48 Bowman Set [Probstein]

[Snapolit1]

Saw this last night. Don't see entire sets of anything roll around very often these days, so it caught my eye (but not my bid). What do people think of the price? I find the set sort of bland, but certainly is a meaningful set.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Bowman...rdt=true&rt=nc

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[Leon]

Relatively speaking I think that was a good buy for the buyer, in today's market.

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[pwang100]

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[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by pwang100

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Sold last evening.

[Harford20]

In our current climate, I have noted many buyers are incorporating the fact that the TPG plastic cost and time to obtain them are considerable and these "costs" are being factored in to the buy.

If you figure that there is $1200-1500 worth of plastic and time in this auction, the complete set at $6500 seems CHEAP actually.

Dave

[Snapolit1]

Good point.

As Yogi Berra might say, "the TPGs are so backed up with orders that no one is using them anymore."

[sreader3]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

As Yogi Berra might say, "the TPGs are so backed up with orders that no one is using them anymore."

Good one!

[puckpaul]

I always liked the set, but wasnt crazy about them until I saw the Uncle Jimmy cards. Those were so clean and crisp, they were psa 5-7s but looked way better. I bought the whole set except the Rizzuto, just missed that one. Went for about the price of this one. Thought I got a great deal. Here is the Musial again.

(Damn, sideways again! Will try to fix but it happens randomly when i upload my photos!)

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by Harford20

In our current climate, I have noted many buyers are incorporating the fact that the TPG plastic cost and time to obtain them are considerable and these "costs" are being factored in to the buy.

If you figure that there is $1200-1500 worth of plastic and time in this auction, the complete set at $6500 seems CHEAP actually.

Dave

I actually pulled the trigger on a number of SGC graded '33 Goudeys that I'd been considering the day that SGC made the announcement of the fee increase. It did change the economics for me, especially for graded commons. I, of course, hope for grading deals to come along soon, but I'm not counting on it. The price increase has dampened my enthusiasm for buying graded cards to crossover and for buying ungraded cards as well (for '33 Goudey in particular, I'm still perfectly happy with PSA and ungraded cards elsewhere). I still think that SGC is shooting themselves in the foot by disincentivizing the grading of commons, and missed a great opportunity to capture market share by remaining at $15 when PSA increased their fees, but they surely know their business better than I do.