Friday Marketwatch - September 24

As of September 24th, the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: 2007 Kevin Durant, $39.99
Highest Multi-Card Sale: Cleveland Indians 6-card lot, $9
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, PSA 10, 138.83
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2007 CTNW Nolan Ryan, $138.49
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 2008 Joey Votto
* 2009 T-206 Babe Ruth
* Allen & Ginter Ronald Reagan
* 2003 LeBron James

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2009 Aaron Rogers, 11 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 12
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: iverson775 (2), dbbd_collectibles (10)

Autograph Offering: 2009 Trevor Cahill

Up for grabs tomorrow at 4pm EST you can buy 1 of 96 Trevor Cahill autographed etopps in-hand cards for just $29.99. If you like cheap etopps autos or if you're an A's fan, you probably had a few goosebumps on your arm when you saw the offering announced on the etopps homepage. Otherwise, it's not worth spending the dollars when you can go deeper into the football IPO season by passing on this.

Sure, Cahill is having a great year. He may come close to 20 wins (along with 5 other pitchers in the A.L.) but he's not getting the Cy Young over CC Sabathia who has 20 wins already.

I'm surprised etopps decided to offer this when the shift is to football. You would think they would have waited to offer baseball in April and start offering football autographs by now. They've done it this way for a few years. Hopefully the next autograph will be a football one...and someone who is compelling. I use this word because I think the baseball auto season (if you can call it this) has been anything but.

Over on ebay, sales of his auto will make you yawn if you're not going after this offering tomorrow and be disappointed if you are.

If you do plan to get one, you may want to go the extra step: get it graded by BGS to further its value and with a teeny-weeny graded population you may get what you're asking on ebay if you time you listing right.

Friday Marketwatch - September 17

As of September 17th, the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: T-206 Honus Wagner, $75
Highest Multi-Card Sale: Lot of 10 T-206 Cards , $135.01
Highest Graded Sale: 2005 Aaron Rogers, PSA 10, $41.99
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2005 Johan Santana, $49.99
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 1954 Mickey Mantle reprint
* 2007 Tim Lincecum
* 1955 Mickey Mantle reprint
* 2007 Kevin Durant

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2008 Joey Votto, 11 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 1
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: iverson775 (1)

Friday Marketwatch - September 10

As of September 10th, the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: 2009 Roy Halladay (#001/699), $39.98
Highest Multi-Card Sale: 2007 CTNW National Set, $16.49
Highest Graded Sale: 2005 Aaron Rogers, BGS 10, $200
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2002 Tom Brady, $147.50
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* T-206 Mickey Mantle
* 2007 Kevin Durant
* 2009 Ichiro
* 2001 Mariano Rivera

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2009 Green Bay Packers team card, 7 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 1
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: dbbd_collectibles (1)

Friday Marketwatch - September 3

I'm posting this early because I'm going to the Rush concert this evening (Holmdel, NJ).

As of September 3rd, the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 Allen & Ginter Presidential Candidates, Barack Obama, $99.95
Highest Multi-Card Sale: Lot of 10 2003 LeBron James, $222.50
Highest Graded Sale: 2003 LeBron James, BGS 9.5, $79.95
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2002 Emmitt Smith, $149.99
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* T-206 Albert Pujols
* 2009 Kevin Durant
* 2009 WBC Japan Patch Card
* 2008 Chris Johnson

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: Lot of 2 2003 LeBron James, 12 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 2
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: dbbd_collectibles (1), iverson775 (1)