or Fair, but solid eye appeal from a distance.

Maybe something about the blue print defect next to belt loop?

[wolf441]

Is the back apple green? I thought that only the 350 series had apple green variations? I thought that the 150 and 350/460 only came in forest green.

[Paulcurlee1]

Isbell was a pretty significant upgrade to my sox maximum back set and the last one I really wanted. Given that it’s one of the hardest sovereign (if not hardest) - I didn’t mind overpaying. I set my max high enough that I felt comfortable that I would get it - as usual - someone bid $879 at the last second and I got it at $889. I have pictures of my sox maximum back set on IG (PaulCurlee) and Facebook (I’m sure you can guess my Facebook user ID). Why someone else wanted to pay $879 for it is your guess, I definitely overpaid but it ain’t going anywhere until I’m dead

[Bpm0014]

You’re gonna tell me this card went from $450 to $879 in the last couple of seconds?? A random $879 which just happened to be slightly less than your $889?? It’s almost like this was shilled by eBay…

[Paulcurlee1]

I had my limit higher than that. My limit was over 4 figures. I’ve seen some weird stuff in bidding - I’m pretty open about what I’m collecting - not hard to figure out. I had a doc white hindu at goldin that ended up at 4x what last price paid was - I let it go. Less than a week later it showed up on PWCC for $4k. I’m sure someone was trying to overbid it and resale it because it’s rare. For that reason I just set my limit stupid high but I didn’t pop it until 5 seconds left. I had my limit at 450 until the very end. See attached pic

[t206kid]

This is one of the toughest Sov150s. I bid pretty aggressively because would have been an upgrade for me but didn't make the Olympic podium. Market starting to get smart to these types of toughies.

[tedzan]

Just a few years ago, I paid $40 for this Isbell as an upgrade in my set. So, what can I get for it on ebay, nowadays ?

It's getting "crazy" out there


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[Paulcurlee1]

Well it looks like you me and Ron are the members of the Isbell sov150 club. I just wanted to complete my set and I figured someone else would be lurking out there. I expected $700ish?

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Paulcurlee1

I had my limit higher than that. My limit was over 4 figures. I’ve seen some weird stuff in bidding - I’m pretty open about what I’m collecting - not hard to figure out. I had a doc white hindu at goldin that ended up at 4x what last price paid was - I let it go. Less than a week later it showed up on PWCC for $4k. I’m sure someone was trying to overbid it and resale it because it’s rare. For that reason I just set my limit stupid high but I didn’t pop it until 5 seconds left. I had my limit at 450 until the very end. See attached pic

This is one of the really great aspects of this board- real collectors being transparent about what we collect, why, and even what we paid. This type of info helps put some of the anomalies in the sales results into context. Just invaluable- thanks for sharing.

[Mountaineer1999]

Interesting read on how this went down. Funny thing ... I would've probably posted it as BIN for $70 or so.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

You’re gonna tell me this card went from $450 to $879 in the last couple of seconds?? A random $879 which just happened to be slightly less than your $889?? It’s almost like this was shilled by eBay…

That's kind of how ebay bidding works. Two nuclear bids at the end cause a crazy high price. It's not like an auction house that goes in 5-10% increments.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by swarmee

That's kind of how ebay bidding works. Two nuclear bids at the end cause a crazy high price. It's not like an auction house that goes in 5-10% increments.

The logical way to bid on ebay is as much as you are prepared to spend as late as possible, leaving little or no time for anybody to see your bid and raise it.

If you bid with 6 seconds left the only ones who beat you are the ones bidding the same way as you, but higher.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by Paulcurlee1

Isbell was a pretty significant upgrade to my sox maximum back set and the last one I really wanted. Given that it’s one of the hardest sovereign (if not hardest) - I didn’t mind overpaying. I set my max high enough that I felt comfortable that I would get it - as usual - someone bid $879 at the last second and I got it at $889. I have pictures of my sox maximum back set on IG (PaulCurlee) and Facebook (I’m sure you can guess my Facebook user ID). Why someone else wanted to pay $879 for it is your guess, I definitely overpaid but it ain’t going anywhere until I’m dead

Paul, congrats on the pickup! I'm working on a White Sox master T206 set too and was looking at that card to upgrade the PSA1 that I got last July. I let it go after the bidding got to be more than I was comfortable with paying.

I would be interested in seeing your set, but I'm probably one of the few people left in the world that isn't on Instagram or Facebook.

[Paulcurlee1]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

Paul, congrats on the pickup! I'm working on a White Sox master T206 set too and was looking at that card to upgrade the PSA1 that I got last July. I let it go after the bidding got to be more than I was comfortable with paying.

I would be interested in seeing your set, but I'm probably one of the few people left in the world that isn't on Instagram or Facebook.

Hey Tom - shot you a DM with my number. Checked out your WS collection, absolutely awesome! If you’re local to Chicago, let me know. I live in the Pilsen neighborhood

[53toppscollector]

A bunch of Sov150s sold the other night, I had the portraits on the watch list and bid on 3 of them, a Donovan, Devlin and Beaumont. The Beaumont and Donovan were like $75 with 10 seconds left, then the bidding spiked and they both finished at close to $400. I somehow got the Devlin for $85. Which I consider a huge steal.