Be honest...
 

Who immediately bought Minnie Minoso, Gil Hodges, Tony Oliva or Jim Kaat cards today, before eBay sellers were able to 'adjust' their prices waaa-aaay upward??

Decided to grab a 1970 Topps #510 Tony Oliva PSA 9 (not bad at all) OC off of COMC for (in light of his HOF election) a very decent price.

I didn't, but I think for Hodges and Minoso, a lot of the HoF bump was already priced in.

Yeah, not like Lee Smith and Baines when almost everyone was like WTF?

Never bought any today and probably wont in the future.

The real question. How many of you listed cards of those players at outrageous prices today?:D

Bought a Hodges earlier this week. A 1953 Bowman.

Slightly tangential:

Will Bill Dahlen cards finally come back down?

Did a quick, non-scientific examination. Searching through "SOLD" eBay auctions using the very basic "Oliva PSA," here's how many cards were sold each day of this month:

Dec. 5 (so far): 46 (The day Oliva was elected to the HOF.)
Dec. 4: 3
Dec. 3: 5
Dec. 2: 4
Dec. 1: 3

LOL! Yep, I'm perusing ebay now.

I bought a ton of Kaat signed cards. I get as many hof signed topps cards as possible. I grabbed 13 Kaats. They add up but as a whole it was a reasonable price. He stopped doing TTM a year ago and his signing fee is sure to go up for a few years.

I haven’t pulled the trigger yet, but will be picking up a Kaat soon, in keeping with a Topps era HoF pitcher run I started.

It won’t be a RC, so hopefully I can avoid the biggest markups associated with his ‘60 Topps.

I bought these two recently.

Here's the split for Jim Kaat, also using the very basic "Kaat PSA":

Dec. 5 (so far): 52 (The day Kaat was elected to the HOF.)
Dec. 4: 2
Dec. 3: 4
Dec. 2: 2
Dec. 1: 1

I can't speak for Hodges but Minoso definitely had risen over the last while.

Nice cards, Al.
I seen quite a few of his early cards, saved them to my watch list, etc, but, regretfully, never pulled the trigger on any. :(

Hof
 

seems unnec. to me... there are plenty of them out there...and a lot of " who really wants them "

That 53 Bowman of Minoso is a beautiful card. The whole set is gorgeous, and Minoso's is just one example.

Have not bought any of their cards recently but as a set collector if they have a Topps, Bowman or Fleer card I think I have it

I bought several Minoso cards over the last year leading up to this. I like these two the best:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...t%20Minoso.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...Minoso%201.jpg

Yesterday before the announcement I bought several more. I had planned to chase after them anyway-I've been going through the Standard Catalog looking for tough obscure cards of players I collect then searching for them on eBay-but decided to BIN them before the sellers tripled the prices. Glad I did.

Puzzling photo of Minnie on the '55 Bowman card: Looks like he is in a bunting pose, but if that's a dugout behind him, how does it have a TV set playing? Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread.

According to ebay asking prices, minoso now 2nd most valuable card in the low series under May's. Good luck with that

Missed opportunity
 

I was set up at the Valley Forge show over the weekend and no one pulled the trigger on a nice 52 I was offering nor any of the 6 1950's and 60's certified autographed Minoso cards I was offering!

I've tried to stay ahead of elections...which, of course, is relatively easy in most cases. I'll buy at least a few of likely candidates, though I had to scramble with Mazeroski and then Baines.


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I did buy a '56 Topps Gil Hodges for my set last Saturday before the results were announced Sunday. One of the rare instances anything like that I've done has actually felt somewhat predictive in hindsight. I shouldda bought a Dick Allen too!

I'm not a big fan of the '55 Bowman set, but this is a beautiful card. Something about the composition and color palette. Plus he was coming off a tremendous year. I picked one up in an auction that concluded shortly after the announcement.

Me neither, but the image is unusual and quite striking.

This one is still my favorite:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...20Minoso_1.jpg

I picked up this raw 1952 Topps Minoso earlier this year in anticipation of his selection.

I think his 52 Bowman is visually far superior to his 52 Topps. Artistically, the Topps is just not a well conceived card IMO.

Yeah, I don't remember my baseball coaches ever saying "So, when you want to get a bunt down, you wait for the pitch with the bat approximately parallel to the ground at shoulder level, with the knob stuck under your right armpit. Your thumb should be wrapped around the bat so that it will get smashed by an inside pitch."

I don't disagree with you, but Topps still ran Bowman out of business. ;)

I prefer the 1952 Topps overall. Bowman is too cartoony for me. Probably why I am not a fan of the 1953 Topps either. I so wish he'd been in 1954 and 1955 Topps.

I was lucky enough to have this "Orestes" included in the cards my father gave me.
Keeping with the theme of this thread, I should have purchased more of his cards like I said above, but just yesterday and today, I decided to purchase an Exhibit and a post card of his.

You’re not wrong, either! :) And I hope you didn’t think I was talking your card down, as I actually just had one and sold it last week on here (probably not the best timing, haha).

I was tempted to put up my 54 Gil Hodges PSA 4MK for sale but it felt like a dick move. No offense to the dozens of folks who are capitalizing on the situation. I like the way the card looks anyhow and so I’ll keep it even though I believe it will never be worth more than it is this week. If I had a more valuable card like a 52 Minoso or something like that I would probably sell. I do have a 62 Minoso but that one difference in digit makes it a significantly less valuable card.

I will often check out the autograph prices when a player dies, similar to the spike you are talking about here. LaMarr Hoyt broke the curve when he died. Not much had sold prior, but around the time it was announced, they started flying off the shelves! Not uncommon at all.

I buy mostly autographs now, so I have tried to get the players ahead of time that I think may go up in cost. It happens all the time, but with only so much $ to spread around, we often get let holding the empty bag. I think Rod Carew for example is one to grab now if you somehow don't have one already. He seems to have signed a lot of stuff, but when he goes, people will still be jumping on everything.