Speaking of New High Prices....

[Jaypers]

.....Matt Moore Gold Ref Auto.

[ebay:2u0llkq4]230749318451[/ebay:2u0llkq4]

Even #01/50 (BGS 9/10), which sold last week, didn't go for that much.

 

[shayscards79]

...and $8 shipping.

 

[Musial Collector]

...and $8 shipping.

That includes full insurance

 

[shayscards79]

...and $8 shipping.

That includes full insurance

Fair enough

 

[P_Manning 18]

...and $8 shipping.

That includes full insurance

And I'm guessing signature confirmation.

Just ran the numbers.... $1.95 Shipping + $8.15 for $560 Insurance + $2.55 Signature Confirmation = $12.65
Even without Sig. Conf. the seller is losing $2. But the $560 selling price makes up for it.

 

[Adam G]

Not related to Moore, but a Profar auto just sold for $75. Not sure why the sudden increase, wonder if it's legit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Bowman-Chr ... _500wt_948

Ref recently went for $90
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JURICKSON-PROFA ... 500wt_1182

Spring Training hype i guess

 

[bdal23]

Not related to Moore, but a Profar auto just sold for $75. Not sure why the sudden increase, wonder if it's legit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Bowman-Chr ... _500wt_948

Ref recently went for $90
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JURICKSON-PROFA ... 500wt_1182

Spring Training hype i guess

It is the annual spring training bump. Wait until Harper hits a spring training home run. Darvish pitches lights out or Cespedes hits a moon shot

 

[All The Hype]

Everything is starting to go crazy for most of the players that have at least a decent-sized following of people who think the player is going to have good season this year. It's a fun time of year if you have stashes of any of those guys.

 

[hail2thevictors]

Everything is starting to go crazy for most of the players that have at least a decent-sized following of people who think the player is going to have good season this year. It's a fun time of year if you have stashes of any of those guys.

Exactly right.

It also creates a situation of "when to sell". Probably the toughest part of prospecting for me, when to let go.

 

[bballcardkid]

I really want to say shenanigans on the $74 Profar sale. I can't get an offer over $80 on a Profar 9.5.

 

[All The Hype]

Everything is starting to go crazy for most of the players that have at least a decent-sized following of people who think the player is going to have good season this year. It's a fun time of year if you have stashes of any of those guys.

Exactly right.

It also creates a situation of "when to sell". Probably the toughest part of prospecting for me, when to let go.

Very true. I'm having that dilemma with a couple of guys right now, with the biggest one being Mike Stanton. I already have the ability to turn a huge profit on what I have (and have on a few), but I happen to be in the camp that he is going to have a monster season so it's tough to decide whether to take the profit while I know I can or to hold out and see where they go.

The same has to be said about most of the top prospects too...do you take advantage of the hype and sell now? Or do you hold out into the season and hope they actually put up the numbers to back the hype? Tough call.

 

[schmidtfan20]

Stanton plays for the Marlins, so no one cares. Sell now.

 

[MadHandle11]

Talk about a spike for Brentz: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... true&rt=nc

Oh wait, just a BigBoyD auction ::facepalm::

 

[boomo]

Talk about a spike for Brentz: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... true&rt=nc

Oh wait, just a BigBoyD auction ::facepalm::

they do like to play the shill game

 

[jbhofmann]

BGS 9.5 Bubba Blue Auto on Thursday:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Bowman...US_Baseball&hash=item2c63306ab8#ht_830wt_1164

BGS 9.5 Same Bubba Blue Auto couple weeks ago (Apparently unpaid item blessing in disguise):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Bowman...US_Baseball&hash=item1c2383caf9#ht_720wt_1164

 

[jcmint]

that gold moore has no doubt already seen the grading table

 

[cmnkb8]

that gold moore has no doubt already seen the grading table

Are you implying something nefarious went on with that card?

 

[BowmanChromeAddict]

that gold moore has no doubt already seen the grading table

Are you implying something nefarious went on with that card?

Nefarious? I doubt Joe is inferring that. Just that the card was probably sent in with a minimum grade 9.5 and it probably came back ungraded. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong Joe.

 

[Adam G]

[quote="All The Hype":3up27dbx]Everything is starting to go crazy for most of the players that have at least a decent-sized following of people who think the player is going to have good season this year. It's a fun time of year if you have stashes of any of those guys.

Exactly right.

It also creates a situation of "when to sell". Probably the toughest part of prospecting for me, when to let go.

Very true. I'm having that dilemma with a couple of guys right now, with the biggest one being Mike Stanton. I already have the ability to turn a huge profit on what I have (and have on a few), but I happen to be in the camp that he is going to have a monster season so it's tough to decide whether to take the profit while I know I can or to hold out and see where they go.

The same has to be said about most of the top prospects too...do you take advantage of the hype and sell now? Or do you hold out into the season and hope they actually put up the numbers to back the hype? Tough call.[/quote:3up27dbx]


I have a personal rule that if I can double my money, it's time to sell, especially when a pitcher is involved. I don't always sell everything, but if I have 10-20 autos of a player, I start listing when prices double. I feel like I have more time to wait and see w/ position players, but pitchers are sooooo dangerous....

 

[Russ S.]

It was a beauty of a copy, but a raw Bauer BC auto sold for $60 last night.