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Posted By: scott

with most of the focus on 19th century,caramel and t-cards..does anyone have interest in 1930's gum issues?i picked up a nice psa 4 1933 goudey lefty grove this past week.beautiful card with nice color.i know goudeys are plentiful but still one of my favorite sets.

scott

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Posted By: Andrew Parks

BCD and I were talking about Goudeys the other night. He seems to think they are picking up steam. It's funny, because I have just begun looking at Goudey auctions. They are definitely cool cards - eye appeal is nice and chock-full with HOFers.

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Posted By: Paul

I'm mostly a type card collector, but its hard not to like the Goudey's. However, I agree with Scott that they are plentiful as far as pre war goes. I just picked up a beautiful 1933 Gehrig World Wide Gum #55. Those are much rarer than the Goudey's, & just as nice. Do you think they are not as popular, due to being a Canadian issue or some of them having english/french backs? Some of my favorite cards are from north of the border.

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Posted By: T206Collector

...was a 33 Grove. I've had this card since 1989.

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Posted By: Adam J. Moraine

I am EXTREMELY interested in 1933 Goudeys, as well as 1934-1936 Diamond Stars. I do not own any...... YET, but would like to. (any for sale?)

Best Regards,

Adam J. Moraine

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Posted By: Josh A.

I am very interested in 1933 Goudeys. This is the first vintage set I've decided to build. In fact, over the weekend at SportsFest, I picked up about 10 low #'d commons and 3 HOFers (Cronin, Foxx, and Hoyt).



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Posted By: cmoking

Even though WWG cards are almost identical to their American Goudey counterpart, and they are much more difficult to find, they trade at a significant discount to Goudeys. As a rough guess, I'd say about 50% for the same card. Reasons? Demand. Many people are collecting Goudeys and trying to put sets together. But I also think that the low supply actually reduces demand. Because the supply is so low, its very difficult to put a set together, so probably few people try....and thus low demand.

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Posted By: dan mckee

Goudeys are super! Great era for cards. My 1933 set is my favorite goudey set, I look at it often. Dan.

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Posted By: Bruce MacPherson

Although I primarily collect T and E cards, I started picking up a few 33 Goudeys here and there a few years back. Now I am about 10 cards away from completion. The set is visually appealing and full of HOFers. In addition, the cards are readily available and most can be had at resonable prices (with the exception of the Ruth's and Gehrig's). However, I do agree that the prices are starting to creep upward, especially for the popular HOFers.

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Posted By: Bryan Long

But I know that I would probably never get the Lajoie to complete. That card has always stopped me from going for the set.

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Posted By: scott

do you feel the gum issues will gain popularity (and value)as collectors are priced out of the e and t card issues?
scott

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Posted By: identify7

Scott: that leap requires lots of speculation. It is my take that an insufficient number of collectors will be priced out of e & t cards to have any measurable effect on the prices for a set like the Goudeys.

Although I like the Goudeys, I feel most of them look like 1954 Topps issues (or I guess that the Topps look similar to the Goudeys). However, the 1938s are special and the '35s are too.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Goudeys and gum cards in general are already showing significant price increases. I used to be be able to buy low grade lots for $1 or $2 per card. Now Goudeys and even Play Balls are pushing $5 per card in low grade lots. This is roughly the price I was getting t206s lots for 3 years ago.

Hush up about the WWG cards With English only backs, they lookspot on like American Goudeys except for the company name. I have close to half the set, mainly because I got a group 50 cards for $500 that included many of the major HOFers. The other nice thing about this set, if you decide to persue it, is that you only need one Ruth and one Gehrig.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: dan mckee

My set was completed in the early 1980's less the Lajoie. I finally purchased one last year to finish - what a rush!

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Posted By: Robert

I love the 33 goudey set. I first started the set 5 years or so ago and it has been a blast. I agree that the prices on the goudeys in ex or better are going up and if you are planning on starting the set or what have you I would jump in before the prices get nuts. I have been putting the goudey set on hold for a good while as I am 200 cards into it and I hope to finish it sometime down the road.

basicgreatguy@hotmail.com

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Posted By: Alan

How much would the Andy Cohen & Buddy Myer cards cost me to buy in, say, vg-ex shape ?

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Posted By: Bruce MacPherson

If I recall correctly, the Myer card is easy to get in VG/EX and will probably cost around $15. The Cohen on the other hand is one of the dreaded cards printed on the lower quality card stock and can be difficult to find in nice condition. I would guess for a non-graded VG/EX card, plan to pay $35-50.

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Posted By: dennis

wonder if the back is bad ? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=86847&item=5208345562&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

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Posted By: bruce dorskind

When I first became a serious collector in 1975 I wrote to george thomson-
last President of Goudey.

He wrote me a beautiful two page letter (on Goudey stationary) explaining
the history of the company, the real story behind the Lajoir card and the
reason Howard Delong--his then CFO left to start Delong Gum company.

The letter was reprinted once by Lew Lipset in one of his newsletters
and in the second issue of VCBC

I have entertained offers to sell ( turned down 1500) but want to make
it available to the most sophisticated collectors- and perhaps have
color reprints made

Would be interested in everyone's commens and wonder if $25.00
sounds like a fair price for a color reprint of this incredibly unique
letter and what people think the value of the original letter might be

thanks,

Bruce

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Posted By: Damian

...that the prices for Goudey's now are similiar to what I have heard about T206's, CJs, and other mainstream era cards were 1-3 years ago. Though Goudey's are "plentifull" now, I agree that it looks like they are picking up steam. It seems that other pre 1920s issues were "plentifull" at reasonable prices not too long ago. Goudey's have everything going for them. Beautiful cards, selection, and history. I would love the info from the letter mentioned, and not necessarily the letter or reproduction of the letter.

Damian