Friday Marketwatch - February 12

As of February 12th the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 A&G Barack Obama, $85
Highest Mult-Card Sale: T-206 Set, $175.01
Highest Graded Sale: 2007 Adrian Peterson, PSA 10, $75
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: A & G Super Bowl Champs, Tom Brady, $335
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 1954 Mickey Mantle reprint
* 2003 LeBron James
* 2007 A&G Presidents Ronald Reagan
* 2007 A&G Presidents John F. Kennedy

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2005 Andrey Bynum, 12 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 0
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: 0

Friday Marketwatch - February 5

As of February 5th the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 A&G Barack Obama, $85
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 7 Card WWE Set w/ Torrie Wilson auto, $39.99
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9.5, $80.99
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: Dwyane Wade/Steve Nash Dual Auto, $185
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 2003 LeBron James
* 2009 WBC Japan Patch Card
* 2007 A&G Presidents Ronald Reagan
* 2001 Drew Brees

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: CTNW Nolan Ryan E-Con 5 Slabbed SG Gold Subset, 12 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 2
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: 1 (ebay id: 1undercutter)

Autograph Offering: Troy Aikman Allen & Ginter Super Bowl Champs

If the Super Bowl has become a ritual in America's culture, so has the preparations we make to see it on television each year.

In the media, we're already hearing about ads that are too controversial or are supposed to have the most buzz. The Who will perform during halftime. People are planning how they'll see the game and how they'll be entertaining at home.

The coolest preparation I've ever heard of for the Super Bowl came from an ebay buyer. More than 2 years ago, I sold a single-pack hobby box to a guy. When I shipped the box to him, I said in my email I wished him good luck in whatever he pulls.

To my surprise, he replied to my email. He told me throughout the year he buys packs and boxes of football cards and waits until the Super Bowl to open them, one at a time, throughout the game.

While the Super Bowl hype builds around us, etopps is offering its customers 25 chances to snag a coveted Troy Aikman Allen & Ginter Super Bowl autographed card tomorrow at 3PM EST for a mere $79.99.

Since Aikman is a recent Hall-of-Famer and lauded by fans of "American's Team," it will not be a surprise if this offering sells out within a minute or two after it becomes available.

Considering the 2007 IPOs of this set have all gone up in price and supply has dried up (the last in-port Aikman was listed a month ago, btw), there's an especially high demand for this, autographed or not.

And the autograph is a nice one. It's not "TA" with his jersey number and it's not squeezed on the card or smudged. It's done well if the scan that I placed in this post is any indication of what 25 lucky so-and-so's will be getting by mail.

Kudos first of all goes to etopps for offering this treat and the timing couldn't be better for Dallas, Super Bowl, Aikman, football or etopps autograph collecting fans.

I don't see this card having a problem selling on the secondary market if any of the 25 decide to sell it. Allen & Ginter cards are known for baseball so for regular cardboard collecting auto buyers, this could be a worthwhile investment.

A couple of things I saw on ebay. His auto holds more value when the card has something added to it whether it's a swatch of his jersey or there's another auto on the card. Both sell well on ebay. If I had a price, I would guess the auto could easily sell for $200 on ebay but I've been wrong plenty of times and I hate predicting.

Good luck if want to buy the card tomorrow. There will be plenty of unlucky etoppers tomorrow at 3:05pm. Hopefully you won't be one of them.

Friday Marketwatch - January 29

As of January 29th the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 A&G Barack Obama, $109.99
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 2009 T-206 Set #8/749, #288.88
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Ladainian Tomlinson, BGS 9.5, $39.95
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2007 Adrian Peterson, $210
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 1955 Mickey Mantle reprint
* 2009 WBC Japan Patch Card
* 2007 A&G SB Champs Joe Montana
* 2009 A&G SB Champs Tom Brady

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2009 A&G SB Champs Peyton Manning, 9 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 8
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: 2 (ebay id: iverson775, 1undercutter)

Friday Marketwatch - January 22

As of January 22nd the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Highest Single Card Sale: 2007 Tim Lincecum, $55
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 2007 A&G Yankee Stadium Tribute Set, $99
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9.5, $100
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2006 Maurice Jones-Drew, $45
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: 2006 Reggie Bush Auto, BGS 9, $40.19

Other best sellers:

* 1956 Mickey Mantle reprint
* 2003 LeBron James
* 2009 Mark Teixeira
* 2009 T-206 Babe Ruth

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2009 Matt Weiters, 17 bids

Listings with false print-runs included in title: 7
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: 1 (ebay id: iverson775)