Still looking for Ernie Smith!!

[tuckr1]

Still looking for 1935 Chicle Ernie Smith and to upgrade my Authentic, Caddel and Isola, loking for SGC 20-30

Thanks Tucker

[TanksAndSpartans]

Hey Tucker, These aren't coming around much - surprised this one sold the same day it was listed especially at that price: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Nat-039...p2047675.l2557

[tuckr1]

Yeah I seen that one little out of price range for me!! I have noticed that all together all Chicles have stopped popping up on the Bay as much in the past year it seems??

Thanks for keeping an eye out for me

Tucker

[TanksAndSpartans]

Originally Posted by tuckr1

I have noticed that all together all Chicles have stopped popping up on the Bay as much in the past year it seems??
Tucker

Definitely! The supply suddenly just dried up. I literally picked up about half the set from December to July/August?, then nothing in the Fall, but the slowdown started before that. I guess its not a bad thing to have a challenge though. And I think my point of view was skewed - between a guy selling his father's cards and MSB, I probably wasn't relying on eBay as much as I thought. The "Just Collect" mid grade low number auctions early in 2014 were fun and nice too. I was starting to think they'd just continue, but of course nothing lasts forever.

And to be fair, PWCC does have a decent grouping starting yesterday which was nice to see. I'd love to have these, but my rule of thumb is a 3 grade on high numbers, so I'm sure I'm wasting my time even bidding:

Masterson: http://www.ebay.com/itm/400785840932...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Burnett: http://www.ebay.com/itm/351191406393...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[tuckr1]

super nice Masterson!!

[TanksAndSpartans]

They went lower than I thought and lower than they've gone historically. Last PSA 5 Masterson I recall went for close to 800. And a Burnett in that grade..... haven't seen one. It really feels like prices for low to mid grade "vintage" football cards are going down while high grade prices are going up at the same time. (The examples I'm thinking of are some of the PSA 10 star "rookie" cards from the 70s that sold really high recently - Dorsett comes to mind.)

Jeff, if your out there, did you go after the Burnett?