T206 Joe Tinker PSA 4 UZIT Back value?

[becollie]

To each their own, but this back craze cracks me up. It is almost as if people are evolving to collecting tobacco advertising cards vs. baseball cards. Is this sustainable? Feels like a risky time to be buying into the craze right now. I would personally much rather have a T3 SGC 20 Johnson than a Lenox advertisement.

Again, not knocking what people like, just fascinated by the prices I've been seeing.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by becollie

To each their own, but this back craze cracks me up. It is almost as if people are evolving to collecting tobacco advertising cards vs. baseball cards. Is this sustainable? Feels like a risky time to be buying into the craze right now. I would personally much rather have a T3 SGC 20 Johnson than a Lenox advertisement.

Again, not knocking what people like, just fascinated by the prices I've been seeing.

As someone who has collected "backs", and not necessarily only T206, for the past 17 yrs I don't think the craze is going away soon. I love to collect the backs.

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by becollie

To each their own, but this back craze cracks me up. It is almost as if people are evolving to collecting tobacco advertising cards vs. baseball cards. Is this sustainable? Feels like a risky time to be buying into the craze right now. I would personally much rather have a T3 SGC 20 Johnson than a Lenox advertisement.

Again, not knocking what people like, just fascinated by the prices I've been seeing.

I too am skeptical of just how much longer it will last. Even though I do also like to collect the rarer backs, I don't do it just for the back alone. If I'm going to buy a card of a rarer back, I want it to either be a player I'm interested in or a particular pose that I enjoy. It's gotta be the right combo for me to drop my money.

[ullmandds]

Backs collecting...in general...isn't going to go away...BUT...the crazy...overinflated prices eventually will!!!!! It is a BUBBLE...and all bubble's eventually burst!!!!

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Backs collecting...in general...isn't going to go away...BUT...the crazy...overinflated prices eventually will!!!!! It is a BUBBLE...and all bubble's eventually burst!!!!

Very true, just like the E card bubble a few years back. Many, many collectors got their asses burnt by way overpaying......now they're stuck and hoping for another HUGE upswing in E card collecting some day down the road.

[ullmandds]

agreed...def similar to the e bubble!!!!

[edhans]

Great card, but I'm surprised that after 44 replies, no one mentioned that it's overgraded. Should be a 2.5 at best due to the crease on the lower left.

[ullmandds]

ed...that's a given...it's a psa holder, duh!!!!!

[Zone91]

I like the idea of collecting rare T206 backs but at this price I would rather own a E90-1 Shoeless Joe Jackson rookie card or a 1933 Goudey Lajoie #106 or a high grade 51 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie card. I understand the importance of this card but when actually taking this amount of ones bank account I could not do it.

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