N172 Old Judge HOF Revised Power Rankings

[cyseymour]

Originally Posted by Delray Vintage

I think some of these are grade dependent. Any hall of fame grade 7 or higher is rare. Some have only one high grade available. Is a grade 8 tim keefe only a 1 compared to a grade 5 anson? It is very hard to rank with so few really being sold.

The Power Rankings are assuming that all cards are equal in image quality and technical grade. It is simply to distinguish between who are the most desirable Hall of Famers. But they are all desirable.

When I calibrated the rankings based on prices realized, I took both image quality and technical grade into account. For instance, we can see with Harry Wright and Delahanty:

NM condition:

PSA 7 Wright 10.7k
Delahanty SGC 84 16.5k

Low grade (SGC 20 or 30 doesn't matter here bc card is collected based on image, both downgraded due to back damage):

SGC 20 Wright 3.6k
SGC 30 Delahanty 5.6k

In both instances, they was a 50% premium for Delahany over Wright, so that's a foundation for Dela getting 12pts in the power ranking while Wright gets 8.