After watching on the Internet the number of sets that have been broken up to be graded, and then sold off in either sets or separately. I wonder just how many sets of OGP sets are left and will they increase in value?
As many as there wants to be, (or at least as many sets of packaging material is left). How would you tell if I broke up my son's set and put them back in the OMP?
Total all the sets sold on ebay for a few months and note what percentage are slabbed and what percentage are still in OGP. After several months the percentages should be somewhat similar to the percentages for the overall mintage.
I would think that if you added up the pop reports of PCGS, NGC and AANACS it should get you a somewhat reasonable estimate. As far as future value, nobody really knows. They are staying fairly steady in the 600 to 650 range. What's interesting, at least on ebay, is graded 69 sets generally go for less than OGP sets. If the spread between the two increases I think you'll see the the 69's being cracked out and returned to the OGP.
It just amazes me that the 2006 sets are almost triple the original cost and the 2011 are Far fewer and hanging around double the price...
This is not at all unusual, and not just with these coins but with many coins. What is unusual is for somebody to notice it. People like to gamble, so sometimes a raw coin will often bring more money at sale than its slabbed brethren. And it's not just moderns in 69 and 70 grades that it happens, it's with older classic coins too, especially when there is a price jump from one grade to the next. So you can often crack a coin out of a 64 slab and sell it raw, and get more money for it than if you had left it in the 64 slab and sold it. This is because somebody thinks the coin is really a 65.
Much the same is happening with the 2013 set. A big online store was selling 69's for $5 less then OGP sets. It was also surprising that they were selling sets for less than $30 over issue price. I think a redesign may be needed to spark interest in the ASE again.
