Book value? E98 Evers SGC 30

[t206 cubs]

Can someone please give me a ballpark number or range that this card may fall into?
Any feedback would be appreciated.

Chad

[E93]

It should go for around $200 give or take a little depending on eye appeal.
JimB

[t206 cubs]

Thanks Jim

[ullmandds]

E98's aren't that cut and dry with pricing these days as a lot of people are going for master sets...the different colors can command premiums as well. I'd say the range would be from $200-$350 depending on eye appeal and background color.

[t206 cubs]

Background is blue and he's asking $300.

Is the blue color more rare?

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

E98's aren't that cut and dry with pricing these days as a lot of people are going for master sets...the different colors can command premiums as well. I'd say the range would be from $200-$350 depending on eye appeal and background color.

Agreed. I don't think a color is particularly rare, just depends on who is completing what type of set. I know there are at least two board members working on master sets...

[Tim Kindler]

Chad,
Like all smaller sets, say 20 to 50 cards, there are always certain ones that are harder to find that add to the uncertainty of what is a "fair" price. As previous posts have stated, the specific player, colored background, and condition might add to the high or low price of a particular card.

30s and 40s are pretty high grades for E98s and do command a little higher price. (For example, of the 958 E98s graded by SGC, more than half 486, are A's 10s and 20's)

Just going by SGC pop reports, each player has a pop ranging from 21 for Vaughn to 44 for Wagner with most of the players somewhere between around 30 or so each.

Then the pricing can really get crazy if you add in crazy people like Pete and I or anyone else who is fanatic enough to go after a Master Set of them with each player with all four of the colored backgrounds. (Hey Pete, I mean that as a compliment, Hope things are well!). Some of the cards you see seem to come up for sale all of the time with a certain colored background- Green McGraws and Red Mathewsons come to mind and are easy to obtain if you can afford them. Other player/color coimbinations rarely come up for sale. Heck, there are a few combos that I have NEVER seen before, so who knows if anyone will ever master this set.

Sorry I rambled on about E98s, but I also agree with others in that $300 or maybe a little less would be a reasonable/ fair price for an Evers in 30 condition.
Best wishes on your collecting.
Tim Kindler

[tbob]

I've found the red Evers hardest to find of the 4 colors, it should be pricier than orange, blue or green. Also, 30s, in general, vary all over the place- I've seen 30's which look like 50's and 30's which look like 10's. Eye appeal is everything, a non-creased E98 in a 30 holder can be a very desirable card.

[Tim Kindler]

Bob,
I know what you mean about grading. I guess it is all in the eye of the beholder or grader in this case: Neither card has back damage!

[smtjoy]

One of my favorite cards and an SGC 30 (tiny paper loss on back), if I went off vcp or any price estimate based on grade it would not be in my collection. It cost almost double what my SGC 40 of the same card different color cost -

[Tim Kindler]

Scott,
Love the Clarke that you have. That Blue Background really POPS!