So what's NOT hot?

[npa589]

jeddrinkwine's eBay respectability

[4815162342]

Whatever I'm trying to sell.

[usernamealreadytaken]

Grades 1(10) - 4(50).
When I was deep into these cards a few years ago(2008-ish), these were the prices you could expect (with some differences between certain players):
1 = $75-$95
2 = $95 - $125
3 = $125 - $175
4 = $175 - $225

Today:

1 = $35 - $45
2 = $45 - $75
3 = $75 - $95
4 = $125 - $220 (very subject specific)

Buy high, sell low...

[Edwolf1963]

IMO...

Hot: eBay sniping
Not: Bidding with anything more than 30 seconds left to go

Hot: PrewarCollector (his stuff always seems to go for top $)
Not: Tom Barlage (where has he been?)

Hot: Showing back scans of your cards
Not: Not. And insulting prospective buyers who ask for one

Hot: T206 Most of the really tough backs (Drum, Brights, Broadleaf, Uzit etc)
Not: T206 Common name back with tougher numbers - IE: Sov460

Hot: T206 Tougher (slightly) commons: Tenney, Merkle, Puttman
Not: T206 Most common of the commons and minor leaguers (not SL'er): Chappelle, Hayden, etc

Hot: E98
Not: E93

Hot: Bruins
Not: Weiner

[bbcard1]

I look for 87 -92 stuff to be hot this winter. I have figured out a way to make artificial fire logs out of them.

[deadballera]

HOT - .99 cent starting bids on cards
NOT - Out of this world Buy-It-Now prices



HOT - grandpa's attic. So many cards are found.
NOT - Not doing the research and buying the counterfeit cards.

[tbob]

HOT- E94s and E98s
NOT- E99s and E100s, they really have slipped the past year.

HOT- T205 SPs
NOT- T204s, despite their beauty they are priced lower than in many years.

HOT- 1911 and 1912 Zeenuts.
NOT- Low and mid grade Obaks.

[Bicem]

T3 prices from the last few major auctions are really down.

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by Bicem

T3 prices from the last few major auctions are really down.

Hi Jeff,

Agree 100% - was going to say the same thing. Cold as ice...even on the highest graded examples out there (PSA 5-6) and even on HOFers.

Cheers,
Blair

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by deadballera

HOT - grandpa's attic. So many cards are found.

That made me laugh out loud here at work. Grandpa was quite the collector

[MacDice]

What is not hot is that besides naked pictures of Joe DiMaggio, Lelands is now planning on auctioning off nude pictures of John Kruk

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by MacDice

What is not hot is that besides naked pictures of Joe DiMaggio, Lelands is now planning on auctioning off nude pictures of John Kruk

People would have a ball bidding on that one.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by MacDice

naked pictures of Joe DiMaggio

S. Ostler of the SF Chronicle wrote an article about the Joe D shower pic going up for auction. He ends article #1 by having some fun with the random guy showering next to him. Within 2 days that guy, a 91 year old former ballplayer who happens to be living in SF, read the paper and contacted them. Pretty cool little baseball story... links below...

San Franciscans will appreciate the photo of DiMaggio because many locals prefer to remember Joe as the baseball-crazy North Beach kid, rather than the grimly aloof Manhattan superstar of later years. In this photo: no pinstripes.

Bidders must register by Wednesday at 5 p.m. West Coast time, and initial bids (Lot No. 1071) must be in by Friday at 6 p.m. The bidding was over $1,600 as of Thursday night.

Bonus mystery: Next to DiMaggio in the photo is an unidentified guy. Is it a Yankee teammate? A coach? A stadium peanut vendor? Maybe it's Engelberg, letting down his guard.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SPU91JV0JN.DTL

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SP2O1K08H7.DTL


Hot- 1948 Bowman Musial SGC/PSA-5 range. Multiple BIN's in $325-$335 range 4-5 months ago... now seeing it sell for $475-$500 everytime.

Not- T202's with respect to their SMR value. Only been collecting them for about 9 mths, notice they almost never command full value.. have been picking up great HOF'ers for between 50-65% of SMR. Great set, great pics, great value. Love it!