The Official Post-REA Recovery Thread

[Bicem]

You have great taste in display items, nice pickups!

[ullmandds]

Rare Back T206's have become so STRANGE??!!!! How does one explain red hindu wajo sgc 55 selling for a fraction of what lesser grade commons have sold for?!?!

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Rare Back T206's have become so STRANGE??!!!! How does one explain red hindu wajo sgc 55 selling for a fraction of what lesser grade commons have sold for?!?!

in the current issue of SMR david hall of collectors universe has a full page advertisement buying rarer backs of T206. i personally think it is ridiculous, but the speculators will speculate.

[ullmandds]

and lots 449 and 453...2 34 goudey lajoies...the vg-ex sells for less than the authentic?!?!

[insidethewrapper]

It will be interesting to see if this card ( 33Goudey Lajoie) gets sent in again to be graded and gets a numerical grade. It may depend on who sends it in ? Could be a large profit for someone !!!

[ullmandds]

Hmmm...if REA tells me that "PSA" says it's trimmed...I'd bet it's trimmed!!!!

[CW]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

and lots 449 and 453...2 34 goudey lajoies...the vg-ex sells for less than the authentic?!?!

Perhaps a case of collectors truly buying the card, not the grade, although this would be an extreme case, no doubt.

On a smaller scale, this PSA 4.5 Turkey Red Cobb sold for a bit more than this PSA 5 example. Both nice cards for the grade, but the PSA 4.5 looked a little cleaner and sharper (ie. collectors buying the card).

We've seen some interesting results in this auction. I guess you're going to see some anomalies when you have old men spending large amounts of green on pictures of dead men on cardboard. And it's 4:43 am on the East coast.

[cyseymour]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Rare Back T206's have become so STRANGE??!!!! How does one explain red hindu wajo sgc 55 selling for a fraction of what lesser grade commons have sold for?!?!

It just goes to show that the rare back craze is just a massive bubble created by 2-3 collectors... as soon as one doesn't show up for a card, the price is reasonable again (cheap, even).

[ullmandds]

"A bubble...yes...a BUBBLE!"

[RCMcKenzie]

I lose money all the time when I go to sell, because I collect obscure cards that not many people want to pay big money for. When I go to sell, I was already willing to pay the most anyone would pay in order to win.

So, the market on thinly traded cards is really set by the second underbidder, because when I sell I can't be there to anchor the final leg to drive the price to where I thought it was worth previously.

That T207 RC was a great card, just maybe out of the price range of many collectors, myself included.

[insidethewrapper]

Why is this ? Some cards I send in to be graded have come back " evidence of trimming" and they are not graded at all, and others are graded " Authentic " when they show evidence of trimming.

[ullmandds]

you need to tell them you want it entombed if authentic.

[btcarfagno]

Ended up the underbidder on the Comiskey scrapbook. That one still hurts. Was able to show some restraint but still...son of a...

Tom C