What card price increase (over the last 5 years) shocks you the most?

[G1911]

Jack Johnson going up 15X overnight.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by G1911

Jack Johnson going up 15X overnight.

Details, please. I feel like my boxing stuff is sitting still or regressing even. Though a 1939 African Tobacco Louis PSA 5.5 hit a heck of a price this morning on eBay.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Details, please. I feel like my boxing stuff is sitting still or regressing even. Though a 1939 African Tobacco Louis PSA 5.5 hit a heck of a price this morning on eBay.

You don’t remember Johnson skyrocketing almost overnight in 2020? You could get a decent looking T218 for $30 in 2018. His stuff is still trading at multiples of what he did pre-pandemic but it was pretty wild for a little bit in 2020.

[obcbobd]

All of them :-(

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by G1911

You don’t remember Johnson skyrocketing almost overnight in 2020? You could get a decent looking T218 for $30 in 2018. His stuff is still trading at multiples of what he did pre-pandemic but it was pretty wild for a little bit in 2020.

Ahh, 2020. I thought you meant in the last few months. Not that I plan to sell my T218 until the end--it is one of my favorite cards--so prices weren't really material to me.



I do wish I'd sold my T227 into that market...Oh well, it is nice to look at.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Ahh, 2020. I thought you meant in the last few months. Not that I plan to sell my T218 until the end--it is one of my favorite cards--so prices weren't really material to me.



I do wish I'd sold my T227 into that market...Oh well, it is nice to look at.

I love his T218 and T227 poses. Johnson had a lot of good looking cards. The T218 is a superprint and one of the most common of all T cards, so it's price still seems far too high for what it is, but you know what opinions are like. I've got all his T218's but I need 2 more of his T227's. Those are going to hurt to get...

[Eric72]

1981 Topps Larry Bird is one of many examples which surprise me. From unremarkable to four-figure card.

1990 Jordan, same thing.

Shaq rookies...


Wait, is it modern basketball? Is that where the irrational exuberance is most prevalent?

[fkm_bky]

+1 for the T206 Cobb Red. It's one of the most common T206's out there and the prices are ridiculous for something so available. 52' Mick comes in a close second for me.

Bill

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by G1911

I love his T218 and T227 poses. Johnson had a lot of good looking cards. The T218 is a superprint and one of the most common of all T cards, so it's price still seems far too high for what it is, but you know what opinions are like. I've got all his T218's but I need 2 more of his T227's. Those are going to hurt to get...

The 1952 Topps Mantle is a DP; doesn't matter. Demand > supply = big $$$

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

The 1952 Topps Mantle is a DP; doesn't matter. Demand > supply = big $$$

It seems to me extremely unlikely that there just happened to be an immediate increase in demand of such magnitude that a common card went up 10x at a seemingly random moment. I also suspect this is why it’s slowly been coming down, those small number of people who seem to be buying most of them and pumping it up aren’t sustaining forever. There’s a Green Johnson for every T card collector.

[gonefishin]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Ahh, 2020. I thought you meant in the last few months. Not that I plan to sell my T218 until the end--it is one of my favorite cards--so prices weren't really material to me.



I do wish I'd sold my T227 into that market...Oh well, it is nice to look at.

I held on to some of my key boxing cards, and decided to send PSA my 1936 United Tobacco Joe Louis for grading this week. In about 3 months I should get it back. It looks better than the quick pictures I snapped that are attached. I just snapped them to have a picture in case it gets lost. Just wondering your thoughts on it? Regardless of grade, I think it's a cool card.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Saw a good one today, PWCC so who knows, but a PSA 7 George Best RC at 30K. That's 40x LOL what I paid for mine just a few years back, if that long ago. Madness.

[Exhibitman]

Great card, except it was made in 1940-1941. The album discusses fights in 1940. Some moron labeled it with the early date and it has stuck.