Daily Index - Baseball Card Market
Liquidity Window: Last 7 Days
Signal Type: Secondary-market singles (raw, ungraded)
Daily Collector Tip:
Looking for a deal? Look for BIN or Auctions that include Best Offers and shoot over a respectable offer between 50-60% - the worst that can happen is a decline. Works very well with lower end cards where the seller income difference is minimal.
📊 Market Snapshot
Liquidity this cycle is vintage-anchored with modern superstar spillover.
Key behaviors observed:
- Pre-1990 icons (Topps flagship rookies, early stars) continue to dominate repeat volume
- Shohei Ohtani maintains set-to-set liquidity, not concentrated in one release
- Ultra-modern prospects appear, but volume is fragmented across low-dollar cards
- No single modern prospect shows dominant, repeatable liquidity
Index takeaway:
This is a capital-preservation market, not a momentum chase. Expect more momentum shifts as Opening Day gets closer.
🔥 Top Volume Clusters
- 1980–1989 Topps / Upper Deck legends = consistent churn
- Multi-set Ohtani liquidity (Topps, Bowman, Chrome, Cosmic)
- Entry-level nostalgia cards ($3–$15) outperforming mid-tier moderns
❄️ Cooling Signals
- Modern inserts with one-off demand
- Prospect cards where volume is spread thin across too many SKUs
- High price ≠ strong liquidity (several $75–$230 cards with sub-60 volume)
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Signals require volume-backed discipline.
