What card price increase (over the last 5 years) shocks you the most?

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Don't have any comps but:

2. Michael Schumacher

Almost everything Formula 1 has exploded in price over the past year. It's a combination of the Netflix Drive to Survive series and Topps now having a license to produce F1 cards. I can't believe how many $10,000+ cards the Topps 2020 set has produced. Even mid-pack runners have some $1,000+ manufactured scarcity/autograph cards from the 2020 Topps set.

Along those same lines, Lewis Hamilton's 2006 Futera pre-rookie card is extremely rare, but I still found the $312,000 sale at Goldin to be shocking. Ditto for the $900,000 sale of a 2020 Topps 1/1 Superfractor of Hamilton at Goldin.

On a smaller scale, Niki Lauda's rookie card is a sticker from the 1974 Vedettes set. Nearly every example in the past year or so has exploded close to the $1,000 range, with higher grade versions selling in the mid four figures. That is shocking to me.

The 1984 Ayrton Senna Panini Scratch N' Play is another example that has gone crazy in the past year, with several examples selling for $10,000+ and as much as $30,000 for a higher grade example.

[Bored5000]

Another card that has really shocked me is Richard Petty's rookie card from the 1972 STP set. I get it that it is Richard Petty, but this was a $125-150 card even 3-4 years ago. Now, raw sales of $1,200-1,500 are not out of the ordinary when the card does show up.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

Another card that has really shocked me is Richard Petty's rookie card from the 1972 STP set. I get it that it is Richard Petty, but this was $125-150 card even 3-4 years ago. Now, raw sales of $1,200-1,500 are not out of the ordinary when the card does show up.

That one surprises me less than the F1 stickers, it's very hard to find, it's great looking, and it's Richard Petty.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Eddie, any thoughts on what my Billie Jean King RC would go for now? It has to be an 8 I would think.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Eddie, any thoughts on what my Billie Jean King RC would go for now? It has to be an 8 I would think.

That is a neat card, Peter. But I would not even be able to make an educated guess. I love non sports cards and cards outside the big four sports, but I have never really followed tennis cards or what specific cards in that sport are worth.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

The Pinkerton PC Wagner went from $2500ish to $21,600 (SGC 1.5) in Heritage’s Nov 18, 2021 auction. No idea why, no explanation given… just a big ??? Of course this run up happened a couple years after I had sold mine & then decided to collect the set when I bought a nice group from the John Esch collection.
I was able to acquire this one in a private deal.

[molenick]

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

The Pinkerton PC Wagner went from $2500ish to $21,600 (SGC 1.5) in Heritage’s Nov 18, 2021 auction. No idea why, no explanation given… just a big ??? Of course this run up happened a couple years after I had sold mine & then decided to collect the set when I bought a nice group from the John Esch collection.
I was able to acquire this one in a private deal.

I was curious about this and looked up the auction. It wasn't the T5 Wagner, it was the original photo used for the Wagner. I don't know enough about the photo market to know if this represents a major increase.

Edited to add: my mistake! Both sold for that price! And I now see you said the PC not the T5. That seems a little crazy to me, it's more than, or at least close to, what a T5 cabinet of Wagner has sold for as far as I know, at least in that condition. I thought the postcards usually went for much less than the cabinets. Maybe the explanation is that someone wanted the pair?

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

The Pinkerton PC Wagner went from $2500ish to $21,600 (SGC 1.5) in Heritage’s Nov 18, 2021 auction. No idea why, no explanation given… just a big ??? Of course this run up happened a couple years after I had sold mine & then decided to collect the set when I bought a nice group from the John Esch collection.
I was able to acquire this one in a private deal.

I just threw up a little in my mouth...I sold mine for under $2k a few years ago.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Eddie, any thoughts on what my Billie Jean King RC would go for now? It has to be an 8 I would think.

No idea, but nice card, and I dig the nattily attired 1960's tennis crowd in the background.

Brian

[gonefishin]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That one surprises me less than the F1 stickers, it's very hard to find, it's great looking, and it's Richard Petty.

Hey, I like King Richard and this is a pretty sweet card.