Hot / Not - Weekly Briefs

Here is a sampling of RC cards that were either hot or not this past week, compared to the previous week, based on actual average TAC (Total Acquisition Cost) sales. The first amount is last week's average, and the second is this week's, with the %chg in ( ).

• Hot List
• 94 SP Alex Rodriguez - $104.06 -> $128.47 (+23.5%)
• 94 SP Alex Rodriguez D/C - $107.88 -> $123.27 (+14.7%)
• 99 Bowman Chrome Matt Holliday - $7.42 -> $19.00 (+156%)
• 02 Bowman Chrome Draft Cole Hamels - $23.82 -> $32.31 (+35.6%)
• 01 UD Prospect Premiers Ryan Howard - $22.92 -> $26.85 (+17.1%)
• 04 SP Prospects Hunter Pence Auto #'d 600 - $267.77 -> $324.08 (+21%)
• 05 Bowman Sterling Ryan Braun Auto/Jsy - $56.53 -> $66.79 (+18.1%)
• 05 Bowman Chrome Ryan Braun Auto - $120.96 -> $149.73 (+23.8%)
• Not List
• 89 UD Ken Griffey Jr. - $47.98 -> $31.38 (-34.6%)
• 93 SP Derek Jeter - $54.21 -> $41.11 (-24.2%)
• 00 Bowman Draft Grady Sizemore Auto - $300.75 -> $285.23 (-5.2%)
  
• 03 Bowman's Best Dan Haren Auto - $40.75 -> $32.58 (-20%)
• 05 Topps RC Cup Troy Tulowitzki Auto #'d 399 - $34.75 -> $27.91 (-19.7%)

• 07 Bowman Elijah Dukes Auto - $11.09 -> $9.41 (-15.1%)
• 07 Bowman Blue Elijah Dukes Auto - $11.92 -> $10.25 (-14%)

ARod's SP RC & all of Ryan Braun's RC's are currently selling for more than this past week's averages. They continue to be 2 of the hottest players in the hobby.

I don't understand why Griffey's UD RC dropped so much. My only guess is that supply has surpassed demand. Elijah Dukes' RC's continue to drop as expected, since he's pretty much out indefinitely (although there are a few buyers out there paying more than they should be, keeping the average TAC higher than it should be).

Thanks for reading!