Friday Marketwatch - May 29

As of today, May 29 the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Quantity of etopps in-hands listings: 131
Sell-Through: 61.07%
Average starting price: $11.16
Average final price: $18.69

Highest Single Card Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, $76
Highest Mult-Card Sale: Allen & Ginter Superbowl Champions Set, $150
Highest Graded Sale: 2003 LeBron James BGS 9.5, $60
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2008 Evan Longoria, $149.99
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: 2007 Adrian Peterson BGS 9/9 $179

Other best sellers:

* 2009 Barack Obama Basketball Event
* 2008 Allen & Ginter SB Champs Joe Montana
* 2008 Brett Favre
* 2008 Evan Longoria

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2009 Barack Obama - 15 bids

Friday Marketwatch - May 22

As of today, May 22 the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Quantity of etopps in-hands listings: 179
Sell-Through: 37.43%
Average starting price: $5.55
Average final price: $17.14

Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 Barack Obama Basketball Event, $105
Highest Mult-Card Sale: Classic Football Set, $280
Highest Graded Sale: (10) 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9, $638.85
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2007 Tim Lincecum, $175
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 2001 Albert Pujols
* 2003 Lebron James
* 2002 Henrik Zetterberg
* 2003 Miguel Cabrera

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2003 Dwyane Wade - 9 bids

Autograph Offering: Clayton Kershaw

After last night's performance of Chad Billingsley against my Mets, it's too bad etopps isn't offering his 2006 RRO rookie etopps card this week. Instead, they are offering 100 2008 Clayton Kershaw cards signed on Thursday, May 21st for $35 each. Each account can only get one of these so it's likely this will sell out, right?

Let's see what ebay has to say about this. Needless to say his 2006 true rookie cards are most sought after, have the highest asking prices and have the most bids. 2008 is not a pretty year for his autographed cards nor is the quantity of 100 for that year.

But when you factor in the appealing on-the-card signature rather than a sticker, the quality of the card, the encasement, the COA and the etopps following for the autographed cards, this card could sell over $100. Gallardo's auto has not done much as a pre-sell yet (as a pitcher comparison) and it's too bad this player was chosen over Billingsley who is hot right now.

Based on the performance of Kershaw, this card should easily double your money even if you don't sell it before receiving it from etopps because of the large LA market and the factors I listed above.

Friday Marketwatch - May 15

As of today, May 15 the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Quantity of etopps in-hands listings: 247
Sell-Through: 33.20%
Average starting price: $1.86
Average final price: $10.26

Highest Single Card Sale: 2003 Lebron James, $42.99
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 2007 CTNW National Set $24.99
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9.5, $76
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2008 Evan Longoria, $167
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 2004 Joe Mauer
* 2001 Ichiro Suzuki
* 2007 Lebron James
* 2005 Albert Pujols

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2005 Peyton Manning - 9 bids

In-Hands Now Ready For Shipment

Etopps posted this announcement yesterday:

The following eTopps cards have printed, and are ready for delivery starting 5/11/09:

2008 eTopps Football

43 Pittsburgh Steelers 2008
44 Arizona Cardinals 2008
53 Colt Brennan 2008
54 John David Booty 2008

eTopps Allen & Ginter Super Bowl Champions

7 Brett Favre SB
8 Tom Landry SB
9 Emmitt Smith SB
10 Walter Payton SB
11 Jerry Rice SB
12 Peyton Manning SB
13 Roger Staubach SB
14 Tony Dorsett SB
15 Lawrence Taylor SB

eTopps Event Card

6 Steelers Win Record Sixth Super Bowl
44P Barack Obama

2008-09 eTopps Basketball

1 Chris Paul 2008-09
2 Eric Gordon 2008-09
3 Michael Beasley 2008-09
4 Kevin Love 2008-09
5 Brook Lopez 2008-09
6 Dwight Howard 2008-09
7 Marc Gasol 2008-09
8 Sun Yue 2008-09
9 Joe Johnson 2008-09
10 Kevin Garnett 2008-09
11 Allen Iverson 2008-09
12 Kobe Bryant 2008-09
13 O.J. Mayo 2008-09
14 Chris Bosh 2008-09
15 D.J. Augustin 2008-09
16 Danilo Gallinari 2008-09
17 Russell Westbrook 2008-09
18 Carmelo Anthony 2008-09
19 Derrick Rose 2008-09
20 Rudy Fernandez 2008-09
21 Marreese Speights 2008-09

We appreciate your patience as these cards were manufactured. Please continue to check eTopps Updates for additional information on future print runs.

Sincerely,

The eTopps Team

Friday Marketwatch - May 8

As of today, May 8 the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Quantity of etopps in-hands listings: 163
Sell-Through: 43.56%
Average starting price: $1.56
Average final price: $10.99

Highest Single Card Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, $54.99
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 2008 Allen Ginter Yankee Stadium set, $81
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9.5, $102.50
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2001 Ladainian Tomlinson, $250
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 2003 LeBron James
* 2008 Evan Longoria
* 2007 Albert Pujols
* 2008 Daniel Murphy

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2008 Evan Longoria - 10 bids

Autograph Offering: Yovani Gallardo

Other than Zack Greinke, I couldn't think of a better pitcher to offer for an autograph right now. Kudos to etopps for the timing and price of this auto.

At the price offerings for these past three autos, it's a monetary relief that they are doing this now. It'll be interesting what will happen if they offer autographs higher than $50 or at $99.99 or more. I still think they should get the high-end autos out of the way or offer a schedule of who they will be offering even if it's two weeks in advance.

Looking at completed auctions for 2007 Gallardo autos, most of them were sticker autos from Bowman. Ones that were out of 199 sold for $50+. It may be safe to say this auto could be valued well over $100 because Gallardo is hot and the market is saturated with stickers autos.

Not sure why etopps stopped showing what the autograph looks like. Sure it's not good for the pre-sells on ebay but it's not difficult to recall some poor quality signatures, most recently Terry Bradshaw.

Friday Marketwatch - May 1

As of today, May 1 the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Quantity of etopps in-hands listings: 167
Sell-Through: 42.51%
Average starting price: $4.08
Average final price: $8.29

Highest Single Card Sale: 2006 Jay Cutler, $57.66
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 07 Etopps National RC Set [CTNW], $24.55
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9.5, $112.50
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2008 Allen & Ginter Tom Brady, $200
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 2003 Tom Brady
* 2001 Derek Jeter
* Classic Baseball Ryne Sandberg
* 2007 Philip Hughes

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2008 Tim Lincecum - 9 bids