Jay's Publishing Musial

[paul]

Can someone explain the pricing on this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/132206603413?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I've never seen this particular pose of Musial before, so I'm guessing it must be scarce. But still, the price seems way high for a Jay's Publishing photo.

[ALR-bishop]

I do not collect these. As a Cardinals fan I do have an unopened package of Cardinals with Musial on top. It is a different photo and he is older. It is copyrighted 1961. Maybe someone knows what over what years they were published. Is 1957 his "rookie" card for Jays :)

[Mark70Z]

I can't really speak on the Musial in particular, but from my perspective some of the JP picture pack photos, especially in nice condition, are going for fairly decent money. I tried to acquire a JP '58 Brooks Robinson some time ago, which doesn't come up often, and it was sold for $200. I guess I may have to go higher if a nice example comes up in the future.

One other thing that may be escalating the prices is the PSA registry. I personally don't do the registry, but see some JP photos listed on the players master set registries.

[ALR-bishop]

Found this in here

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=116894

[cardinalcollector]

I recently sold a 1957 Cardinals Jays Publishing team set, including that Musial pose for $93. Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Jays-Publishing-St-Louis-Cardinals-Photo-Picture-Pack-team-set-of-12-w-env-/182572761379?hash=item2a822f4123:g:K3gAAOSw5cRZFz4 2

The seller of the individual Musial got a good price, there were 3 buyers who bid over $175 for it. There are many Musial collectors who pay well for difficult to find pieces. Here is another example of one I sold recently: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-St-Louis-Cardinals-Souvenir-Photo-Book-B-W-Stan-Musial-very-rare-/182572878747?hash=item2a82310b9b:g:0OcAAOSwsXFZF12 0

[Mark70Z]

I think Randy touched on one more thing, in this example, a player collector is likely to search for "Stan Musial" items and may not be searching for "1957 Jay Publishing" which Musial happens to be include in the picture pack.

[swarmee]

Yeah, break up value of a lot is always something to consider when buying/selling trading cards. I recently picked up 15 Topps Venezuelans for $2/each which I think will sell better separately.