Cobb vs. Wagner

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Posted By: Wesley

Most of the sets that I collect are top-heavy with Tyrus and Hans being the most expensive cards. I have found Wagner cards, in many instance, to be almost as expensive as Cobb cards. The priceguides, however, do not reflect this. Here are SMR prices for PSA 5 cards from a few vintage sets:

E94 Cobb $5500
E94 Wagner $2200

E95 Cobb $2000
E95 Wagner $1200

E106 Cobb $2500
E106 Wagner $1250

M116 Blue Cobb $1750
M116 Blue Wagner $1100

It seems that the SMR have prices for Cobb cards dwarfing the prices for Wagner cards. In some cases more than double. The Lemke Standard Catalog shows almost the same disparity. In real life, however, I don't think this is the case.

Recently a E95 Wagner PSA 4 sold in Mastro for $3042.90. Can a PSA 4 Cobb be almost double that? I doubt it. The SMR has Cobb more than double Wagner for the E94. I doubt that too. In both cases, I would imagine the prices for these two players to be much closer. The question is how much closer.

Is Cobb that much more popular and his cards that much more expensive than Wagner? What does everyone think the price differentials should be for similar cards for these two players?