Prices Boom again this spring?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I believe PWCC gets lower prices that the major auction houses. That's the only reason I occasionally buy from them. And they charge their sellers a premium that the real AHs will typically waive on higher ticket items.

Card sells for $125K at an auctionhouse: seller gets $100K after the 20% buyers commission.

Card sells for $120K at PWCC: seller gets $111K after 8% commission.

[BruceinGa]

I also like PWCC (for buying). I bid on several last night and was fortunate to win five. I thought that I placed high bids on the ones that I lost but I guess someone had more $$ to spend than I.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Card sells for $125K at an auctionhouse: seller gets $100K after the 20% buyers commission.

Card sells for $120K at PWCC: seller gets $111K after 8% commission.

I can't think of any auction house that would charge anything resembling 20% on a six figure card. In all likelihood it would be 0% possibly even pay the seller 105% of hammer price.

[ullmandds]

Welllllllllllllll...I'm a firm believer last years "boom" of 50's rookie cards was contrived. But who knows...some people still have not received the memo!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-N...3D142260836796

I'll take the psa7 cj wajo for 1/3 the money that sold through PWCC last night any day of my life.

But I'd suspect the start of bb season certainly will bring higher prices than the end!

[Snapolit1]

In any market where such large amount of $$ are (apparently) changing hands, and articles are being written in Forbes magazine every time something significant sells, there will be speculators. If this meant an imminent collapse of the market there would never be a time to buy real estate in Florida, Hawaii, New York City, etc., etc.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

In any market where such large amount of $$ are (apparently) changing hands, and articles are being written in Forbes magazine every time something significant sells, there will be speculators. If this meant an imminent collapse of the market there would never be a time to buy real estate in Florida, Hawaii, New York City, etc., etc.

+1. Concerning $717,000 PSA 10 Rose rookies, $600,000+ Ryan "10's" and the like, focusing on the long rather than short term, I would be far more willing to bet on the "big doom," rather than "boom." In an investor/speculator driven market, most of these buyers don't stay, and when they leave, prices return to the level a true, long-term collector will pay. As I said before, I might be too pessimistic, but once that happens, don't be surprised if the decimal point moves about one place to the left on such items. I like the future appreciation potential far more on the PSA 7 1929 R316 Kashin Mel Ott I just won in the latest PWCC auction than any of the above.

Highest regards,

Larry

[Donscards]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Welllllllllllllll...I'm a firm believer last years "boom" of 50's rookie cards was contrived. But who knows...some people still have not received the memo!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-N...3D142260836796

I'll take the psa7 cj wajo for 1/3 the money that sold through PWCC last night any day of my life.

But I'd suspect the start of bb season certainly will bring higher prices than the end!

The PSA 7 Cracker Jack that sold for $7000 last night in PWCC had lousy centering--what would a nice one sell for Maybe $9000!!---I love CJ's but I didn't like the centering on Johnson last night.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Donscards

The PSA 7 Cracker Jack that sold for $7000 last night in PWCC had lousy centering--what would a nice one sell for Maybe $9000!!---I love CJ's but I didn't like the centering on Johnson last night.

Id guess 1 of 20 cj johnsons have better than 60/40 centering...its a bear of a card to find well centered. Still a bargain imo compared to 60's super common cards.

[Donscards]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Id guess 1 of 20 cj johnsons have better than 60/40 centering...its a bear of a card to find well centered. Still a bargain imo compared to 60's super common cards.

Peter what do you think of these 2 Johnsons

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Donscards

Peter what do you think of these 2 Johnsons

can u be more specific what you mean by "what do I think of them?" Maybe howard stern would be a better judge?

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Originally Posted by Donscards

Peter what do you think of these 2 Johnsons

Don love the Wajo's! Both have nice centering relative to most examples. But it's crazy the difference between how PSA used to grade CJ's vs. today. That 7 would be a 5 or even a 4 if cracked and resubbed. And the SGC is a 2 or 2.5 if crossed over. There's now almost an automatic 1-2 pt. grade difference on SGC vs. PSA on CJ's.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Donscards

Peter what do you think of these 2 Johnsons

both those johnsons are very nice esp in light of the challenge finding decent 14's! my point was that this card is very difficult to find well centered...that's all...and that I'd much rather spend my money on a card like a cj wajo than a 68' topps ryan!!!

If I had to choose between your 2...I'd take the 15'! I'm quite happy with mine...esp in light of how much I paid for it!!!!