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1954 Topps Aaron RC versus 1955 Topps Clemente RC
I am wondering why the Clemente sells for so much more than the Aaron in same grade. PSA 7 Clemente's seem to sell for north of $20K while Aaron's PSA 7 sells for under $10K. Across the board (PSA 6 - 9) Clemente sells for double the Hank.
I looked at the pop reports and they are awful similar. In terms of total graded and even by grade. They are too similar, I think, to justify the difference in values. Sure I am a Canadian who focuses mostly on hockey but even from that perspective, Aaron is more famous and excelled at offense (not saying Clemente didn't, just not as familiar with him), which is what usually drives value in my experience. So why is it then that the Clemente rookie card gets double the love as the Aaron? Is the Clemente overvalued? Is the Aaron undervalued? Really interested in hearing some thoughts on this. Thanks, Jeremy Lee Last edited by gomaz; 06-23-2016 at 11:54 AM. Reason: Added my name |
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You know what I think?
I think whomever is driving up prices has chosen a "figurehead" of ethnicity...Koufax, Clemente, and Robinson gets the nod for the blacks at this time. |
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Clemente has always been worth more in same grade. I am surprised pops are similar actually I thought Clemente was harder to find being a high number.
Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 06-19-2016 at 06:23 PM. |
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Clemente has always been justly popular in the hobby, from some combination of his flair and charisma, untimely death, humanitarian efforts, and status as the first Latin (is that politically correct these days?) superstar.
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I always chalked it up to it being a high number(the Clemente ). It seems to always be off center. So I'm sure center Clementes sell for a higher premium.
I also notice that the 1954 topps rookie are everywhere. I can't check my followed searchs with one of them being listed .
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Plus, and it'll probably annoy fans of the 54s. I think it's just a much nicer looking card. If they were both commons and set out for free with the only catch being that you could only take one, which would it be? Steve B |
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Clemente
Is simply more popular and has been since I started collecting in the late 70's early 80's. Aaron used to be a tough card to sell despite his tremendous resume. This is no longer the case of course but Clemente is still more popular.
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Larry Last edited by ls7plus; 06-20-2016 at 06:14 PM. |
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As someone once said, you had a better chance of sneaking a sunrise past a rooster than sneaking a fastball by Hank Aaron.
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Aaron has a negative 4.8 defensive WAR. Aaron and Mays are not very pleasant people. I think that really hurts the value of their cards.
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Starting when? Look back through some old copies of Beckett. Aaron RC was 1.5X Clemente RC.
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Maybe not in Beckett but graded 7s and 8s for sure as long as I remember.
Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 06-21-2016 at 05:22 AM. |
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hmm.
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Aaron's underrated relative to his career accomplishments and standing as an all time great and his RC is undervalued. Always has been.
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Yeah just look at Aaron's card values relative to Mantle for any given year starting in 56. Then look at their relative accomplishments.
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Clemente is more popular than Aaron, it's not even really close from what I've seen over about 30 years or so.
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