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Originally Posted by orly57
I guess people arent viewing them as "oddball" anymore. Perhaps collectors are taking notice that post cards are (often) rare and gorgeous images of players during their playing days. Almost like, um, a baseball card!!! I personally dont need a Topps logo or a Piedmont back to tell me what is or isnt oddball.
The bottom-line is that it is acknowledged as the rookie card of the great Lou Gehrig. There are about 35 known total specimens. If a psa 3 of that card sells for what a '52 mantle psa 5 sells for (181 graded by psa alone), is that really so outlandish? I am not a T206 guy, but isnt the pop on this 25 exhibits gehrig right around the Honus Wagner population?
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I like them myself, but I question the degree to which they are accepted, particularly outside the first card context. I picked up this Ruth (probably one of the highest graded and there are not many of them) for three digits, a fraction of what a midgrade Clemente RC would cost, for example. Maybe the Gehrig is unique because it's his first card, I don't know.