Selling before the draft...

jkeys · Nov 12, 2012

So, I have a nice collection of BGS slabs (mostly bowman chrome gold and orange auto's of upcoming collegiate and HS draft prospects). When is the best time to sell? Start of college ball season? Days before the draft? Post draft? Any and all advice is welcome!

Jimmy Graham · Nov 12, 2012

Spring training

Jaypers · Nov 12, 2012

jkeys said:
So, I have a nice collection of BGS slabs (mostly bowman chrome gold and orange auto's of upcoming collegiate and HS draft prospects). When is the best time to sell? Start of college ball season? Days before the draft? Post draft? Any and all advice is welcome!

I've done pretty well by having potential draft picks' cards end on Days 1 and 2 of the draft.

sheetskout · Nov 12, 2012

Agree with J.P. Draft prospecting is tricky. So if you're player hasn't had a "peak-moment" before the draft I would list one week before the draft. And do yourself a favor. Sell and don't hold past the draft thinking the prospect will debut and knock everyone's socks off. I'm currently being burned by this right now.

jaydub · Nov 12, 2012

The other thing to watch for if you do hold through the spring HS and College seasons before the draft is that some players may rise and fall a good amount based on perfomance. I held several HS guys with USA cards from 2010 and 2011 who were highly touted coming into the 2012 HS season and some guys saw their stock drop enough that by the time the draft came around they were no longer 1st or 2nd round picks. Conversely you can get lucky and see some guys shoot up the draft boards based on their senior season so YMMV.

VandyDan · Nov 12, 2012

Ending on the night of the first round wasn't the best idea. Not too many folks watch the thing, and fewer still think 'hmm, let's go see if this pre-professional players has any cards'. I made much more with listings that ended the night after a player was drafted. Think I sold a Matt Olson non auto red ref for $205, which was pretty crazy to me.

The only reason to sell early is if you have a strong belief a player will fall down the draft boards between the start of the season and June. There were two guys that had that happen where selling early wasa great idea last year.

Exposfan · Nov 12, 2012

Sell as needed, don't always wait until the draft because there will be plenty of other people doing that exact same thing and that will flood the market.

jkeys · Nov 12, 2012

Exposfan said:
Sell as needed, don't always wait until the draft because there will be plenty of other people doing that exact same thing and that will flood the market.

I think this is my favorite response yet. All good advice and thank you!

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