Card prices skyrocketing

[Jackieandsatchel]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

$315 is crazy money for that card. Like you, I remember that as a $75 card not long ago. You're talking about a nearly fourfold rise.

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Everything Jackie is seemingly doubling every few weeks. I'm lucky enough that I got into the 48 Leaf, 49 Bowman, and 50 Bowman years ago, but had put off the 52 and 53 for a while to complete my run. Mid-grade 53s are going for $2,000 plus, with each "sale" going higher than the next. 52s are in the stratosphere. It's great to have the paper gains, but as a collector, its hard to stomach the fact that cards on a want list have 8-10x over the last 6 months or so.

Even guys like Clemente, Koufax, etc. are doubling in the 5-7 range. I don't know how long this will last, but its amazing to see the multiples of value on assets that essentially hadnt moved in the past 5-10 years.

[itjclarke]

And as Jackie and Satchell climb, guys like Dandridge are on their way. This card could be had for $100-$200 for years (got a two for maybe $110 about 5 years ago).. and think was still selling for about $300-$400 as recently as late last year.

This spike seemed somewhat predictable given MLB's recent announcement, and this card was clearly undervalued, but a pretty dramatic increase nonetheless.

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[dio]

Originally Posted by Jackieandsatchel

Everything Jackie is seemingly doubling every few weeks. I'm lucky enough that I got into the 48 Leaf, 49 Bowman, and 50 Bowman years ago, but had put off the 52 and 53 for a while to complete my run. Mid-grade 53s are going for $2,000 plus, with each "sale" going higher than the next. 52s are in the stratosphere. It's great to have the paper gains, but as a collector, its hard to stomach the fact that cards on a want list have 8-10x over the last 6 months or so.

Even guys like Clemente, Koufax, etc. are doubling in the 5-7 range. I don't know how long this will last, but its amazing to see the multiples of value on assets that essentially hadnt moved in the past 5-10 years.

Many of the vintage card has been stall and undervalue. Finally getting some love with price move and now it's a bubble. I just think we're getting up to the price where it should be at.