The Official Post-REA Recovery Thread

[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