T206 HOF portrait's in Sterling Auctions last night
 

Happy Holidays everyone. I was hoping to snag a couple of these last night, but umm, wow!!

For those you say SGC (prewar) cards do not garner PSA prices, that wasn't the case here.

Sgc 4.5 - T206 Tinker portrait - $3,840
Sgc 4.5 - T206 Lajoie portrait - $3,360
Sgc 5 - T206 Evers portrait - $2,880
Sgc 4.5 - T206 Walsh portrait - $2,400
Sgc 5 - T206 Joss portrait - $1,800
Sgc 4.5 - T206 Jennings portrait - $1,560

Nice auction Lee. Congrats to all winners!

Whoa!

Wow, really strong prices. T206 HOF Portraits are very hot...and imagine if those were rare backs.

Agree! I quickly lost hope on the higher grades. I came just short on the SGC20 Clarke. I have one already in poor so it was a slight upgrade. But with the juice, I felt $190 was too much. It was a good auction tho!

Bill

Lee might get my consignments when it is time for me to vamoose.

Actually, that is a welcome thing to see.

A million years ago (pre-grading) when I was amassing T206s most of what I saw were f-g-vg with a smattering of better, but none of the razor sharp 6-7-8 today seems to have. IMO the 4-5 range is about the realistic peak for T206 cards that aren't likely to have been messed with, so those are very nice cards and are getting the respect they deserve.

One thing I could never figure is the relative lack of respect for Lajoie and Eddie Collins. Top-tier HOFers who haven't really commanded the respect commensurate with their skills. Collins is 10th and Lajoie 18th in career WAR; 2nd and 3rd among 2B behind (barely, for Collins) Hornsby. But valued like Joe Tinker? Just makes no sense to me...

Prices seem strong across the board at many of the auctions right now. Considering that, I have a follow up question for you guys. Which auction house would you trust to get the most for your T206 cards? This doesn't necessarily mean the auction house that you like to buy from. Would you offer them up on this site first? I'm not looking to sell right now, but am curious to see what you all think....Thanks!

REA in my opinion. Total class operation, great communication, probably the best catalog, quick payout (just received mine after only 2.5 weeks following auction end), large audience of potential buyers, etc.

Thanks for the response. From a buying perspective, I have found that REA is very good to deal with.

Couldn’t agree more. Collins takes a hit for the sham Jackie tryout I think. Lajoie though I don’t see any downside. Plus he’s got great looking cards and a cool name. What’s not to love?

Well shit. I guess I did win the Clarke! I’m on vacation and didn’t pay close enough attention to the final. Well, I’m happy to snag it.

Bill

A very rough SGC 1 Lajoie portrait went for $420, which is strong for that grade.

Another thing that is interesting is the results on the trimmed T206s. The red portrait Cobb, Young portrait and Johnson portrait. All clearly trimmed, all SGC A:

Cobb: $3240
Young: $1,560
Johnson: $1,560

I wondered what altered cards might sell for properly disclosed. With the insane prices of (allegedly) unaltered cards, maybe this is a way to collect on a budget. Would you prefer an A like one of these or a 1-1.5?

Wow strong prices

Good to see

Yes REA, I got great prices for my 4 Cobb’s awhile back.

REA, LOTG and Sterling are all top-notch in my book. I would not hesitate to consign a T206 collection to any of them. FWIW, I think Sterling offers the best opportunity for non-superstar consignments. Lee has mastered selling graded singles.

I think it would depends what exactly you are selling. A group of 50 poor-fair ungraded commons probably would do better using someone like Scott @ Collector's Connection, but a PSA 7 Cobb would probably do better in REA (not that Scott wouldn't work his butt off advertising a card of that magnitude). Of course offering here you have control over the final prices (for good or bad), but that also means you putting in the effort to list, scan, ship, answer questions, etc.

C'mon fellas, every thread needs a card. Show those T206 portraits.

Here are a few of mine. Post em' if you got em'!

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...isty-mathewson https://www.collectorfocus.com/image.../t206-ed-walsh

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...6-johnny-evers https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...206-nap-lajoie

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image.../t206-cy-young https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...mordecai-brown

Those are beauties Tony!


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Very very nice Dean.......

Great cards Dean and Tony!

Strong prices! HOFs have been doing so well the last few years

Jimmy

Great cards Dean & Tony.

Thanks Tony!!

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Thanks all. Appreciate the kind words.

I remember those well Joe. Great cards. I’m happy that they’re in a good home.

Happy Holidays!

+1. I have very successfully consigned to each of these 3 auction houses. A few days ago, I received a payment check for my consignments in REA's December 5th auction.

Don't you just love it when people start posting cool pics of nice cards. I bet our wives probably see our faces when we're looking at the computer screen and immediately begin to think we're looking at porn.

Pavlov was about a century to early for his studies. Can you imagine the amount of slobber he could have drained from the readers of this forum.

Nice pics, keep'em coming.

They look so much better raw.

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T206 HOF Portraits...

Tinker, Evers, Chance

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If the cards in the original post were in PSA holders they would have brought more, imo....

a few

Dean, that Cobb orange background should be housed in Ft. Knox for safekeeping; it is so difficult and rare to find one. Great snag. Definitely a keeper. I was bidding against you for it but it just got too expensive. Hope your bank manager isn't mad at you.

Beautiful cards
 

Great thread drawing particular attention to the T206 portraits. They are gorgeous!

They are. I stopped collecting the non-portraits unless the HOFer has no portrait (e.g, Speaker)

https://www.sterlingsportsauctions.c...66/66491a.jpegI won the SGC A Cobb and you nailed it Adam - I think altered cards properly identified as authentic and not given numeric grades are great looking cards for the price. I know a lot of people don't like altered cards, but for me this is a much better looking card at $3240 than a 1 for just as much (or more)

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Fun thread, great eye candy...Here's a few more...

This is a fun thread. Seeing everyones portraits laid out is pretty cool.

Chris B, I 100% agree. Nice Red Cobb addition...

A few more I've not yet seen listed.

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...-bobby-wallace https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...6-jack-chesbro

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...-jimmy-collins https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...206-vic-willis

Thanks Tony - you have some amazing portraits!

A couple fuller-bordered portraits of mine

Fun thread, here's a few.
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The SMR shows a T206 Tinker portrait PSA5 valued at $1k. They have a lot of catching up if you follow it.

These portraits are incredible guys. I have some catching up to do.

"The SMR shows a T206 Tinker portrait PSA5 valued at $1k. They have a lot of catching up if you follow it."


John, agreed...SMR hasn't been accurate since 1998; always behind, especially in recent years, unfortunately.

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Fortunately that wasn't me. I was lucky enough to pick mine up before the bank manager needed to get involved. LOL. I agree though, difficult and rare.

Great stuff guys. So tough to beat a nice looking T206 portrait.

Sarno, those Hindu's are off the charts. Sure wish I had grabbed a Hindu earlier.

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Matty & a Tyfecta......
 

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Still working on my portrait game but did pick up a few nice ones. Here's one of them.

Troy, that's a blazer!

Dean, thank you for the kind words...I so admire your Matty Dark Cap run; it's special.