Right now, where do you buy the majority of your cards?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by BobC

There also seems to be more big auctions running all the time now as well. REA, for example, just had their October Encore auction end this past Sunday. Didn't they used to just run a very few big sports auctions a year, and that was it, instead of what seems like every month now?

About 8 years ago or so and further back, REA only had ONE auction a year. After that, for several years they only had 2 auctions a year. So definitely in just this example, the amount of available material really multiplied for just this auction house, and because of various changes in Ebay policies throughout the years (no negatives for buyers, a perceived shift to buyer's advantage in disputes, higher seller's fees, lowered reporting amounts, PWCC being kicked out of Ebay, etc.), I believe a lot of vintage cards have shifted to the various auction houses these last few years, and thus the glut of auction houses/auctions.

Brian

[BobC]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

About 8 years ago or so and further back, REA only had ONE auction a year. After that, for several years they only had 2 auctions a year. So definitely in just this example, the amount of available material really multiplied for just this auction house, and because of various changes in Ebay policies throughout the years (no negatives for buyers, a perceived shift to buyer's advantage in disputes, higher seller's fees, lowered reporting amounts, PWCC being kicked out of Ebay, etc.), I believe a lot of vintage cards have shifted to the various auction houses these last few years, and thus the glut of auction houses/auctions.

Brian

Exactly!