Spike in unopened

[jimjim]

Originally Posted by packs

It's hard to get a read on this board. Now that everything is expensive and your collection is worth more than ever before, there is thread after thread about a bubble and what's real and what's not and all this bickering about where prices will be.....and this is at a time when your collection is worth the most.

Every year in between there is the dread thread where everyone laments how prices have crashed and what's real and what's not and all the bickering about where prices will be.

When will you guys enjoy something?

I think it’s more that prices spiked so quickly since April. Just doesn’t feel right. Usually it’s a slow and steady climb. Also lots of members on this board buy for our collections and not just for investments so we sit and wait for the right card to pop up since it’s not to going to be flipped but probably be with us for years and years. So when some of the cards on my ‘watch list’ suddenly tripled in price in 4 short months, yes it’s a bit upsetting. As I mentioned before, a few cards that I had been watching and had been relatively stable for a year or so are now out of my price range. Yes, it’s great my collection is now worth more, but since I have no plans on selling right now, it’s just numbers on a computer screen. I enjoy buying way more than selling.

[HexsHeroes]

May have missed noted above, but another possible source of 9/10 quality 1970’s cards could be from vendor boxes (instead of wax boxes). 1975 Topps vendor boxes were the source for my high grade Brett & Yount rookies.

[packs]

Originally Posted by jimjim

I think it’s more that prices spiked so quickly since April. Just doesn’t feel right. Usually it’s a slow and steady climb. Also lots of members on this board buy for our collections and not just for investments so we sit and wait for the right card to pop up since it’s not to going to be flipped but probably be with us for years and years. So when some of the cards on my ‘watch list’ suddenly tripled in price in 4 short months, yes it’s a bit upsetting. As I mentioned before, a few cards that I had been watching and had been relatively stable for a year or so are now out of my price range. Yes, it’s great my collection is now worth more, but since I have no plans on selling right now, it’s just numbers on a computer screen. I enjoy buying way more than selling.

My point is there is never a right time for people looking for the right time. The cards you're talking about spiking could have been picked up in years past I'm sure but at the time you thought the price was wrong. Fast forward to the future, the price is still wrong.

So I'll just repeat my montra one more time: buy what you want when you can afford it.

[Pack The Ripper]

I collect vintage unopened boxes and packs with no intent of ever opening them.

My oldest box is 1974. I think it would be a shame to break it open. I already have a 1974 set, so I just don't see the point of opening it. They're just fine the way they are. Plus after watching the 1972 box opening video, I'm even more leery about busting any vintage Topps with gum.

I imagine if I collected T206, I'd try to find an unopened Piedmont pack to own. Actually, that sounds pretty cool to own anyway. I can only imagine the scarcity and cost.