Need your input

[lharri3600]

Hello to all,
I'm refocusing my hobby habit, and I need your input.
I'm going after 1913 and 1914 Zeenuts. A hobby friend called me and told me they just got a bunch back from PSA. I just checked SGC and PSA pops along
with VCP and it looks like these cards aren't all over the place. Before I take the plunge, what would be a decent price for PSA 2's and 3's? Your expertise would be greatly appreciated.

[Jacklitsch]

I saw the offering and thought the prices were pretty fair.

I would have preferred they be SGC graded but that's just me.

[rhettyeakley]

Pricing is all relative with these cards and grading is actually almost irrelevant. Certain cards will be nearly impossible regardless of grade while some are somewhat common and you can be pickier about the condition on those cards. I am down to needing roughly 50-55 in both sets and the thing to remember is that you have to have a LOT of patience, there are people that have been working on these sets for decades and still have sizable want lists. Completely different animal than the T206 set where money is the only real limiting factor to a set, with most of the Zeenut sets availability in ANY condition is the limiting factor.

-Rhett

[RCMcKenzie]

Unless a Zeenut has the coupon intact, (excluding 1911-12), in my opinion, it should not receive a numerical grade. If the coupon has been removed, it pretty much reduces the card to "Aut".

I don't have a lot of Zeenuts because they are hard to find, but collect 1916 and 1917, and will pick up any I can for the right price from other years also. I won't pay more for a holder, but it would not stop me from buying the card.

Here's a 1917 Zeenut Roy Corhan (2 seasons in MLB, STL, Chisox). I think I was the only bidder at a start of $50 in a major auction. I thought I paid a little too much, but I liked the card. Although it is graded "poor", I'd say it's above average compared to other Zeenuts in my collection.
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[smtjoy]

Love Zeenuts, agree with Rhett, its a different kind of monster and patience is the key.

Disagree with RC and think its right that they are graded with a number even when missing the tab as many of the other series that have tabs are too, ie Fleischmann, Redman, Peters Meats, etc.

Good luck!

[RCMcKenzie]

Scott,

Larry was asking what Zeenut w/o coupons in Psa 2 and 3 's go for and I was trying to answer that aspect. Had my 1917 been graded SGC 40, I still think I would have been the only bidder at 50 and the vig. There are not enough Zeenuts to go around, but there are not enough collectors to make any of the commons worth any money more than $30, no matter the grade, unless there is a coupon attached.