A couple things:
- Only one 1969 set was sold, so that skews the average.
- A couple really high end 1971 sets were sold, which really jacked up the average.
- There wasn't much interest in sets from the 1990's. Only three sets were sold of the 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 sets. The 1997 set has only one sale. No Nineties love this past week.
- The prices of the 2010 sets are mostly hand collated sets, and they seem to be available at half the price of a factory set. But the factory set gives you the Strasburg card, meaning you pay about $25 for it. Is it worth the extra cost?
| YEAR | Oct. 1 | Sept. 1 | August 1 | 12 Mo. Average |
| 1969 | $875.00 | $735.83 | $1,088.66 | $904.17 |
| 1970 | $863.38 | $852.25 | $757.25 | $795.84 |
| 1971 | $1,001.25 | $585.99 | $677.49 | $772.76 |
| 1972 | $777.60 | $850.47 | $870.72 | $844.74 |
| 1973 | $461.09 | $299.31 | $333.76 | $352.96 |
| 1974 | $192.24 | $187.30 | $146.60 | $203.84 |
| 1975 | $349.10 | $261.65 | $335.00 | $270.55 |
| 1976 | $115.57 | $119.66 | $154.90 | $151.68 |
| 1977 | $119.60 | $121.16 | $96.40 | $115.39 |
| 1978 | $91.87 | $80.72 | $63.96 | $86.13 |
| 1979 | $89.62 | $83.20 | $88.50 | $75.77 |
| 1980 | $64.85 | $49.07 | $54.27 | $58.79 |
| 1981 | $22.36 | $32.11 | $25.46 | $25.62 |
| 1982 | $27.36 | $36.94 | $40.10 | $35.23 |
| 1983 | $29.08 | $33.20 | $27.51 | $30.06 |
| 1984 | $24.51 | $20.00 | $23.62 | $18.89 |
| 1985 | $19.68 | $30.34 | $24.26 | $25.90 |
| 1986 | $9.14 | $13.29 | $12.02 | $11.68 |
| 1987 | $7.27 | $6.82 | $6.74 | $7.91 |
| 1988 | $8.35 | $8.78 | $9.60 | $9.11 |
| 1989 | $6.97 | $10.03 | $7.45 | $8.89 |
| 1990 | $12.17 | $16.29 | $11.03 | $9.98 |
| 1991 | $5.91 | $10.11 | $7.71 | $7.78 |
| 1992 | $8.61 | $15.08 | $9.43 | $9.25 |
| 1993 | $33.99 | $15.15 | $11.92 | $19.20 |
| 1994 | $22.83 | $17.60 | $19.96 | $20.07 |
| 1995 | $38.89 | $27.85 | $24.02 | $30.79 |
| 1996 | $16.90 | $14.62 | $23.39 | $16.85 |
| 1997 | $17.50 | $40.62 | $45.48 | $45.77 |
| 1998 | $40.00 | $37.00 | $24.21 | $41.91 |
| 1999 | $19.97 | $18.59 | $26.55 | $23.01 |
| 2000 | $19.98 | $17.84 | $19.04 | $19.42 |
| 2001 | $39.25 | $58.50 | $39.51 | $44.28 |
| 2002 | $34.80 | $23.96 | $37.79 | $32.60 |
| 2003 | $38.35 | $22.62 | $28.96 | $35.46 |
| 2004 | $21.17 | $27.09 | $25.65 | $23.95 |
| 2005 | $24.31 | $29.25 | $19.16 | $21.56 |
| 2006 | $18.86 | $21.56 | $21.20 | $19.45 |
| 2007 | $13.31 | $16.37 | $14.36 | $14.36 |
| 2008 | $26.36 | $31.36 | $30.29 | $21.52 |
| 2009 | $38.50 | $33.38 | $50.30 | $40.73 |
| 2010 | $27.62 | $30.00 | $25.59 | $31.30 |
It is always interesting how that 1972 set usually sells more than 1970, 1971 - thanks for the post it is invaluable
ReplyDeleteYou know what really bugs me about some of these prices? They're obviously being sold by desperate sellers... desperate for a little money. For example, here's some prices I found (in a quick search) for a few select individual cards in the '82 set..
ReplyDelete$ 6.00 Nolan Ryan
$ 5.00 Rickey Henderson
$ 5.00 Lee Smith (RC)
$ 4.00 George Brett
$ 3.00 Mike Schmidt
$ 2.50 Ozzie Smith
$ 2.00 Danny Ainge (RC)
$ 1.50 Paul Molitor
$ 1.50 Tom Seaver
$ 1.25 Dave Stewart
$ 1.25 Georg Bell
$ 1.25 Dave Righetti
$ 1.25 Dale Murphy
...just those, add up to over $35, and there's still another 770+ cards in the set.
And that doesn't even include the most expensive cards in the set, which can each sell for more than some entire '82 Topps sets are being sold for!
$55.00 Cal Ripken Jr (RC)
$30.00 Pascual Perez (error card)
$25.00 Chili Davis (RC)
(Prices do vary from place to place, but you can see the point, I'm sure)
When I recollected my set of '82 Topps last September, I got it for $60, which is a bargain. Now people are selling the set for less than some individual cards in it?!? They're rippin' themselves off.
It's probably worse for some of the 70's sets I imagine... with more huge stars & even rarer cards.