Is the pin-market down as of late?

I've been noticing pins sell on ebay significantly lower than they usually do. The Stitch as Cheshire cat barely sold for $37, when just a month ago I bought it for $55 in an auction. This is not the only case, as I've been seeing some rarer pins go for rather cheap. Anyone else notice the decline?

yeah i TOTALLY have. I have also noticed a lot of people getting out of it and just trying to sell their COLLECTION not just extra traders they might have. '

I haven't been watching closely enough to recognize such changes. But I could theorize that with one more person getting the pin each time, there is one less person to bid on the next one. Therefore, the price wouldn't go so high.

It seems to be that way for about 2 years already but however I notice the pins you asked about are seen more often then say... Old le 100 stitch pins.. Also note some sellers get more money then others too..

The Stitch as Cheshire Cat going for $55 in one auction and $37 in another is not that big of a drop. When a pin comes on ebay for the first time in months, it will get many more bidders than when it comes on a second time. And that is the case with many of the Stitch pins no one has seen in a while. Other rare and HTG Stitch pins may have dropped in prices due to the fact that they are not legitimate, and other buyers know it. There are several of those on ebay all of the time. Then we have to consider that an LE 100 HTG pin that has been counterfeited and bought by pin collectors that cannot tell the difference means one less person bidding on that pin. When you consider that 200 of the pin have now sold, and not just the LE 100 it was supposed to be, many that wanted it will already have it. That is the kind of damage counterfeit pins will do.

And the fear of pins losing their value will drive many collectors to sell their pins, making each pin easier to find and a bit cheaper. The economy is not helping either. Sellers try high prices, and people cannot afford them, so the pins get lowered.

Speaking of pin prices, i just the other day brought Pin 25759: WDW Cast Member - Castle Series (DLR) 3D with 3 others pins for $13 in an e**y auction when other sellers are trying to sell that pin for around $40-$50 and a collector had denied a trade stating that it was very hard to get and he wouldn't be able to replace it, fair enough to him it is a GORGEOUS pin! It may have just been luck or a right place right time kind of thing! Hopefully it will arrive in the condition it looks in the auction photographs!

Yes and no.

Certain pins are selling a little less than usual...but a few years ago, I would have called prices a little inflated.

Unfortunately, the pins I seem to want are actually trending higher, or not showing up at all. ::sigh::

I know that Ebay has temporary stopped participation in rewards programs like Ebates. I wonder if that has some people not bidding like usual, waiting for the rebates to come back. People are still bidding on the stuff I want, unfortunately. But I've gotten a few deals here and there.

I think it also has to do with some ridiculous prices I have seen on the auction site. One LE 250 pin - still available on DS.com for $20 - was being auctioned (or at least attempted to be auctioned) at $65!

auction sales tend to also drop in the summer with people going on vacations and doing other things outside the house and it usually picks back up again in the fall

dizneydogs said:

auction sales tend to also drop in the summer with people going on vacations and doing other things outside the house and it usually picks back up again in the fall

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If that is ture then I don't have much time with the older stuff I'm missing here and there..

dizneydogs said:

auction sales tend to also drop in the summer with people going on vacations and doing other things outside the house and it usually picks back up again in the fall

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Thanks for the insight everyone This is the first summer I've paid serious attention to ebay auctions, so its nice to get a veteran's perspective. There have been quite a few other auction instances where pins just don't sell as much as they should.
Pin 37501: Disney Auctions (P.I.N.S.) - Belle & Beast with Rosewent for $36 when a month ago it sold for $65,
Pin 41847: DisneyShopping.com - Halloween Lilo & Stitch
went for $26 when I've seen it go for at least $50 in the past
Pin 30592: Disney Auctions (P.I.N.S.) - Stitch in Raingear
went for $35... and a few Sleeping Beauty HTFs went $30-50 under their normal selling price. I understand that sometimes listings go under the radar and you get a lucky win, but these are pretty valuable pins being sold at lower-than-expected prices. Heck, I barely won a Beauty and the Beast Framed Sketch and Pin for $35 including shipping when its original price was $55.