Poll: Snapshot of buyer activity

[bnorth]

I bought a Wade Boggs card a few days ago but other than that it has been a few weeks since my last purchase.

[LEHR]

My vote was last month just to be honest. Typically its every week or every other week but I made two big (for me) and unexpected purchases in early January that has me on the sidelines for now until the hobby budget catches back up.

[Leon]

If the poll was 9 minutes earlier I could have voted "today"....

Boomerang back from my first collection, yesterday...

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[carlsonjok]

I haven't bought much since last summer as helping my wife with her collecting has taken precedence. I am "currently" working on building 1967 Topps baseball and, as you might expect, am down to the last two series. I haven't been wanting to pay up for those cards lately, so I started working on 1974 Topps football. I bought a large lot of collector's grade cards last night.

[pawpawdiv9]

i expected- last quarter, since Xmas was recent- which i got mine
but i do bid a lot in auctions, but never win, unless its something i have to win and cant go without.

[bk400]

Thanks for the responses so far. I am surprised that more than half of the respondents made a purchase within the last week.

On a perhaps related (or perhaps not) note, I get the sense that the baseball card market is getting more liquid. I've noticed decent bidding action on items that I'd consider mainstream, but generally not at all rare and unlikely to be investor pieces -- like non-rookie, mid- and low-grade postwar vintage. Suggests to me that there are a broad range of buyers out there looking to fill out their collections.

Which is probably good for the hobby.

[bmattioli]

Went to a small show today in Conn. Looking for Hostess and bought unopened junk wax for the memories..