T210 Prices

[Leon]

From my observations it seems more of the T206 collectors are grade conscious whereas the T210 collectors are just looking for a clean example, as Tbob said....I am not sure I know of any T210 collectors that are ONLY going for high grade ones (besides, it would be very tough as most don't ever come up in high grade).

[bbcard1]

might just be my imagination, but i think there has been a little blip where most if not all tobacco cards have cost a little more lately...could just be seasonal.

[smtjoy]

I think its really a matter of supply, most T206 are readily available in condition 1-6 so its easy for a collector to do a set at a certain condition whereas T210 are plain tough just to find an example. I dont put much of a premium on T210 condition, I am just as happy to get a good looking 30 as I am with a good looking 60 and my bidding reflects that. I have been chasing a number of T210-3's for a few years in any grade and no way would I attempt to collect the set in a set grade, ouch.

I was just looking at the pop reports of T210-3 and for a set that has 95 cards, PSA has graded only 138, cant figure out how to pull up the same info for SGC but I would bet it is less than 5-6 per player. Compare that with say a T206 common of Bill Abstein looking at the pop of his unknown, Piedmont and SC backs he has a PSA pop of 268 cards, more graded than the whole series of T210. To me that makes it easy to see why the low grade T210 sell for a whole lot more because they are so much harder to find.

[rp12367]

I think IMO it just to comes down to supply. I have only been collecting them for about 6-8 months and already realize that if I see a card, (be it usually a team for me) and I want it, I grab it regardless of the condition, because no telling if and when you might find it again. I can always go after a better example if it comes along. In the case of Dan's recent T210-3 sales, A few cards eg Gordon, I couldn't find a red version anywhere and was willing to go quite a bit more to get the card, even though it was only a 30/2. If it was a T206 on the other hand, at a certain point I would have backed out of the bidding, knowing that in a day/week/month another would be out there (non-rare back of course)...

[alsup2311]

As the biggest seller of T210 Series 3 cards at one time on Ebay, all I can say is that the prices are all over the map. I had SGC 30s sell for more than SGC 60s!! After the auction I could tell who was going for grade (I had a lot of #1s on the pop report) and who was going for rarely seen cards. I think series 3 cards don't get the love they deserve. I agree with tbob, some of these cards are hard to find and even harder to find in good shape! I had a lot of fun watching my auction! I had no idea what any one card would sell for.

[DixieBaseball]

I agree with a few previous posts... T210's are all over the map and the reasons for this are plenty : Set collectors, Team Collector's, Highest Grade collector's, general type collector's, condition upgrade collector's, Portrait collector's, Series Collector's, State Collectors, and then the random new entry of bidder thrown in the mix make for a ambigious final price. All I know from collecting them for the last 10+ years is if you really want a certain player which you rarely see, just buy it or be prepared to wait quite possibly a long time. Much discussion has been made on this board about which series are scarcer, and the truth is while Series 6,7, and 8 seem to be tougher as a whole there are players in every series, or on every team, that can perhaps be tougher to find than others. I find that there are some real toughies in Series 3, 4, and 5. There are some impossible cards to find in Series 8, but that only accounts for about 20% of that set, and Series 6 and 7 have their toughies as well.

What a cool set!

[John V]

I seem to recall a post some time ago, listing the toughies for each series.

[tbob]

John- I wish you could remember when this was, I'd sure like to see it. There are some really skilled and computer savvy 54ers out there, maybe they could pull it out???