'beater' cards

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Posted By: Ben

what's the most you've spent on a card that is in REALLY bad condition? ((ie severe creasing/paper loss or missing corners)

It seems as though vintage 'beater' cards still fetch a decent amount on ebay if it features a HOFER or a rare variation...

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

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Posted By: runscott

I think it cost me $100. It was so ugly I sold it almost immediately. I also paid $368 for a t206 Wagner, but all that remained was the nose.

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Posted By: David

Reverse answer: I sold a truly hideous 1933 Candian Goudey Lou Gehrig for $225.

Foreward answer: I once bought for $240 a 1905 Faulk Cabinet Card Joe McGinnity (in a series depicting New York Giants players) that had at least an inch long strip of the mount cut off. But, other than the trimming, it was beautiful and there were no regrets on my part.

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Posted By: jeff s

Those of you who know my buying habits realize how difficult a choice this is for me.

Off hand, there are multiple occasions I've spent $750 on a "beater." (Gypsy Queen Brouthers, Mayo Anson), lots more where I've spent near $500 (E121 Ruth, Mayo Robinson, Mayo Rusie, A35 Kelly, Goodwin's Champs Keefe -- though that one is attractive with a bizarre defect or two.)



(sorry the scan isn't much better...believe it or not, this card is in a slab.)

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Posted By: Bill Cornell

Jeff-

Strangest case of male pattern baldness I've ever seen... That card needs to be in plastic like I need a hole in the head.

Bill

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Posted By: Robert

Not even one eye?

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

with an absolutely devestated border, two big triangles out of it, rumples and pushes, a faint stamp of some previous owner on the front, stains all over the back...but the card is over 8" in diameter, so all the players are intact, and bright as the day they were printed. Not sure I can imagine anyone buying it off of me, but I like it.

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Posted By: jeff s

for more than you paid...lmk if you actually want to sell it...jeff_sackmann@hotmail.com.

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Posted By: runscott

but I always wondered about that one where less than half of it was remaining and it looked like it had been in a fire: what if the other half showed up?

Here's something that has a good chance of occuring: Topps or Upper Deck will buy a real t206 Wagner and cut it up into 1,000 pieces and create insert cards.

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Posted By: Andy Baran

I have paid many thousands of dollars for beat up E107's of Wagner and Mathewson. If anyone out there has a beat up E107 Lajoie, I will gladly do it again

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Posted By: sabrjay

I've been wonder why hasn't already been done. They destroyed a truely historical piece of memorabilia when they cut up Terry Sawchuck's only pair of leg pads he wore during his career, so why not cut up a card that has no real signifigance to the sports world.

Jay

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Posted By: runscott

...that's blasphemy! er, who was he anyway?

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Posted By: sabrjay

ask Elliot, it's a Canadian thing. :-p

Jay

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Posted By: David

For the benifit of outhers,some card company made a set of game-used memorabilia cards by cutting up the leg pads of Sawchuck (Hockey Hall of Fame goalie. These were the only such leg pads in existence and, as expected, there were big complaints from many people.

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Posted By: JulieVognar

for $500--doubt you'd want to spend more than that on it. Anway, I like it.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

There AIN'T many E107 Lajoies out there. Maybe they all have happy homes...

I gave away two Old Judge Hoys, about 12 years ago...and I couldn't find another one! Anyware! (I've told this story before. Yawn.) Finally, about 4 1/2 years ago, Lew Lipset had a gorgeous one in an auction. I was so nervous I kept bidding. Every time someone would outbid me, I would outbid HIM. After a while I noticed that my Hoy was going for more than any of Lew's Hofers. I called him to point this out. "Hm." he said. Then he called me back. "YOU'RE doing it! You're inflating ther bidding! Shut up till the night the auction closes." $1378. (this is five years ago, mind you.)

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Posted By: Elliot

All time shut out leader.

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Posted By: jeff s

here in america we spell it SAWCHUCK.

hehehe.