Are Baseball Cards Destined to Slowly Diminish in Value?

grundle20 · #1 06-15-2011, 02:03 PM

Bill - I think you're right in many instances. Think about WHY PSA allows cards valued under $100 bucks to be graded for five bucks. I mean, the market for the people buying cards under $100 bucks, how much of a margin is there really for a dealer to buy a raw, get it graded, and *pray* that with some stroke of luck that card comes back a 6 or higher. Any card with a value under $100 dollars, at the $5 grade PLUS insurance and shipping they make you pay, I mean, geez, you just ate up at least 7-9% of the card's value when it's under $100 to begin with!

Clearly, the exceptions are getting rare, desired cards graded. Why? Again, the price of grading those cards are not 7-9% of the value. Heck, grading cards like that could be half a percent or 1% of value, or even LESS. Clearly, having an amazingly valuable card graded for the "high rollers" of the hobby is worth it's weight.

That's my two cents - it's a question of grading as a factor of card value. If those mathematics come to 5% of card price or higher, forget it, you need to sell at a margin that's not worth the time, cost and effort.

campyfan39 · #2 07-25-2011, 11:00 PM

Great thread! I think many of us will pass the love for the history to our kids. I love 50's and 60's cards because my dad did. I am doing everything I can to get my kids into it as well!

ls7plus · #3 07-25-2011, 11:18 PM

Chris, I think that is terrific! Hope you have tons of fun together!

Sincerely,

Larry

teetwoohsix · #4 07-26-2011, 02:57 AM

My mother has decided that she wants to sell things on ebay as a hobby, she retired recently. She is into Hummel spoons, antique jewlery, glass type art, etc. So I suggested she search around to see what type of things are getting bid on and that may give her an idea of what people seem to be interested in. She is very new to ebay, so as an example, I told her to look at T206 baseball cards.

She called me back later and said " out of every type of item I searched for, NOTHING was being bid on like those old baseball cards you told me to look at"....

sportscardpete · #5 07-26-2011, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

My mother has decided that she wants to sell things on ebay as a hobby, she retired recently. She is into Hummel spoons, antique jewlery, glass type art, etc. So I suggested she search around to see what type of things are getting bid on and that may give her an idea of what people seem to be interested in. She is very new to ebay, so as an example, I told her to look at T206 baseball cards.

She called me back later and said " out of every type of item I searched for, NOTHING was being bid on like those old baseball cards you told me to look at"....

Clayton, great post! My mom is into amber/antiques and her auctions usually end with 1 or 2 bids. Maybe we just don't appreciate how popular our hobby is!

Leon · #6 07-26-2011, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by sportscardpete

Clayton, great post! My mom is into amber/antiques and her auctions usually end with 1 or 2 bids. Maybe we just don't appreciate how popular our hobby is!

agreed.

Popular hobby = addiction = popular hobby = addiction

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