Changing of the Guard: The Commoditization of Sportscards

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by BBB

I've always thought Gibson was undervalued. So I'm glad it's going up.

Jim Palmer was a great pitcher, perhaps better than Gibson (except for Gibsons '68 season). but Palmet doesn't have the reputation of Gibson. It's almost impossible to build that this far after the fact . I'd put Steve Carlton and Tom Seaver ahead of Palmer in the line for similar reasons.

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One card explosion doesn't mean it's going up. I haven't confirmed the winning bidder even paid for the card.

[begsu1013]

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[ullmandds]

The hobby is officially MAD!!! Pwcc's auctions ending tonight...an off centered psa 8 clemente rookie is currently going for almost 4 times that of a nm goudey ruth.

Commoditization...insanity...call it what u will. A good time to sit on the sidelines and wait things out in my opinion or buy all of these underpriced vintage pre wwII cards .

[drcy]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

The hobby is officially MAD!!! Pwcc's auctions ending tonight...an off centered psa 8 clemente rookie is currently going for almost 4 times that of a nm goudey ruth.

Commoditization...insanity...call it what u will. A good time to sit on the sidelines and wait things out in my opinion or buy all of these underpriced vintage pre wwII cards .

My saying is "That a lot of people do it, doesn't make it smart."

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

The hobby is officially MAD!!! Pwcc's auctions ending tonight...an off centered psa 8 clemente rookie is currently going for almost 4 times that of a nm goudey ruth.

Commoditization...insanity...call it what u will. A good time to sit on the sidelines and wait things out in my opinion or buy all of these underpriced vintage pre wwII cards .

Right on, Pete!

Regards,

Larry

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

nor will you.

you've got nothing to do w/ the sale, so why would he waste his time?

Then as far as Im concerned, the sale never took place. If someone says they paid $100 for a gallon of gas, am I gonna just blindly believe them?

[Dpeck100]

So if he says yes are you going to believe him?

[bobbyw8469]

That's the bad thing about these "sales"....it posts a sale in VCP but I doubt very seriously money changed hands on that card. VERY seriously.

Maybe that is the madness about the Gibson rookie. On the others (Koufax, Rose, and a few more) subsequent sales seemed to follow suit. On this particular card, it was the ONLY ONE that registered that high of a sale. Why??? To push the number up in VCP? Only two people sniped above $2,000. Every other bid was normal.