Isbell T206 sale on Ebay

[Bpm0014]

You’re gonna tell me this card went from $450 to $879 in the last couple of seconds?? A random $879 which just happened to be slightly less than your $889?? It’s almost like this was shilled by eBay…

[Paulcurlee1]

I had my limit higher than that. My limit was over 4 figures. I’ve seen some weird stuff in bidding - I’m pretty open about what I’m collecting - not hard to figure out. I had a doc white hindu at goldin that ended up at 4x what last price paid was - I let it go. Less than a week later it showed up on PWCC for $4k. I’m sure someone was trying to overbid it and resale it because it’s rare. For that reason I just set my limit stupid high but I didn’t pop it until 5 seconds left. I had my limit at 450 until the very end. See attached pic

[t206kid]

This is one of the toughest Sov150s. I bid pretty aggressively because would have been an upgrade for me but didn't make the Olympic podium. Market starting to get smart to these types of toughies.

[tedzan]

Just a few years ago, I paid $40 for this Isbell as an upgrade in my set. So, what can I get for it on ebay, nowadays ?

It's getting "crazy" out there


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[Paulcurlee1]

Well it looks like you me and Ron are the members of the Isbell sov150 club. I just wanted to complete my set and I figured someone else would be lurking out there. I expected $700ish?

[Thromdog]

Originally Posted by Paulcurlee1

Well it looks like you me and Ron are the members of the Isbell sov150 club. I just wanted to complete my set and I figured someone else would be lurking out there. I expected $700ish?

Congrats on the get Paul! I think a lot of us expected both the Isbell and Leifield to pull strong numbers and they did….final numbers weren’t as surprising as I think some would feel.

It’s a great collection card to have…..rarely seen in the wild.

Congrats again!

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Paulcurlee1

I had my limit higher than that. My limit was over 4 figures. I’ve seen some weird stuff in bidding - I’m pretty open about what I’m collecting - not hard to figure out. I had a doc white hindu at goldin that ended up at 4x what last price paid was - I let it go. Less than a week later it showed up on PWCC for $4k. I’m sure someone was trying to overbid it and resale it because it’s rare. For that reason I just set my limit stupid high but I didn’t pop it until 5 seconds left. I had my limit at 450 until the very end. See attached pic

This is one of the really great aspects of this board- real collectors being transparent about what we collect, why, and even what we paid. This type of info helps put some of the anomalies in the sales results into context. Just invaluable- thanks for sharing.

[Mountaineer1999]

Interesting read on how this went down. Funny thing ... I would've probably posted it as BIN for $70 or so.

[Paulcurlee1]

You still can

[Fred]

For clarification - is the Sov 150 ranked #25 on back scarcity? I was looking through a box I have with cards in it and found a Sov 150 backed T206 along with a least a dozen or more other T206s with other Sov, AmB, Tolstoi backs. I put them away but I do recall two HOF portraits with Sov 350 backs were in there. I've probably had them in that box for a few decades now.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Fred

For clarification - is the Sov 150 ranked #25 on back scarcity?

I believe they're saying that the specific card (Isbell) is a short print among the Sovereigns, not the overall ranking of Sovereigns is off. Some printed sheets had multiple of the same card, leading to some cards being short-printed.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

You’re gonna tell me this card went from $450 to $879 in the last couple of seconds?? A random $879 which just happened to be slightly less than your $889?? It’s almost like this was shilled by eBay…

That's kind of how ebay bidding works. Two nuclear bids at the end cause a crazy high price. It's not like an auction house that goes in 5-10% increments.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by swarmee

That's kind of how ebay bidding works. Two nuclear bids at the end cause a crazy high price. It's not like an auction house that goes in 5-10% increments.

The logical way to bid on ebay is as much as you are prepared to spend as late as possible, leaving little or no time for anybody to see your bid and raise it.

If you bid with 6 seconds left the only ones who beat you are the ones bidding the same way as you, but higher.