Type Collectors - cards you don’t see anymore ?

[asphaltman]

Curious with the type collectors what cards you were seeing on the market 10-20 years ago for sale that you just don’t see that often if at all anymore?

There are several of the baking cards I hardly ever see now and kick myself for not grabbing them in the early 2000s.

[Leon]

Always a type collector at heart, there are some that we rarely see for sale such as D303 (both varieties), D382 and some others. And then there are some that when we see them we either get them or might not have another chance at all. And then too there could be a big find of any of the super rare ones, at any time. Both of these boomeranged . One that used to not be so hot were the T215 Red Crosses. It seems they went from a few hundred dollars to $1k+ overnight, and have been there for several years.

[oldjudge]

Virtually all 19th century photographic cards--large gypsy queens, N167s, Lone Jacks, Four Base Hits, Yum Yums, Hancock Clothing, Just So, etc.

[asphaltman]

Leon - agree although the two examples you've posted would be tough to say they were around and aren't now...they were hardly ever around.

As far as the 19th century, I would agree it doesn't seem like near as many examples out there. I'm assuming there are a few 19th century collectors that have just hoarded what they could and will sit on them for years.

[Leon]

Fair enough that those shown were never easier to begin with.

I remember back when I first got on ebay, you could pick these E99s up for under $100 each. Yes, they to are scarce but I think I remember seeing more available in my earlier career than I see today.



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Originally Posted by asphaltman

Leon - agree although the two examples you've posted would be tough to say they were around and aren't now...they were hardly ever around.

As far as the 19th century, I would agree it doesn't seem like near as many examples out there. I'm assuming there are a few 19th century collectors that have just hoarded what they could and will sit on them for years.

[NiceDocter]

Always nice when thoughtful collectors print the catalog letter and number on the back of the card for easy reference......LOL

[oldjudge]

"As far as the 19th century, I would agree it doesn't seem like near as many examples out there. I'm assuming there are a few 19th century collectors that have just hoarded what they could and will sit on them for years."

If hoarding means getting one copy, then I agree. Most of these cards have less than five known copies of a particular card. People who do not collect these have no idea of how rare these cards really are.

[sgbernard]

Seems to me the market for rare types is generally thin right now, while you don't have to look hard to find high grade star cards (at high prices).

I track things like T209-2, E222, T211. T209-2, seems like there's next to nothing, whereas 5 years ago I feel like new stuff would pop up on ebay every month, and a few in the various auctions.

Generally, for those rarer sets you would find a handful of those cards around in every REA auction, etc. Now, it's every other at best. Then, I feel like Heritage has excellent cards, but I'm more likely to see high quality examples of something I've seen 20 times, rather than low quality examples of rare cards I (now) almost never see. Maybe it's just me, but that's my feel for it.