Is that series worth the full MSRP?
Hobby boxes of 2015-16 Panini Totally Certified Basketball was released on January 6th, 2016, with an average price tag of $72.86 (excluding shipping and handling charges) on two popular trading card stores.
Each box of that series includes 4 five card packs, for a total of 20 cards, including 1 autographed card, and 3 memorabilia cards. If you paid $72.86 for that box, you essentially paid approximately $18.22 per hit. Over the next week, we'll find out if buyers on a popular auction website are willing to pay full price for that product.
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Date*
|
Number of Boxes Sold** |
Average Sale Price*** |
Approximate Cost Per Hit |
| January 6, 2015 | 1 | $69.00 | $17.25 |
| January 7, 2015 | 0 | - | - |
| January 8, 2015 | 1 | $58.00 | $14.50 |
| January 9, 2015 | 0 | - | - |
| January 10, 2015 | 1 | $71.99 | $18.00 |
| January 11, 2015 | 1 | $80.50 | $26.83 |
| January 12, 2015 | 0 | - | - |
Only 4 boxes of that series was sold on that auction website over the past week, with an average sales price of $69.87, which is only $2.99 cheaper than what those two other stores was asking.
The cheapest box sold for $58, while the most expensive box sold for $80.50.
Despite every card in that series except for the base cards being serial numbered, that series isn't performing well because each box is only guaranteed 1 autographed card.
Hobby boxes of 2014-15 Panini Totally Certified Basketball suffered the same faith, because collectors has yet to buy out that series on two popular trading card stores that's selling that series for an average price of $36.45...