Question:
How
do you price a card that is so uncommon that there are very few sales to
determine a fair rate?
Years
ago I pulled a 2011 Topps Heritage Alex Rodriguez SSP reverse negative and I
have gone back and forth on selling it because there never seems to be much
data to figure a good selling point. Since the 2011 Heritage release I have seen
the card posted for as much as $500, though I have never seen one sell for more
than around $150. This year there has only been one sold on eBay and that was
in February for $50 with just one bid but the seller mistitled it as a 2012
Heritage card and they probably missed out on some potential buyers with the
year error so I don’t know if I should consider that as a reasonable price.
Now
that A-Rod is back and just took over the #4 position on the All-Time Homerun
list yesterday there is a resurgence in his card sales. I considered tossing it
up for a $150 BIN/OBO price and go from there but considering that Rodriguez is
signed through 2017 and it is reasonable to believe that if he stays healthy he
can realistically hit 30 homeruns a year over the next three seasons he can
overtake Bonds as the All-Time leader and I am guessing if that happens I can
pretty much set any price but that means waiting.
Decisions…Decisions…
I've had a handful of those in the past. I usually go with the BIN/OBO route. Auctions are a little too risky in my book... since you're relying on at least two people being interested in your card at that given moment. Best of luck on whatever you decide to do.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Fuji -- slap the price it should sell for on it, and some schmo, er, bidder won't get lucky if no one else notices it/is paying attention.
ReplyDeleteAnother way to get a more history on completed auctions is to use a service like:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.priceguide.cards