T206 steve evens -$$$$$$$$$$

[G1911]

Let's see if its valuable in a month.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by G1911

Let's see if its valuable in a month.

Hasn't it (the 50 or so sales above $1000 or whatever it is now) damaged the idea that it's a $61 card? Titus sells at low tier hofer prices years after the Titus guy stopped buying.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Hasn't it (the 50 or so sales above $1000 or whatever it is now) damaged the idea that it's a $61 card? Titus sells at low tier hofer prices years after the Titus guy stopped buying.

It's not a $61 card today. It may well be again in 1 month. Price is not a perpetual upward arrow. Many hoarded cards no longer have a premium. You can get a 1964 Topps Curt Flood for $3 on COMC right now in VG+ range. Whether a card keeps a premium is dependent on 1) the driving anomaly factor remaining in perpetuity (this clown paying the fortune for them) and 2) if hobbyists try to keep pumping the card after.

It helps Titus that a lot of people jumped in on the bandwagon, made it a meme card, and his premium was relatively modest. Titus wasn't $2K.

I personally doubt anyone else is going to be stupid enough to pay anywhere near these thousands for a common card of a common player. Factor 1 is unlikely to remain for very long.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by G1911

It's not a $61 card today. It may well be again in 1 month. Price is not a perpetual upward arrow. Many hoarded cards no longer have a premium. You can get a 1964 Topps Curt Flood for $3 on COMC right now in VG+ range. Whether a card keeps a premium is dependent on 1) the driving anomaly factor remaining in perpetuity (this clown paying the fortune for them) and 2) if hobbyists try to keep pumping the card after.

It helps Titus that a lot of people jumped in on the bandwagon, made it a meme card, and his premium was relatively modest. Titus wasn't $2K.

I personally doubt anyone else is going to be stupid enough to pay anywhere near these thousands for a common card of a common player. Factor 1 is unlikely to remain for very long.

I agree we should revisit the topic in a month, or whenever we find out what's going on. He bought 4 more on eBay today. $8000 best offer accepted for a small color shift nothing burger. Why is he haggling like me on the bst offering $11 for a T218 track and field card when the seller wants $15?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I agree we should revisit the topic in a month, or whenever we find out what's going on. He bought 4 more on eBay today. $8000 best offer accepted for a small color shift nothing burger. Why is he haggling like me on the bst offering $11 for a T218 track and field card when the seller wants $15?

Presumably because he’s an idiot, crazy, or on a week long coke binge . I would not expect logical actions from a fool like this. He does not need to know much of anything about cards to realize he doesn’t need to pay this much to get a ton of them. I am not against hoarding, but this is probably the stupidest way to go about it possible.

I’ll sell T218 tracks for less than $11!

[Natedog]

I went to the Raleigh show today hoping to stumble across one, but no luck. Good show, though. Much more vintage than I'm used to seeing.

[VintageCardCo]

The buyer has bought 10+ from me. I would say he is an interested buyer of only this card.

[ccre]

I was there as well on the same quest!

Originally Posted by Natedog

I went to the Raleigh show today hoping to stumble across one, but no luck. Good show, though. Much more vintage than I'm used to seeing.