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

[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

[Yoda]

Charlie Brown's idol Joe W.....A scant 2 years ago one of the 2 known copies came on the market and fetched 85,000 DodgyCoins. A mere 8 months later in a private sale Joe passed hands for a remarkable 25 box cars of rhubarb. The new owner of the card wishes to be anonymous.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Charlie Brown's idol Joe W.....A scant 2 years ago one of the 2 known copies came on the market and fetched 85,000 DodgyCoins. A mere 8 months later in a private sale Joe passed hands for a remarkable 25 box cars of rhubarb. The new owner of the card wishes to be anonymous.

The "box car" buyer certainly was a rube. Charlie Brown's hero wasn't Joe W, it was some guy named Shlabotnik...

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Eric72

The "box car" buyer certainly was a rube. Charlie Brown's hero wasn't Joe W, it was some guy named Shlabotnik...

Eric, right you are. Couldn't come up the last name but believe his first name is Joe.

[molenick]

I was going to post a screenshot of the first Joe Shlabotnik strip but I wasn't sure about copyright laws. But you can go here to read more https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Joe_Shlabotnik. The first strip with Joe in it is from 8/18/1963 and mentions 40 other players (I counted 17 HOFers).

[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.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by G1911

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.

I don't want a green Johnson