T206 1982 Article

[rp12367]

While doing some spring cleaning yesterday. I came across an article that I saved from Dec 1982 BHCR. I think this is the issue that featured the T206 reprints (long since gone). I was in 10th grade when this came out and my interest was in Brett, Yount, Jackson, Rose, Ryan, Dawson etc. My local Baseball Card Shop in NJ had a binder full of T206's and a dozen or so in the display case. I would just walk by and think "that's old why would anyone want them" while on my way to get the latest and greatest Topps packs. :mad: If we could only turn back time! I'm not sure how accurate the price list was back then but at $4250 for the set it seems like the steal of the century. Enjoy the scans.

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[Pilot172000]

Look at those prices!! I think I could scrap of $12 K for a Honus Wagner card!!

[sreader3]

Thanks for posting. The appreciation for T206 subject scarcity in the early 1980s is remarkable. Also, it is interesting that non-HOFers have not quite kept up with HOFers in terms of price increases.

[Enfuego]

Very good read!

[trdcrdkid]

Cool! Baseball Hobby Card Report was Renata Galasso's publication, back when she was the leading card dealer in the world (along with her husband Bill Hongach). I have issues 2 through 5 of BHCR, with issues 2, 3, and 4 also including centerfolds of T206 reprints. I thought I also had issue #1, from which this article is taken, but if so I can't find it. Issue 5 has an interview with Renata Galasso that's illustrated with many pictures of her holding up rare cards.

[TCMA]

Cool! Baseball Hobby Card Report was Renata Galasso's publication, back when she was the leading card dealer in the world (along with her husband Bill Hongach). I have issues 2 through 5 of BHCR, with issues 2, 3, and 4 also including centerfolds of T206 reprints. I thought I also had issue #1, from which this article is taken, but if so I can't find it. Issue 5 has an interview with Renata Galasso that's illustrated with many pictures of her holding up rare cards.

My father and I had a long conversation with Bill a few weekends ago when we ran into him at the White Plains show here in NY. He has some interesting stories :) .

[Leon]

My father and I had a long conversation with Bill a few weekends ago when we ran into him at the White Plains show here in NY. He has some interesting stories :) .

btw, I was going through a box of publications a day or two ago and found I had most of Tom Colliers hobby publications including checklists and tons of letters. Cool stuff from about 1970..

[bnorth]

I always think how cheap cards were back then until I remember that in 1982 the $160 Cobb was a lot of $ back then. I done a quick search and seen several that recently sold in the $600-$800 range. Seems like pretty even $ then to now to me.

[ls7plus]

That period was, I believe, about the only time in my life that I could have afforded a T206 Wagner--instead, the money went into purchasing, prepping and street-racing big-block Corvettes! Oh well.

Great post,

Larry

[bnorth]

That period was, I believe, about the only time in my life that I could have afforded a T206 Wagner--instead, the money went into purchasing, prepping and street-racing big-block Corvettes! Oh well.

Great post,

Larry

You made the right choice.:)

[Pilot172000]

I always think how cheap cards were back then until I remember that in 1982 the $160 Cobb was a lot of $ back then. I done a quick search and seen several that recently sold in the $600-$800 range. Seems like pretty even $ then to now to me.

I ran an inflation calculator on $120 bucks in 1982 and it comes out to $294.85. I will buy just about every T206 Ty COBB you are willing to sell at $300. Jk. That's a good sign that the hobby had had strong growth above inflation.