Moonlight Graham-Why isn't he worth more?

[Moonlight Graham]

Ok, I have been dying to ask you, the Net 54 experts, who's opinions I respect, why aren't Moonlight Graham's few baseball cards worth more? I consigned a 1902 cabinet card of the Charlotte Hornets Base Ball Club with Archie "Moonlight" Graham in it (his rookie card you could say), and it was graded by SGC as a 20, to this year's Robert Edwards Auction, and it only sold for 1500. I believe last year a pretty beat up picture sold for around 1900-2000 in the same auction so I figured my piece would do a heck of a lot better than that. I've been afraid to ask this question because of the answers that I might get. I know Moonlight is famous because of the movie "Field Of Dreams", but he does have a great story as well as a great nickname. On Ebay, I have listed a couple of Moonlight pieces that I own at really high prices just to see if there would be any serious interest out there, but there isn't. I know my crazy prices had something to do with it, but I really was hoping to just gauge a value and not sell them. If I would have known that my cabinet would only sell for 1500, I would have kept it. Anyway, I love the movie and Moonlight's cards so I guess that is all that really matters, but at the same time it's always cool to know that you own something valuable too. Then again, that's not what this hobby is always about. Thank you in advance for all of your comments and insight!!!

[bbcard1]

Probably simply missed the window. Should have sold it closer to the time of the movie...that said, 1500 is a decent price for what could be argued to be an obscure player with largely manufactured fame. For the record, I think it is a very cool piece, but it's sort of like my nice Ray Braddock autographed photo...if I wanted to get fair value out of it I should have sold it around the time the movie Cinderella Man came out. Also, the economy isn't great and there's a lot of good items going for less than they would have a few years ago...

[novakjr]

That would be "Jim" Braddock...

Anyways, I agree that Moonlight's fame is purely manufactured. Braddock's not so much, but the movie definitely helped.

[bbcard1]

of course you are right on Braddock, I was just typing too fast. It came out of a notebook I got when I owned a card shop 20 years ago or so...still have it around here somewhere.