Auction amounts - how high is high

[Peter_Spaeth]

[QUOTE=Johnny630;2255015]Hank great question !!

What I see at Major card shows is people being careful with their money buying what they love, not over spending more aka collectors.

Major Auction House Big Time Cards are where the big money players come in. One thing is for certain they have done well with what they have bought in the past, it’s an addiction. Whether they’re collectors, investors or speculators makes no bit of difference t}
o me. All I know is they're spending big money on the big boys in AHs. I don’t see them at shows. What I've seen has been a divergence in sale prices at shows vs in major actions.[/QUOTE}


Nothing new IMO. Auctions have always brought out the giddy buyers who, late at night, are suddenly willing to pay substantially more than what relatively available cards might be seling for on ebay, etc.

[3-2-count]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Nothing new IMO. Auctions have always brought out the giddy buyers who, late at night, are suddenly willing to pay substantially more than what relatively available cards might be seling for on ebay, etc.

I attribute higher prices via AH is more than just buyers being giddy late at night.

Cards selling at auction via AH are predominantly higher quality than what is recycled week after week, month after month on EBay.

Not to mention the BP juice is added to the final price on AH results which is reflected on VCP, where Ebay has no BP on top of what they sell.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I attribute higher prices via AH is more than just buyers being giddy late at night.

Cards selling at auction via AH are predominantly higher quality than what is recycled week after week, month after month on EBay.

Not to mention the BP juice is added to the final price on AH results which is reflected on VCP, where Ebay has no BP on top of what they sell.

Obviously more elite cards show up in AHs by a longshot, but I was talking about commodity cards (say a midgrade Mantle) where I don't think there's any quality difference.

[53toppscollector]

The other interesting thing, imo, is that you have far FEWER eyes on auction house listings, which makes me think that finding bargains on lower grade, more under the radar items might be easier than ebay, where items are potentially getting many more views.

I am currently the high bidder on a LOTG auction now that has only 61 views, and I guarantee if that card were listed on ebay, it would have a lot more views.