Issues That Are Tough to Sell

[majordanby]

think that the more mainstream cards will sell right around the same price with very little variation over time.

Phil: Define mainstream in a pre war context?

[terjung]

Originally Posted by majordanby

Phil: Define mainstream in a pre war context?

I'd think that '33 Goudey, Cracker Jacks, and T206s would all qualify as "mainstream"

Others would probably include sets like T205 as well, but the one's I've listed definitely qualify.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Good answer, Brian, I would go with that.

[Bicem]

basically any issue that you see a ton of listed on ebay at any given time is probably pretty mainstream.

[smtjoy]

I agree with Lee, you can put nearly any pre war card (valued over $10) on a .99 ebay auction and it will sell, the issue is really what do you expect it to sell for and what is a true fair price.

My ebay store has lots of the odd ball cards, like exhibits, m101, harringtons, etc and I have found you have two selling choices, make it a BIN, be patience and if at a fair price it will sell within 1-2 years or need/want the cash now then auction it on ebay, sterling or another AH and it will sell but you will take much more price risk. It just gets down to thin demand in these sets and since you are not a bidder on it like the last time, unless new blood has starting collecting the player/set then a good chance the card will sell for less.

On sets like T206 there might we 5 underbidders within 20% so even if resold soon it will realize a close price. On some of the thin demand sets/cards the third bidder can sometimes be 50%+ less than the top two bidders, in these cases I hope you are putting it in your collection otherwise plan to lose big.