OT - Dennis Eckersley vs Walter Payton

[D. Bergin]

I guess we'll see what they actually sell for in the end. Have a hard time believing Eckersley goes for double the Walter Payton card, regardless of the registry.

Payton may have lost some luster as Running Backs have become marginalized in the last decade or so, and others have broken his records....but that has been a highly respected and sought after card for decades. You could argue it's "THE" football card of the 70's.

Eckersley? Interesting career, nice pitcher. You can't possibly tell me more people are collecting Dennis Eckersley than are collecting Walter Payton. Don't care if baseball card collecting is more "popular" than Football card collecting or not.

Am I correct in assuming the Eckersley is also a much older slab/grade?

If so, might just be a modern day 9, hiding in a older 10 holder.

I wonder if people who are willing to pay high 5 figures for an Eckersley Rookie, take this into account. I could fill up 5 storage rooms full of cool older stuff for that type of money, so I'm obviously not the demographic for something like this.