Ted, I'm not sure I agree: when I sold my T206s in 2007, Shag was selling for a little premium over other SLers, but not much. Basically, I think I remember him selling like one of the rarer SLers, which is fair. Prices are really high now, and I think it's mostly due to people discovering the pose (partly because of this board) and wanting an example. I had never heard the Notre Dame connection, but I had heard on Net54 a dozen times how cool that card with a green background and a popped collar looks. I bet if you search for "popped collar" you'll come up with a few threads. I would reckon it's the image and its popularity, and not Shag's other connections at work here.
This isn't a bad thing, but this board does have a bit of a "kingmaker" effect on certain cards. We're a community, and when someone comes on saying how cool this card or that one is, we're apt to want it, and that's going to drive the price up. I can definitely think of other examples of this (T206 Rhodes arm outstretched, T206 Ritchey with the "dove" come to mind. E90-1 Oakes is another).
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02-08-2010, 03:30 PM
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