70s Baseball - What is hottest now??

Stingray

What current year would you say is the hottest. IMO it appears as if the 77 graded is doing well on Ebay.

bri2327

I dont follow the 77's that thoroughly, but the ones I do buy have been all over the place. Some PSA 9 Yankees I have been picking up for under $10 shipped. Other cards Ive seen go upwards of $30-40 in PSA 9.

ArnyVee

Our 72s continue to get good prices for low pops and star cards.

NickM

'71 Topps are consistently hot.

Nick

bri2327

I have to disagree on the 71 topps. I collected that set a few years back, and the prices today are not anywhere near what they bring today. Sure, there are still a few tough cards, but even cards that were low pop in 8 a yr ago and bringing in $100-150+ are bringing $50-75 now.

NickM

For most of the rest of the decade, $50 will bring you a tough PSA 9.

Prices on everything '70s in PSA slabs have dropped significantly over the past few years.

You can now put together probably half of the '72 Topps set (and higher percentages of '73 through '75) in PSA 8 for $5 or less apiece - just check out 4SC's auctions for starters. For '76 through '79, large percentages of PSA 9s and almost every PSA 8 that doesn't list individually in SMR (and some that do) can be found for $5 or less.

Nick

gosteelers

I am personally going to stay away from set building for the sets that 4SC offers. I've NEVER had a bad transaction with them, but I know if they are pumping them out, there's a lot more where that came from...

lostdart58

<< <i>I am personally going to stay away from set building for the sets that 4SC offers. I've NEVER had a bad transaction with them, but I know if they are pumping them out, there's a lot more where that came from... >>




....but 4SC isn't now pumping out 72 Topps at the rate they were say 6-9 months ago................maybe their sources are drying up at least when it comes to 72s

NickM

lostdart - or maybe it's because they are now selling enough PSA 8s at opening bid of $5 or $4 or $5 BIN that they have decided to move on to other sets for a while because it's not very profitable right now.

They recently listed about 20 1976 Topps BB PSA 9s for $4 BINs, including some fairly tough ones (<40 9s and few 10s). HOFer PSA 8s from the late 70s were also going at those prices, and there are periodically large bursts from them of 1978 and 1979 PSA 9 commons at $3 opening bids (many of which sell for opening bid).

They basically seem to have stopped listing post 1980 common PSA 9s, which indicates to me that they recognize an absence of demand.

Nick

bri2327

Supply for virtually all 70's material has caught up to and surpassed demand. Nearly every night of the week i am able to pick up a PSA 9 Yankee card from the 70's for $5-10. In fact, in the past few days I was able to get Yankee star players from 77 & 79 for $1.75 plus shipping in PSA 9. Clearly these are no longer investment worthy cards. When you have to pray for a PSA 10 when submitting then you know the end of collecting mid to late 70's for profit or investment has long been over. I dont worry about potential value of my 70's cards. I buy them to complete my team sets, enjoy the hunt, the nostalgia, and the satisfaction of having very high grade sets of my childhood heros.

I did not mean to say that 71's were not tough. They are still the toughest of all the Topps issues of the 70's, but even they have decreased in price and raised in pops drastically over the past couple of years. This past month I picked up a dozen or so 1971 topps Yankees in PSA 8 for the starting bids of $7.99-9.99. When I was working on that set hardcore a few years back they couldnt be touched for under $30 a card.

To anyone jumping the gun and still laying out big $$ for that elusive card they need i would strongly suggest that unless you have disposable income that wont really affect you one way or another, hold off. More product is out there...ALOT more. Prices can only keep going down IMO.

lowstartmick

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You can now put together probably half of the '72 Topps set in PSA 8 for $5 or less apiece -

Nick >>



I agree, in fact I've become so spoiled I will rarely go higher than 5 bucks for a non- high number PSA 8 common.