Will hobby box prices skyrocket on auction sites?
2015 Panini Select Soccer hobby boxes was released on January 8, 2016, and sold out a couple days later on two major online trading card stores that was selling that product for $129.99. Each of those boxes includes three autographed or memorabilia cards.
It's not clear if those stores will receive a second shipment, but with a lack of choices, it's going to be interesting to see how well that series sells on a popular auction website over the next week, which will be documented in the chart below:
|
Date*
|
Number of Boxes Sold** |
Average Sale Price*** |
Approximate
Cost Per Hit
|
| January 8, 2016 | 7 | $116.78 | $38.93 |
| January 9, 2016 | 1 | $123.08 | $41.03 |
| January 10, 2016 | 2 | $126.91 | $42.30 |
| January 11, 2016 | 13 | $157.03 | $52.34 |
| January 12, 2016 | 1 | $143.50 | $51.17 |
| January 13, 2016 | 2 | $139.95 | $46.65 |
| January 14, 2016 | 49 | $158.75 | $52.92 |
January 15, 2016 Update: The cheapest box sold for $114.99, while the most expensive box sold for $158.95.
Demand for that series was so high, the average sales price spiked a whopping $30.12 after that series sold out on the most popular trading card stores.
Once those stores received their second shipment, they spiked their price from $129.99 to $149.95, which became the new standard price in auctions.