My latest article on SCD

[riggs336]

Excellent article, Adam. Thanks for posting it here because I quit reading SCD when the editor wrote that he'd never seen a T206.

[Tao_Moko]

Good read

[Boccabella]

Adam's article appears on Sports Collectors Daily--not in Sports Collectors Digest (the magazine). The two aren't related.

Originally Posted by riggs336

Excellent article, Adam. Thanks for posting it here because I quit reading SCD when the editor wrote that he'd never seen a T206.

[riggs336]

My mistake. Thanks for the clarification.

[Exhibitman]

Heh, I didn't know the Digest still existed...

[G1911]

The first American Jack Johnson card might also be the E75. As far as I can tell no one has a very good sense of when specifically this set was issued, though it is often referred to as 1909 (PSA now says 1910, SGC says 1909, I think 1908-1910 is the only timeframe that can really be given). Admittedly it is a much uglier card than the British Ogdens that came before or the playing card.

[wicker56]

I’m not sure how many followed it, but a Jack Johnson 1909 Ogden’s sold for 953.50 tonight on Ebay. It’s good to see at least some of the European boxing cards doing well.

[commishbob]

Great article, Adam. At one time I tried collecting cards of the heavyweight champs that held the title during my lifetime (since 1952) but I gave that up. I changed focus to collect either a magazine cover or original wirefoto of each of them, at least through the 80s when my boxing interest died.

I'd be interested to know if you dug up anything on career contemporary cards of Sonny Liston.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by wicker56

I’m not sure how many followed it, but a Jack Johnson 1909 Ogden’s sold for 953.50 tonight on Ebay. It’s good to see at least some of the European boxing cards doing well.

That was in line with recent sales of graded cards as well. A PSA 3 sold for $700 in mid-January. I would expect a PSA 3 to top $1,000 now.

Prices have been way up on the major names lately and not just the usual heavies. Duran and Pacquiao RCs got some serious respect. I'm real tempted to cash in some of mine. I haven't seen an uncut sheet of Hemmets with Clay or Pacquiao sell lately, so putting mine out there is intriguing.