[Exhibitman]

It's about as 'blue chip' as you can get. The # of cards is enormous but it is a staple of prewar collecting. As for pricing on the beaters, i don't think there is enough data to really generalize. I took a quick look at PSA's auction results for Piedmont and Sweet Caporal 1-1.5-2 and only a few have sold since the pandemic. Interestingly, there is only one PSA or SGC auction on eBay right now (the other cards are BINs), for a nice front, damaged back SC card and it is over a thousand bucks with 4 days to go. FWIW, I think the collectors who gravitated towards these lower grade Cobbs in the last few years were (are) completists who bought them to have them because of how quickly the greenies were going up, so they just aren't for sale right now. I know rising prices are what motivated me to buy my red portrait and my Cy Young portrait. I wasn't necessarily enamored of the cards but I figured I'd better get in on them while they were still reasonable. FOMO...