T206 Ty Cobb Red background Lenox back

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by edhans

Your statement may be true for some cards, including perhaps the OP's Cobb. But if a buyer and seller agree to a price on a particular card, they've established a market value for it. If it's sent to an auction house, it takes a third buyer to establish that value. In the case of equally rare and desirable, yet more thinly traded issues, high grade type cards for instance, if that third buyer doesn't materialize, the seller can take a beating.

disagree that a market value is based on a direct sale....a market value for how much the buyer wants the card...however the seller can always say to the buyer 'if cant sell ill send it to a consignor' so the buyer may try to make an offer to avoid that from happening which is sort of market price as well..so maybe not disagree..!

in addition, when the seller quotes a price and says 'if not sell will send it to an auction' and still receives no takers...its probably an indication that hes asking more than market price if the potential buyers would rather bid at an auction of the card with competition then a direct sale.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Jake if you reply to this it will be your 20th post in this thread.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Jake if you reply to this it will be your 20th post in this thread.

so my 20th is just behind your 21st?

[823dek]

sell it and the over dramatic male bonding stops. I wish you well with your card.

[Bigb13]

Bump

[Scocs]

Is there a price for this card? I would think that if the seller wishes to sell an item, that a price be listed. If not, auction it off, reserve price or not.

In the same way that a store couldn't exist if there were no prices on its items, so too should this be the rule here. I belong to a music forum, and they stipulate that you cannot sell an item on it without a price listed. Only fair.

Has there even been a picture included of this card yet? Do we know it exists?

[Bigb13]

Price has been stated it is 25k