T206 Question: Good Price?

[AK11]

Hi everyone. I just bought a SGC graded T206 Nap Lajoie Portrait with an Old Mill back. There is only 1 Old Mill back Lajoie Portrait in the PSA pop report and only 1 in the SGC report. It was in low grade, but is this considered a scarce back for a Lajoie? Would it be a premium at all to T206 collectors? I didn't pay much, so any information is greatly appreciated from the T206 collectors here. Thanks,

Andrew

[T206Collector]

...That Old Mill will sometimes bring a light premium for commons, but not much of a bump for HOFers. Nice card, to be sure, but not much excitement in Old Mill.

[AK11]

Yeah, Old Mill backs are not super tough, but just wanted to know since it is not common for a Lajoie Portrait to have a Old Mill back. Like in the PSA report, there is 18 Old Mill Lajoie with bat versus the lone portrait. Thank you for the info.

[shaunsteig]

When I first saw your post, I initially thought similar to T206Collector -- that the Old Mill back wouldn't give much of a bump for a HOFer front. For example, T206museum.com lists the Old Mill as a 1.3 multiplier (ie, 30% bump) for common fronts but no increase for someone like Lajoie.

But then I checked on VCP (given that you had already combed through the PSA and SGC pop reports), and they only record 2 sales of a Lajoie Portrait with Old Mill back (and SGC 30 for $180 and a PSA 4 for $750), versus innumerable sales with Piedmont/SC fronts. So I wonder if you actually might be onto something.

[sreader3]

All other things being equal, most collectors will take an Old Mill over a Piedmont or Sweet Cap. Typical premium is 15-20% in my experience.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by shaunsteig

When I first saw your post, I initially thought similar to T206Collector -- that the Old Mill back wouldn't give much of a bump for a HOFer front. For example, T206museum.com lists the Old Mill as a 1.3 multiplier (ie, 30% bump) for common fronts but no increase for someone like Lajoie.

But then I checked on VCP (given that you had already combed through the PSA and SGC pop reports), and they only record 2 sales of a Lajoie Portrait with Old Mill back (and SGC 30 for $180 and a PSA 4 for $750), versus innumerable sales with Piedmont/SC fronts. So I wonder if you actually might be onto something.

Yikes, a T206museum.com reference!

[shaunsteig]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Yikes, a T206museum.com reference!

Am aware of the whole Old Mill overprint scandal, but I was under the impression that the perpetrators of that fraud had made their amends and that the site remained reliable. Am I mistaken?

Also, my impression is that the T206.org valuation calculator uses the same numbers as T206museum.com, with the difference that T206museum lists the individual back and grade multipliers.