Vintage Commons
tomwerd
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With PSA pricing going through the roof, are people still sending in commons for grading? It would seem to someone like me (a somewhat uneducated collector) that fewer and fewer commons will be submitted. Will this lead to increased values in PSA vintage commons prices? I welcome your thoughts!
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probably not. The main demand is always going to be for the stars and rookies. You will still have interest in the commons but most of us vintage collectors are perfectly fine with having raw high grade commons. Of course, commons pre 1960 are the exception.
Welcome!
In general with the rise of grading (through the roof?) all cards with a lower potential for profit should get fewer submissions.
Some "commons" are not that common. Very high grade commons from the 60's and 70's can bring nice money. Low pop commons can be worth a lot, and of course some years (1962 & 1971 for example) even 8's are hard to come by.
not bad for a Buck Martinez common:
https://ebay.com/itm/pop-3-1985-Topps-673-Buck-MARTINEZ-PSA-10-Blue-Jays/274156431666?hash=item3fd4ff2932%3Ag%3AcxgAAOSw6gZd%7Enia&LH_BIN=1
That is pretty crazy for a 1984 common.
9s still do pretty well and 8s from select years are potentially profitable too. What gets squeezed by the higher submission prices are high pop 8s and 9s with sales history under $10. It's tough to make money on those, even if you obtain the card for free.
Fewer, but yes. It depends on era obviously, but many have to be a lock for a 9 with possible 10 upside to be worth it.
Unlikely, set collecting is far less fashionable these days and outside of a few highly competitive registries, many of the remaining set collectors are fine with graded stars and raw commons.
I'd say that yes you'd see a small across the board increase paid for existing commons in PSA slabs. If anyone was trying to build a set its much easier to pay for a graded product than pay almost as much to acquire and have graded a raw card, with certainly no guarantee on the grade you'll be getting back for the effort.
For the reason Larkin Collector indicated, there may be less overall demand for ungraded commons because building and grading your own set went from a previously very steep price to a price that is really just beyond most people's reasonable means.
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Thanks for the input. I assumed there were more set collectors out there. I look forward to learning more from some of you!
If commons ever do increase in value my closet is a gold mine!
Kris
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