An Analysis of the Yorktown Heights T 206 PSA 8 E-Bay Auction

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Posted By: bruce dorskind

The strength of the market for super high grade pre WW II cards can not be questioned.

Even when said cards are auctioned on E Bay they continue to bring prices that
ran range between very impressive and simply astounding.

The great caution, as we have indicated on numerous occassions is that the
market remains relatively thin.

Let's look at the results

Total number of T 206 PSA 8 cards auctioned on September 13 17
Total value of prices realized $90,391
Average price realized per lot $ 5,317

Note: There were 5 cards with a pop 1 They represented 44% of the total value $ 39.444
Averaged price realzied for a "pop 1" $ 7.889

Average price realized for the 12 non "pop" 1 psa 8 T206 $4,4245

Number of collectors who won 1 or more items 6

Three well known "set registry" collectors won 14 of the 17 items
Each of these collectors finished second on one item
One collector won only 1 lot but finished 2nd 8 times

In 13 of the 17 lots, the four major players were both the winner and runner-up


We'd be interested to hear your comments regarding this auction and its implications
for other high grade pre-war collectors

Best,

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List