Showing posts with label Economics of Sports Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Economics of Sports Cards. Show all posts
Monday, February 9, 2015

What happened to GAI Grading? And how a bad grading idea sunk their successor Global Authentic.

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Introduction In a past post, I wrote about how GAI grading (Global Authentication Incorporated) went bankrupt in 2008-2009 as the ...
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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Why most ‘Buy It Now’ sports cards on eBay are overpriced

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Introduction As a vintage set builder who largely uses eBay to buy cards, I often get very frustrated with not being able to acquire cert...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Conflicts of Interest in the Sports Card Ecosystem Post 1 - Card Companies and Collectors

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A conflict of interest is a situation occurring when an individual or organization is involved in multiple economic interests with one of t...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

1970s Topps Football Cards – Sweaty Guys and Airbrushed Pictures

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Topps baseball sets in the early 1970s showed many design innovations like (1) the beautiful black bordered 1971 set, (2) the groovy, hip 1...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Buying Hot Rookie Cards on eBay: A Bad Investment

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Preface As with other postings, I again want to emphasize that sports cards are a lousy investment.  Buy sports cards for any other re...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

What is Junk Wax (or What are Junk Era Cards) and what caused the junk wax era?

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Introduction I am neither the first person nor probably the last to address this issue.  I want to first give credit to two very good...
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