1923 V117 Maple Crispette Scarcity

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Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>Greetings, I was wondering if anyone collects the V117 Maple Crispette cards? How tough are these cards to locate? I read they are very scarce. Any comments would be welcome.<br />Thank You

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Posted By: <b>Glen V</b><p>They aren't impossible to find, but the prices have been going up recently as more people seem to be collecting them. Here's a great web site on them:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/goudeyhunter/maplecrispette.htm" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.freewebs.com/goudeyhunter/maplecrispette.htm</a><br />

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Posted By: <b>Bruce Dorskind</b><p><br />Maple Crsipettes, whilst appearing to become ever more popular,<br />are particularly difficult to acquire in high grades.<br /><br />PSA 8 has only graded 31 examples with only 5 achieving a grade of 6 or 7<br /><br />SGC has graded 156 examples but only 8 examples have achieved a grade of 80 or above.<br /><br />According to Vintage Card Prices there have only been 2 PSA (6 and above)<br />and 3 SGC (80 and above) public auctions in the last three years.<br /><br />The most recent auction of a high grade example was in the July 2008 Mastro Auction. The card realized a surprisingly low price, given its extraordinary condition rarity<br /><br />Bruce Dorskind<br />America's Toughest Want List<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>joe</b><p>Where is Brad, he is the expert on these cards?<br />Joe<br><br>Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!