Pics added of first 2 PSA cards ... Which would be better investment?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by wdwfan

Haha, been told that before. No really I have.

I was told around 1-1/2 to 2 years ago to hold off on buying gold that it couldn't withstand the prices it was getting. At the time it was $1k-$1,100 per ounce. Now it's almost $2k per ounce.

I'm hoping cards start to come back down a smidge, but I really don't see that happened. I think that's especially true for vintage and even moreso for HOFers and superstars (i.e. Mantle, Mays Aaron, Clemente, etc.).

I hear you, I have said it before and been wrong. This run up is way different than the others. In my opinion it has been caused by all the new people in the hobby stuck at home. Once we can get back out most of that new cash will go back to what they spent it on before. I am sure the dealers will try their hardest to keep the prices high. After no sales they should go down though.

I have been watching the housing market and it has been like the card market, crazy. Can't wait for a good crash so I can buy that house/condo on the beach much cheaper.

[Tyruscobb]

I would focus on Mays and Aaron cards. I still think their cards are way undervalued. You’ve missed the boat on owning their rookie cards for a fair price, but their other 1950s cards are still relatively cheap. They are also still alive. All their cards will receive a bump when they are gone.

[clydepepper]

Ever since hearing about all the Grading Company issues, I decided to stock up on high-grade (EM or better) raw Mantles...with the idea of eventually getting them graded...when I feel it's safER to do so.


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[wdwfan]

I was thinking 1950s mid-grade Aaron and Mays would be good starts. I am not a fan of the big cards, i.e. mid-1950s Bowman and 1954-56 Topps. I also don't like smaller cards, i.e. early 1950s Bowman. But being in slabs could change my mind.

I've always been a set builder, and those bigger and smaller cards are hard to fit into 9-pocket pages correctly without having to turn them sideways (8-pocket) or having 15 cards per page.

But being that I'm wanting to get some slabs, it might change my mind. I'd assume the slabs are the same size (height wise) whether a normal card, an oversized card, like mid-50s Bowman and Topps, or a smaller card. If I'm wrong on that, can someone please correct me?

Originally Posted by Tyruscobb

I would focus on Mays and Aaron cards. I still think their cards are way undervalued. You’ve missed the boat on owning their rookie cards for a fair price, but their other 1950s cards are still relatively cheap. They are also still alive. All their cards will receive a bump when they are gone.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I have been watching the housing market and it has been like the card market, crazy. Can't wait for a good crash so I can buy that house/condo on the beach much cheaper.

I can't wait to buy a house.

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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by todeen

I can't wait to buy a house.

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Best of luck getting something you like for a decent price. We are more looking for a place to retire to. Really like the central Oregon coast. Been vacationing there since the mid 80s. We are frugal(cheap) so been waiting for another housing market crash to get something cheaper. Still kicking ourselves for not buying something on the coast during the last market crash.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Best of luck getting something you like for a decent price. We are more looking for a place to retire to. Really like the central Oregon coast. Been vacationing there since the mid 80s. We are frugal(cheap) so been waiting for another housing market crash to get something cheaper. Still kicking ourselves for not buying something on the coast during the last market crash.

Lol! I tell my wife the same thing! "Let's wait until the next crash." (We are frugal too). My wife dreams of paying off debt while I am dreaming of baseball cards.

Love the Oregon Coast. Have you stayed in Lincoln City at the Sandcastle? That's our go to location, on the beach, but cheap. My parents go there every year. It's where they honeymooned.

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[Kutcher55]

It's an interesting debate in terms of where the vintage market is going. I can see both sides. I definitely think you're going to continue to see things go up until at least winter is over. From what I'm seeing, key vintage cards are generally more expensive now than they were 2 months ago and well they say trend is your friend.

Agree about Aaron and Mays as well. Those cards have gone up quite a bit already in 2020 and there's more room to grow if you benchmark them against Mantle. I can't ever see them on par with Mantle in terms of prices, but they certainly could close the gap some.

[jchcollins]

Prices are silly right now, yes, but it's hard to imagine nice midgrade 50's and 60's star cards of folks like Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Robinson, Koufax, et al. ever going down significantly or being "bad" investments. They've been rock solid for nearly 4 decades now in most cases. Prices might level off for a bit, sure - but it's hard to see Mantle cards en masse "going down." With him, even low grade stuff and it's hard to go wrong. 10-15 years ago, and a lower grade slabbed '53 Topps Mantle? Even like a 1 or a 2 could be had for $500 or less. What's that card worth today? Even a 1 is well north of $1,000.

It's all relative, but short of thermonuclear war or the asteroid from Armageddon materializing - it's just hard for me to see those cards turning out bad in the long run.

[wdwfan]

I just bought 3 cards last night. Haven't gotten them in yet, but it's 2 PSA and 1 SGC. Looking at the SGC, I think they look really nice. But I'm not sure once I get it in hand. However, I know they sell for like half of what PSA does. Can anyone explain this to me?

But I also got word today that the card my LCS subbed in its 10-day PSA sub back in early July finally popped today (four months later BTW on a 10-day sub). Should be in later this week, so could have 4 graded cards in my possession by the end of the weekend.