T213 prices vs rarities?

[asphaltman]

It seems like over the last 2-3 years the prices for T213-2 cards have went through the roof and for the life of me I can't quite understand why. They seem to be the issue offered up for sale 90% of the time compared to T213-1 and T213-3. Is this mostly set collectors driving up the prices?

Would love to know how many examples of each are in folks' sets here. I just have one example from each issue at this point (as they say pics are better than no pics). And for what it's worth, I paid hardly anything for my T213-2 example...but bought it before the upswing over the last few years.

[GeoPoto]

I only have 3 -- all Type 2

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1643981419
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1643981424
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1643981428

[Leon]

I am not doing any sets again but picked up a few, as types, in the last month. Maybe that was the surge in prices. .... Par for the course.
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[brass_rat]

There are a few of us chasing the Type 2 set, as well as some player collectors, and a number of the cards are pretty scarce. With that said, I cannot explain price increases for the really common players and variations within the set.

Steve

[CobbSpikedMe]

I know Types 1 and 3 are rarer, but aren't type 2 scarce compared to other mainstream sets (T206)? I always thought the Coupons were undervalued to begin with.


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[Harford20]

I collect HOF players from both the T206 and T213-2 sets. The T213-2 have always been rarer, with far less selection (both at AH and eBay) and far fewer TPG cards graded. Up until 2018, the T213-2 HOF players, card for card, were cheaper than the corresponding T206. Since 2018, both have had prices skyrocket, but the current cost of the T213-2 is now higher than the T206 (same player, equiv grade).

I believe this is really only due to scarcity of the T213-2 (and as noted above, these were previously undervalued).

I also previously collected the HOF players for the T213-1 and T213-3, which cost and scarcity both are just frightening (have long since given up this quest).

Dave

For reference, currently (few sold/traded in recent years) have: 17 HOF T213-2 cards, two T213-3 players, one T213-1 card

[Rhotchkiss]

I love the type 1s and think they should be valued on par with T206 Broadleaf or Carolina Brights.

I am not particularly fond of Type 2 and Type 3, as they were produced well after the T206 set send (1914 and 1919, respectively), and I think the registration and centering is often quite poor, especially on the type 3s. In my experience, most Type 2s are not particularly rare (certainly rarer than T206 common back examples, however). Given this fact and the fact that it is a later-released set, I dont know why they would sell for a premium, unless T206s have gotten so expensive that people are looking to Type 2s as a way to get a more affordable T206 image of a player they want.

I do have a few Type 2's and 3's, but they are solely part of player back run projects or its a super-duper rare Factory 8 overprint variation. Here are a few Type 1s