The prices were generally lower--I suppose not too many people were buying big ticket items the past few days, leaving bargains for those who had some cash left over after Christmas.
To buy one of each will set you back $6,345.08, which is down $167 from December.
Here's an odd fact: I've been collecting this data for three and a half years now and the average price for all the sets over that time is $6,376.51--only a $31 difference from this month's average.
YEAR
|
Jan. 2
|
Dec. 1
|
Nov. 1
|
12 Mo. Avg.
|
1969
|
$1,044.78
|
$1,083.19
|
$1,056.38
|
$1,183.48
|
1970
|
$995.20
|
$1,134.00
|
$918.80
|
$958.12
|
1971
|
$717.40
|
$968.30
|
$836.87
|
$772.97
|
1972
|
$930.60
|
$842.52
|
$1,023.22
|
$1,016.60
|
1973
|
$414.50
|
$522.99
|
$278.91
|
$398.25
|
1974
|
$177.20
|
$185.70
|
$337.40
|
$238.73
|
1975
|
$291.95
|
$364.71
|
$328.01
|
$326.87
|
1976
|
$416.28
|
$175.57
|
$164.81
|
$191.40
|
1977
|
$143.00
|
$104.53
|
$174.38
|
$136.03
|
1978
|
$109.49
|
$84.05
|
$79.40
|
$97.26
|
1979
|
$79.60
|
$84.88
|
$68.60
|
$85.93
|
1980
|
$61.39
|
$58.15
|
$61.40
|
$65.90
|
1981
|
$33.79
|
$32.56
|
$29.67
|
$33.10
|
1982
|
$48.18
|
$28.89
|
$34.89
|
$41.65
|
1983
|
$30.79
|
$27.80
|
$44.56
|
$33.36
|
1984
|
$18.18
|
$17.14
|
$14.30
|
$25.03
|
1985
|
$28.79
|
$23.32
|
$34.52
|
$29.98
|
1986
|
$21.80
|
$9.50
|
$21.93
|
$17.10
|
1987
|
$14.88
|
$4.54
|
$5.74
|
$9.19
|
1988
|
$9.37
|
$5.30
|
$11.70
|
$9.44
|
1989
|
$10.98
|
$8.58
|
$9.10
|
$8.22
|
1990
|
$12.59
|
$11.24
|
$8.20
|
$9.93
|
1991
|
$21.09
|
$9.53
|
$10.60
|
$11.74
|
1992
|
$6.59
|
$27.58
|
$20.99
|
$12.37
|
1993
|
$25.99
|
$22.60
|
$32.88
|
$25.23
|
1994
|
$23.08
|
$21.29
|
$19.65
|
$21.98
|
1995
|
$44.95
|
$27.76
|
$34.12
|
$38.72
|
1996
|
$26.01
|
$24.81
|
$17.91
|
$21.71
|
1997
|
$51.28
|
$44.40
|
$42.01
|
$45.62
|
1998
|
$44.94
|
$30.69
|
$57.19
|
$42.32
|
1999
|
$25.81
|
$40.00
|
$25.99
|
$26.41
|
2000
|
$23.11
|
$19.99
|
$21.99
|
$20.99
|
2001
|
$48.59
|
$59.49
|
$55.30
|
$56.04
|
2002
|
$48.39
|
$45.91
|
$45.78
|
$38.40
|
2003
|
$42.80
|
$38.38
|
$35.02
|
$37.26
|
2004
|
$22.00
|
$27.88
|
$27.78
|
$28.40
|
2005
|
$33.08
|
$40.18
|
$24.14
|
$31.05
|
2006
|
$24.03
|
$33.14
|
$22.93
|
$26.01
|
2007
|
$22.49
|
$25.07
|
$23.26
|
$22.24
|
2008
|
$34.19
|
$48.17
|
$25.49
|
$30.15
|
2009
|
$57.35
|
$34.02
|
$46.82
|
$48.29
|
2010
|
$37.43
|
$27.45
|
$21.69
|
$30.09
|
2011
|
$28.10
|
$36.29
|
$32.09
|
$32.96
|
2012
|
$43.08
|
$50.80
|
$49.12
|
$39.96
|
Question: When you track the prices the sets go for, do you include or exclude the shipping? I'm thinking about dumping all of my complete Topps sets from 1981 to the present so any insight you can give would be helpful.
ReplyDeleteMy prices do not include shipping. Most sellers don't offer free shipping, so that makes it easier to compare the actual prices.
ReplyDeleteAs far as selling them, most of the years that you'd be selling have factory sets and those seem to go for more than a hand-collated set. I've seen several hand collated sets start at 99 cents and end up selling for 99 cents.
From my numbers, the best months to sell are April - June...the beginning of the season, when people renew an interest in baseball.
Hope this helps...good luck