Well put. However I am noticing a trend that real low pops that have not seen Ebay in a long time or ever are not bringing extraordinary prices like last year. Example: The 62 Landrum surprises me somewhat. $600 for this card. I believe a few months ago that card may have reached 1000$. Dont get me wrong, $600 is a great hit for a 5$ common. Of course the leg work that goes into finding these elusive low pop commons has to be very profitable for those of us who have the patience to root through 10000 cards to find 2 low pop 8's.
it's all about the free market, who has the big $$ and who want s to spend it at the time. if there are 2 big spenders then things will be wild. if there is one then it will still fetch a decent premium but not a price that willstart a thread
I think there's still many nice cards out there in ungraded collections. I recently cherry picked the nicest commons from my 61 fleer football cards and got a PSA 9 on Bob StClair #63, which according to the population report is a 1/1, the only graded 9 out there. But I am certain there must be others out there since the entire graded population for that card is only 12. There's not much financial incentive to grade commons unless they have a strong chance of getting a 9... but I hope this is changing with the popularity of set registry.
Also, much to my surprise, I received a PSA 8 for a '61 Maris #2, which is currently the toughest 8 in the entire set if you consider the pecentage graded 8 of all graded for a given card. However, there's probably some commons in the '61 set that would be as tough or tougher if more specimens were graded.
Completed 12 bb & fb sets during 1956-61 from nickel packs...
Comments
However I am noticing a trend that real low pops that have not seen Ebay in a long time or ever are not bringing extraordinary prices like last year. Example: The 62 Landrum surprises me somewhat. $600 for this card. I believe a few months ago that card may have reached 1000$. Dont get me wrong, $600 is a great hit for a 5$ common. Of course the leg work that goes into finding these elusive low pop commons has to be very profitable for those of us who have the patience to root through 10000 cards to find 2 low pop 8's.
thanks
Scott Telford
I think there's still many nice cards out there in ungraded collections. I recently cherry picked the nicest commons from my 61 fleer football cards and got a PSA 9 on Bob StClair #63, which according to the population report is a 1/1, the only graded 9 out there. But I am certain there must be others out there since the entire graded population for that card is only 12. There's not much financial incentive to grade commons unless they have a strong chance of getting a 9... but I hope this is changing with the popularity of set registry.
Also, much to my surprise, I received a PSA 8 for a '61 Maris #2, which is currently the toughest 8 in the entire set if you consider the pecentage graded 8 of all graded for a given card. However, there's probably some commons in the '61 set that would be as tough or tougher if more specimens were graded.