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Card: 2014 Topps Museum Momentous Materials Autograph 1 of 1 Randy Johnson (/10 & /5 versions exist as well)
Exhibit A:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Topps-...ue&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_145wt_1124
- a 5 day auction
- no reserve, $0.99 starting price
- 13 bidders, ends for $199.50
Exhibit B:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Topps-...S_Baseball&hash=item3a8f710b83#ht_1370wt_1124
- The $199.50 high bidder has RELISTED for $850OBO before even having the card in hand.
Now...I understand the idea that if you can get a card cheap & flip it immediatly, it's a +EV move. But this usually entails a cheap BIN by an uninformed/impatient original seller. But in this instant, anyone who would be interested in the card has seen in, and bid on it if it were in their price range. In my instance, I saw it, but I just don't like the card personally. Small autograph in a big white area & a boring purple jersey peice or hat or whatever it is (had it been a letter patch or logoman, heck i'd be going broke for it). This is not a jealousy gripe post, I don't want the card then/now, I just find the buyer now seller's tactic odd.
So, what is he thinking? To break even after fees he now needs $230+. So who does he think is going to pay that didn't already have a shot in the 1st auction? I'd say possibly an investment for when RJ gets in the hall next year, but you probably wouln't relist it asap if that were the case. Ideas?
Exhibit A:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Topps-...ue&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_145wt_1124
- a 5 day auction
- no reserve, $0.99 starting price
- 13 bidders, ends for $199.50
Exhibit B:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Topps-...S_Baseball&hash=item3a8f710b83#ht_1370wt_1124
- The $199.50 high bidder has RELISTED for $850OBO before even having the card in hand.
Now...I understand the idea that if you can get a card cheap & flip it immediatly, it's a +EV move. But this usually entails a cheap BIN by an uninformed/impatient original seller. But in this instant, anyone who would be interested in the card has seen in, and bid on it if it were in their price range. In my instance, I saw it, but I just don't like the card personally. Small autograph in a big white area & a boring purple jersey peice or hat or whatever it is (had it been a letter patch or logoman, heck i'd be going broke for it). This is not a jealousy gripe post, I don't want the card then/now, I just find the buyer now seller's tactic odd.
So, what is he thinking? To break even after fees he now needs $230+. So who does he think is going to pay that didn't already have a shot in the 1st auction? I'd say possibly an investment for when RJ gets in the hall next year, but you probably wouln't relist it asap if that were the case. Ideas?