Values on the rise for pre-war?

[GregMitch34]

Maybe high-graded CJ 15s will bd this year's CJ 14s--the prices on some PSA 8s have really soared lately.

Disappointed that prices on M116s and Ramlys continue to collapse, despite being "cool" cards...

Old Judges seem to keep falling....

[Exhibitman]

The Pelty horizontal has always sold at a premium. Besides general attractiveness of the format and image it is a Jewish player and I think it is a 150-only card.

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

The Pelty horizontal has always sold at a premium. Besides general attractiveness of the format and image it is a Jewish player and I think it is a 150-only card.

The prices jumped about a year or so ago. I saw the prices starting to go up and looked to grab a couple for the "normal" prices and every one just kept going higher. It leveled off a few months ago and the prices are down a little, but still higher than a couple years ago

[asoriano]

Originally Posted by z28jd

The prices jumped about a year or so ago. I saw the prices starting to go up and looked to grab a couple for the "normal" prices and every one just kept going higher. It leveled off a few months ago and the prices are down a little, but still higher than a couple years ago

These aren't mine, but might explain the jump in price:

[brianp-beme]

Wow...certainly shows you how 'common' even tougher T206 cards are.

Brian

[bn2cardz]

as people have been focused on t206 oddities, the oddities in other sets have been on the rise as well.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

as people have been focused on t206 oddities, the oddities in other sets have been on the rise as well.

This holds to T201 cards as well. Misprints and miscut cards now seem to go for a premium. Normal cards used to sell in the low teens now seem to go for quite a bit more. When I started collecting T201's 20+ years ago, I used to be able to pick them up for $11 each.

Z Wheat

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by asoriano

These aren't mine, but might explain the jump in price:

That is possible that 118 belonging to one person could send the prices up. While it is a common card, that is still likely a decent % of the population, somewhere between 5-10%. I was originally thinking that people who do a back run of a player drive the prices up a little, as long as multiple people are doing it, but that is likely wrong because the common backs would still be plentiful and you wouldn't notice a price jump on them.

I know some people hate hoarding, but that is still pretty cool looking laid out like that. I only have two Pelty cards, one in my set and one has a split back and is missing red on front, but I was checking Ebay often once the prices started to jump, looking for someone to post with a low BIN.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by z28jd

That is possible that 118 belonging to one person could send the prices up. While it is a common card, that is still likely a decent % of the population, somewhere between 5-10%. I was originally thinking that people who do a back run of a player drive the prices up a little, as long as multiple people are doing it, but that is likely wrong because the common backs would still be plentiful and you wouldn't notice a price jump on them.

I know some people hate hoarding, but that is still pretty cool looking laid out like that. I only have two Pelty cards, one in my set and one has a split back and is missing red on front, but I was checking Ebay often once the prices started to jump, looking for someone to post with a low BIN.

I actually have some normal 1952 topps commons guys that I have 25-40% of the PSA 7-8 population...haven't seen prices go up..but will eventually post a picture with all the cards like the pelty....wasn't looking to drive prices up just liked the look of the cards and kept buying them

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by asoriano

These aren't mine, but might explain the jump in price:

Figures I counted 118 in that picture. Thanks for the knowledge on this card. Yet another one in the set that I'd love to get but doubt I'll ever fork out the cash for.

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Figures I counted 118 in that picture. Thanks for the knowledge on this card. Yet another one in the set that I'd love to get but doubt I'll ever fork out the cash for.

The prices have gone down a little since this thread was active and the cards are still plentiful. One low grade one sold for $34 not long ago, so it's attainable even on a budget, you just have to watch for them