T210's On Ebay

[M's_Fan]

I think its a general trend, not must among T210's, but all vintage cards, that has been discussed about in several threads on the forum: sellers are increasingly migrating from auction formats to the BIN format. In the old days you used to see auctions with "reserve" prices, you hardly see those any more, its all BIN.

[Matt]

I wouldn't infer much from eBay BIN prices. All you can tell is that the card is worth less then what the BIN on eBay is (assuming the BIN has been up more then a week). How much less is the question.

[Tsaiko]

So, in a sense, it's cyclical speculation, not unlike traded commodities.

I know when I had my collection first looked at by an "expert", back in the '60's, he told me those (210's) aren't worth anything. I remember thinking, too bad they aren't stiffer, I would clothespin them to my bicycle spokes.

I see BIN's in other card catagories too, but the percentage of 210's BIN's seems awfully high, like all right now. BIN prices are always so high that it seems like the seller is fishing for a buyer who's deparate to complete a set.
Kind of takes the fun out of the hobby.

I think the series 1's are the most common, right? Have there been any 1's auctioned at any of the more well know action sites recently?

I think that would at least give me a bottom line average of what commons are going for now.

I found a 11/08 Series 1 auction at Goodwin where 13 sold for $587, but with only one bidder. $45 per card. Does that sound about par for today?

[ullmandds]

$45 per card is pretty cheap...especially if they're vg'ish.

[tbob]

That was in 2008 and prices were running a lot cheaper then. The SGC lot of 13 had 1/3 trimmed and varied from poor to vg but should fetch 2x today.

[tbob]

There was a lot of 41 ungraded in Goodwin a year later, last November, that sold for around $2500, or $60 each. Decent fronts but scrapbook damage and markings made them all poor-fair. I believe they were Series 3s.

[Tsaiko]

Thanks for the input guys. Those prices are a lot higher than I thought, even for vg'ish. Higher than a lot of t206 commons that I've tracked on the bay. I always thought it would be the other way around. At least you can bid on most of the 206's now listed.