Most you would spend on a card?

[parkplace33]

Seeing some outrageous prices on cards. Which got me thinking….

What is the most you would spend on a single card (USD)?

Love to see the net54 community input.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Nothing personal, but I find threads like this off-putting.

[ullmandds]

more than a little...less than a lot...by my standards?

[Casey2296]

I never thought I would spend 5K on a card, then the bar was 10K, then 15K, then 20K. I guess it would depend on cash flow and desire for the card and whether I could budget for it. Not having enough money for the cards you want actually focuses your attention on what is really important to your collection.

[chadeast]

$1 more than the underbidder.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by chadeast

$1 more than the underbidder.

Except it usually ends up $1 less than the overbidder...

[frankbmd]

$7.82

[Johnny630]

Market Conditions Have Me Concerned, Last year I did a lot of selling into the strength. Not buying. Unless a 53 Topps Mays High Grade Comes Along.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Market Conditions Have Me Concerned, Last year I did a lot of selling into the strength. Not buying. Unless a 53 Topps Mays High Grade Comes Along.

The '53 Mays has gotten competitive the last 12 months. I've not been looking at anything over vg-ex so I'm sure the high grades are seeing the same.

[Tao_Moko]

I've come close but draw the line at $5k and have yet to exceed that for a single card(I think). My buying habits have changed and I now prefer volume over individual value because it's fun to diversify. It sneaks up on you though and $5k can happen quickly. My avg purchase is ~$350 which is drawn down by the fact that my $750-900 bids have not been good enough lately. Been getting smoked on ebay and a few auctions. The current goal is to leave a hoard of cards for my kids to "find" when I'm gone. Cards along with precious metals, collectibles, art and items collected over my decade and a half of travelling(being shipped to) unique lands all over the globe . I have always loved the stories of finds from dad/grandpa/uncle's closet or attic so why not create one myself.

[Gorditadogg]

0.1% of my total liquid assets. (Which is getting lower by the day. Ouch!)

[egri]

Depends on a number of things. Did I make any large card purchases recently? Does it fit in to a project I have at the moment? Is the value in the same ballpark as the asking price, or will it appreciate to it? My threshold has also changed as I've gotten older; when I was in college, spending more than $100 or so on a card was something I needed to budget for, now it isn't.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Nothing personal, but I find threads like this off-putting.

Same here.

[NiceDocter]

If a T 206 Wagner was available I think most people would scrape up 10 or 20 thousand at least maybe more..... kind of depends on how good a deal and what card as to how much I would spend. And Im NOT a flipper! Rocky

[G1911]

Not enough to be cool.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by G1911

Not enough to be cool.

Lol

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Nothing personal, but I find threads like this off-putting.

+1. The continuing insinuation that cards are intrinsically valuable anymore only in proportion to their dollar value just makes this a hobby that continues to climb out of reach for the average Joe.

I will say that since getting back into cards about 7 years ago, the insane prices on some of the things that were on my initial wantlist has been one of the largest single turnoffs for me. I will look at something and think yeah, I could make that happen if I wanted to. But do I really want to? They want how much for that card?

[Johnny630]

I don't care what anyone spends on a card. It's their business. I'm just hoping we get back to Pre Jan 2021 Numbers, Just give me the 2020 averages and I'll be happy.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

I don't care what anyone spends on a card. It's their business. I'm just hoping we get back to Pre Jan 2021 Numbers, Just give me the 2020 averages and I'll be happy.

Not collecting for the money as they say and I have made many poor decisions if that were the case. That said, I would not like that development.

[butchie_t]

wrong thread. whoops

B.T.

[T205 GB]

That all depends. What are you selling?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by T205 GB

That all depends. What are you selling?

The coolest Warren Spahn you have ever seen in hand.

[steve B]

That's sort of a question with no answer.
How much would I spend on a card?
For the right card? And with unlimited budget? Who knows?

The more important questions are
How much could I spend on a card?

That's variable, and a much smaller number than I'd like.

Or
How much would/could I spend on any particular card.

Which is even more variable.

I also happen to be more than a bit cheap at times. Currently I'm wrestling with vg common T206s being almost 100. When I started that would have got me a Goudey Ruth. OR 10 T206 Hofers.

[joshleon]

Originally Posted by steve B

That's sort of a question with no answer.
How much would I spend on a card?
For the right card? And with unlimited budget? Who knows?

The more important questions are
How much could I spend on a card?

That's variable, and a much smaller number than I'd like.

Or
How much would/could I spend on any particular card.

Which is even more variable.

I also happen to be more than a bit cheap at times. Currently I'm wrestling with vg common T206s being almost 100. When I started that would have got me a Goudey Ruth. OR 10 T206 Hofers.

That's the problem I am having getting back into the hobby. With such a large gap in time between card purchases, it's difficult to spend 20-100x what I used to be able to pay.

It's all relative really:

THEN: "I didn't spend 500 on a Goudey Ruth because I was just a kid and didn't have enough money."

NOW: "I won't spend 10k on a Goudey Ruth because I HAVE kids and don't have enough money."

Also finding that (and perhaps this deserves its own thread) that the price of tier 2/3 t206 HOFers are relatively depressed compared to t206 commons in similar conditions. If I were trying to pick up cards right now, I'd be going for the Huggins and Jennings of the world over a Kroh. But yeah, 100 bucks for mid-grade commons.

[Sean]

$146,000

[Tao_Moko]

Also finding that (and perhaps this deserves its own thread) that the price of tier 2/3 t206 HOFers are relatively depressed compared to t206 commons in similar conditions. If I were trying to pick up cards right now, I'd be going for the Huggins and Jennings of the world over a Kroh. But yeah, 100 bucks for mid-grade commons.[/QUOTE]

It's a good point. I backed away from T206 awhile back aside from a few projects I've worked on for a long time. I think they do catch up as you say and surprised that some have not already. Some have already done so and not that Lajoie is a low level HOFer, but it wasn't that long ago that he was a bigger step down from the others. Griffith was a strong buy when I was building the set a few years ago.