Those in the vintage groups on Facebook may recall a recent post about Cardhound curating a vintage card “index” as a way to track the market overall, and some specific cards in particular. After lots of feedback, I assembled a postwar vintage-specific index, and Sportscard Investor / Market Movers were kind enough to add it to their index list.
So without further rambling. I’m pleased to debut the Cardhound Vintage 100 on Market Pulse! Give it a visit and scroll and click around. I recommend toggling between the 2 available views (grid and list) since they are very different. I prefer list view as seen here:
What is the Cardhound Vintage 100?
First, a note about what it is not: I don’t claim to have assembled the “100 most important” or “100 most iconic” postwar cards. But I do bet most of anyone’s top 50 are represented here.
Instead, it is a broad look at a diverse array of vintage, collectible baseball cards from 1948-1980. Each card is tracked in a relatively achievable / desirable grade. Not every iconic Mantle, Mays, or Aaron is represented, and that is intentional. Some of these cards trade often (1980 Topps Rickey Henderson for example) and others barely trade at all due to low populations (1948 Leaf Satchel Paige). Such is life.
Also, while the ’52 Mantle is currently a $30k card in PSA 1, other cards on the index are $100. This means that the overall index +/- is weighted towards the Mantle and other valuable cards. But the idea is to capture data on a solid set of cards, regardless of budget.
How to Use the Index
The index is plenty useful without a subscription! But there is an extra “layer” of data available for account holders–such as the ability to research any indexed cards across various other grades, not just the one preselected.
For full functionality, a Market Movers subscription account is needed. And if you follow that link and subscribe, 3 cool things happen:
- You get a 14 day free trial and
- You get a 20% discount forever with code CARDHOUND and
- Cardhound receives some affiliate cash for sending traffic their way.
For example, if I’m shopping for a 1954 Topps Aaron in a lower grade than the index, I can pull up recent data on sales in any grade:
Lots More to Come
The Index will feature heavily in Cardhound Vintage Market reports, and will also get a link on a forthcoming Buyer / Seller Resources page that is part of a coming site refresh.
First impressions are welcome in the comments below, or you can email me any time at matt@cardhoundvintage.com
