Figuring Out Realistic Prices

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…

 

 

Topps UFC Nicknames

Topps recently announced that in the 2010 Topps UFC release there are 25 short printed “Nickename” variation cards. These shot print cards are limited to 250 copies each. The other day I picked up some packs unfortunately I did not pull any of the short prints.

Here is the checklist of the 25 cards and the nickname on the cards:

5 The Irish Hand Grenade (Marcus Davis)

13 The Outlaw (Dan Hardy)

16 The Natural (Randy Couture)

20 The Prodigy (BJ Penn)

26 The Dean of Mean (Keith Jardine)

32 Darth (Ryan Bader)

34 The Phenom (Vitor Belfort)

43 Rampage (Quinton Jackson)

44 The Skyscraper (Stephan Struve)

46 Rumble (Anthony Johnson)

47 The Iceman (Chuck Liddell)

49 Bones (Jon Jones)

52 Ace (Rich Franklin)

59 The Dragon (Lyoto Machida)

64 Minotauro (Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira)

66 The Carpenter (Clay Guida)

72 The Hitman (Martin Kampmann)

77 Hands of Stone (Sam Stout)

78 The Huntington Beach Bad Boy (Tito Ortiz)

79 The Axe Murderer (Wanderlei Silva)

83 The Nightmare (Diego Sanchez)

96 Shogun (Mauricio Rua)

100 Rush (Georges St-Pierre)

106 The Spider (Anderson Silva)

147 Kevin Ferguson (Kimbo Slice)

UD Baseball Short Prints

Upper Deck announced four “short-printed” cards link that are available in retail only 2010 Upper Deck Baseball Series 1. The cards are Sarah Palin, Joe Jackson, Pete Rose and a NY Yankees World Championship card. You can find the Sarah Palin and Pete Rose cards in packs from Wallyland and the Joe Jackson and Yankees card can be found in packs at Target. Looks like I will be hitting Target more often, I am a big fan of Joe Jackson and a firm believer that he belongs in the Hall of Fame.