T206 Cobb which ones better...

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Posted By: Deb Johnson

I should have introduced myself sooner to this board, and I apologize for that. I'm the lady that Frank Ward was helping to get information on the E125 American Caramels about a month ago, and since then I have very much enjoyed going back through countless weeks, months, and years of your threads learning about T206's as I am now in charge of a partial collection. I just introduced myself to Leon the other day, but I think he's away this weekend so we have not spoken.

Anyway, to explain the pictures that Jamie posted, the cards come from a Katrina-damaged scrapbook, two strikes against, and then for a little extra, the original owner, on many cards, put a small slash mark behind the team name, I guess to mark duplicates, strike three. Many of the cards are in fine shape, but obviously these Cobbs were hit hard. I'm aware that some collectors sometimes need filler cards, so have followed up with some posts on the BST this weekend to raise funds to have cards graded. And that has brought us here.

Regarding your estimates of their value, I'm laughing at myself for pulling the neophyte mistake of overvaluating. This was my thinking: For one of the Cobbs: The lowest SGC 10 price sold on T-206.com was $212, the lowest PSA 1 price sold was $230. The T206 database base price for a poor is $275. If I cut the 'poor' multiplier in half (doubly poor), it spits out 137.50, so I was going to use that as a starting point. I guess my major mistake was not realizing these fell into the bottom 10% of 'poor'. This is why I am Merkle's friend, for boner's like this.

Today's part of my education was pretty public, but I do appreciate the ongoing and highly educational service you provide, and will gladly take my lumps to be allowed to continue.

Regards,
Deb Johnson