RC's - Jesse Owens & Weissmuller

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Posted By: <b>steve</b><p>What is known as the rookie cards of Jesse Owens and Johnny Weissmuller? And would these cards hold the same lofty status as their baseball counterparts?<br /><br />For example, people are willing to pay big premiums for Ted Williams' 1939 RC, but would people care enough to plunk down a premium for either J.Owens or Weissmuller's RC ?<br /><br />Reason I ask, my just graded 1935 Muratti Jesse Owens is now in a PSA 5 holder - the only one PSA has ever graded and the earliest of all Jesse Owens cards ever to be PSA'ed. Furthermore, I have a couple Weissmuller's that would surely be earliest issues if graded.<br /><br />Basically, how high could the market go for these items, or just face the fact that regardless RC or not, these cards won't ever be worth all that much.<br /><br />Steve<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>besides being athletes both of these people were celebrities. so these cards will carry a premium. but, i do not think that they will ever be in the same class price-wise as a baseball rookie card, of the caliber you mentioned. baseball cards are widely collected as compared to other sports or non-sports. so,your last paragraph sums it up.

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Posted By: <b>Kyle</b><p>I used to have a 1926 W512 Weissmuller PSA 8. <br /><br />Your Murati comes up as the earliest on PSA's pop report.<br /><br />Weissmuller has a 1926 Spalding card. When searching for Weismuller (one less "s"), a 1924 Willards and 1926 Lambert come up.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Kyle

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Posted By: <b>Peter_Spaeth</b><p>I would think any premium would be for scarcity not rookie card status outside the major sports.

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Posted By: <b>bill</b><p>here's a few I have<br />bill<br /><img src="http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/hsacmron/Photo_2007_5_26_22_5_33.jpg">