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The $1,000 Question
For what looks like a very cold couple of days coming, let's go with a hypothetical premise to see what everyone comes up with... here are the parameters:
You have $1,000 to spend You own no vintage cards but want to buy a vintage (pre-1942) card You must spend the $1,000, or as close to it as possible, on just ONE card You have your choice of any vintage card ever made - BUT - you must pick a card that would realistically sell and be available for $1,000 (or less) It can be any grade but it has to realistically be available for purchase at the $1,000 price (so, for example, a PSA 1 T206 green Cobb or a PSA 1 M101-4 Ruth wouldn't be options) With those ground rules, what card would be your choice to buy? |
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T206 Red Cobb 1.5
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5 or so 1939 Play Ball DiMaggio.
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A T206 Red Cobb graded SGC Authentic that has been slightly trimmed and has back damage. That would let the front have great eye appeal for the price.
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1941 PB Ted Williams SGC 60/PSA 5 with best centering you can realistically find
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If a $1000 Red Cobb T206 could be purchased these days that had any sort of presentable characteristics, I'd give that my vote. Given what I've been seeing, I'd vote for a 1933 or 34 Goudey Gehrig, PSA or SGC 1.
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I guess it would be fun to play "Best $1,000 card on eBay right now"
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1992 Little Sun Derek Jeter Auto card. 225 were made and is very desirable as his stuff will only gain in value.
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This one recently sold for $1050 so they can still be found.
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That's not too bad...
this would be decent as well https://www.ebay.com/itm/1934-Goudey...!-1:rk:29:pf:0 |
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This is a fun question. I’d agree with Brendan...a low grade T206 red Cobb would be my first choice. A close second would be 1928 Yuengling’s Gehrig. I love Yuengling’s beer, and the the story of how they stayed in business peddling ice cream during Prohibition is really cool. A PSA 3 or maybe 4 would fit into the price requirement, and you’d have a really neat early Gehrig that is much less common than the Cobb.
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give me any number of upper middle grade Hornsby's from '28-'36
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Quote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-F50-Yu...RscL:rk:1:pf:0 Last edited by Ricky; 01-29-2019 at 01:04 PM. |
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I wouldn't use buy it now to gauge costs.
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No offense, I love pre-war but this thread is an example of why for the most part I have to stay away. $1K will get you a trimmed or "A" T-206 Cobb? No thanks. I'm just imagining what that money could buy me in a post-war vintage. I'd go for a '68 Ryan, PSA 6.5 maybe, or a '55 Clemente RC in a 3 that's presentable.
I guess my main point would just be that I can get nicer condition superstar cards for the same money with post-war. I totally get why. But I have nowhere near the budget to do "mid-grade" 3-5 range cards for T-206 or anything like that. The real problem of course is I was born at least 20 years too late to have gotten a start on pre-war in the 1970's...
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Quote:
Last edited by Ricky; 01-29-2019 at 01:37 PM. |
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Since I'm working on the set, I'd get the 1933 Sport Kings Ruth card.
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hands down....
t206 cobb.....no brainer
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A low grade, PSA 1 Bat On Cobb
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I like the Cobb route, but I'd go with the best looking E101/e102 leaning on bat. Might only be able to an authentic one at that price point, but for a first prewar card, that would be my choice. I guess I really should think about upgrading mine at some point.
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I like this
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Probably the nicest 33 or 34 goudey Gehrig I could find. Although that t206 matty looks like a good option as well.
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My ultimate $1,000 card fantasy is buying an old scrapbook for $999.99 buy-it-now, free shipping, that has a T206 Wagner pasted on one of the pages, but with all of the card cut off except for a small part of his face.
Then I carefully soak it off and send it to a master paper conservator to reconstruct the card from scraps of other T206 cards. I then take the frankencard, consign it, and watch the bucks roll in. $$$ Last edited by SetBuilder; 01-29-2019 at 02:05 PM. |
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Old Judge Sam Thompson
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I was going to say a PSA 1 Delong Gehrig but it doesn't appear you can do that anymore.
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I'll go with W590 Gehrig or 1926-29 Exhibits Babe Ruth (Pose) PSA 1.5.
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Re: Sam Thompson
The one I consigned brought $431
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Going through the suggestions in this thread, I realized that I had a lot of the cards being suggested... E95 Wagner, T206 Cobbs, 1933 G Ruth and Gehrig, 1934 G Gehrig, 1939 PB DiMaggio, 1941 PB Ted Williams, T206 Mathewson and DeLong Gehrig...
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