1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Gary-It is an iconic image, but the vast majority of collectors don’t collect 19th century material. Personally, I prefer the much rarer trade card to the CdV. There are very few graded ones out there, and one of those is a copy that needs to be returned to the NYPL. Should a nice graded one of those come to market it would probably yield $100k or more.

I also think that the 1869 Reds Stockings card is undervalued. It is such a great image featuring the Hall Of Fame Wright brothers and their teammates during their undefeated season.

[GaryPassamonte]

Jay- We've discussed this before, but the grading population reports have about the same number of trade cards graded as they do cdvs. Auction results also have a similar population distribution. Nonetheless, it has total population graded or ungraded of only about 50 examples of both formats. I do agree that a nice example would sell for a decent price. I don't believe there is one graded higher than a 4, with most examples graded authentic.

[bgar3]

FYI, in a prior thread here, Kevin Struss laid out a very convincing argument for the order of appearance of this image.
While I agree a high grade example would sell for a lot, I personally do not care about or value grades and would rather have my Altered (graded prior to my acquiring it), copy of Kevin’s earliest appearance with the alteration being an added date, than a high grade example of a later release without a date. Yes, I know, I am not in the mainstream.