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When rare cards come out of the dark...prices drooop...

MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
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Here is my example of how a "very rare" limited print run set of cards/stickers dropped drastically in price with one find.

The 1981 OPC Hockey Stickers, they are considered "very rare" because of their short print run. The Gretzky in PSA 8 would sell around the $50-75 range and PSA 9s $125+ For years you could search and search and not find a decent one to sub, then I found a baseball card shop with this hiding in their inventory. All in all I had about 150 of these. Raw they used to sell for $25-40 each and now they go for less than $10 and most of the time less than $5 per. PSA 10s still will command a high price for the Gretzky collectors. Anybody know of any other examples?

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11 1 16383206 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
14 1 16285539 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
15 1 14465314 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
16 1 16383185 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
17 1 16383184 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
18 1 16383182 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY
16383212 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
3 1 16383211 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY
16806258 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
1 2 16806259 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
2 1 16806260 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
2 2 16806261 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
2 3 16806262 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
2 4 16806263 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
2 5 16806264 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
2 6 16806265 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
3 1 16806266 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
3 2 16806267 EXCELLENT 5 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
3 3 16806268 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
3 4 16806269 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
3 5 16806270 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY
10 1 16383177 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 2 16383178 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 3 16383179 GEM MINT 10 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 4 16383180 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 5 16383181 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 6 16383182 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 7 16383183 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 8 16383184 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 9 16383185 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 10 16383186 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 11 16383187 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 12 16383188 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 13 16383189 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 14 16383190 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 15 16383191 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 16 16383192 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 17 16383193 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 18 16383194 NEAR MINT 7 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 19 16383195 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 20 16383196 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 21 16383197 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 22 16383198 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 23 16383199 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 24 16383200 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 25 16383201 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
10 26 16383202 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 209 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
11 1 16383203 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
11 2 16383204 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
11 3 16383205 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
11 4 16383206 MINT 9 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
11 5 16383207 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 252 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
12 1 16383208 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
12 2 16383209 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
12 3 16383210 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
12 4 16383211 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US
12 5 16383212 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 O-PEE-CHEE STICKER 264 WAYNE GRETZKY Card US

Comments

  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Looks like you killed the market, just dont put them on ebay all at once.
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like you killed the market, just dont put them on ebay all at once. >>



    This happened 11/09 through this summer...damage has already been done.
  • OckhamsRazorOckhamsRazor Posts: 207 ✭✭
    1986 Topps Nolan Ryan PSA 10 prices fell by 95% once the pop increased.
    Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all "right-thinking" people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

    This is known as “bad luck.”
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    Your theory only pertains to sports cards.
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