Pep Young, #107 in W514... He's in the Hall of Fame

[Matt]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

His E121 has a "Pep Young" caption and a common price.

Frank - as you can see above, Ross Youngs' E121 says Ross. The one labeled Pepp depicts the Tigers player and is priced correctly.

[fkw]

The image on the W514 is exacly like Ross Youngs

BTW...... The W514 is NOW Ross Youngs "rookie" card too

With W514's 1919-21 date, it older IMO than the 1921-23 E220 and 1921 D383 Koester, the 2 other cards said to be his rookies before.

IMO the value on that card just jumped 10X

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great discovery, Frank. You are correct, the W514 would definitively be the true rookie card of Ross Youngs.

[DanP]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Great discovery, Frank. You are correct, the W514 would definitively be the true rookie card of Ross Youngs.

Stop sniffing around where you don't need to Frank!! I finally got his RC a few months ago! LOL .... nice work. Dan

[sreader3]

Great find Frank!

It took 90 years to discover Ross Youngs' rookie card. Just goes to show that our hobby is still in its infancy (let's say, the "third inning") as far as knowledge goes and that a lot of exciting discoveries are still to be made.

BTW, there was an ebay sale of a W514 Pep Young #107 PSA 7 not to long ago for sub-$50. You made someone's day.

[triwak]

Great discovery!! I've always found it crazy that his last name is misspelled on almost EVERY contemporary card. You'd think for a HOF caliber player, the correct spelling would have been more widely known?

Edited to add: OK, I now see from the above baseball reference link, that apparently he chose to play as Ross Young (no "s").

[FrankWakefield]

From what I can see, he played as Ross Young. Not Youngs. And he had the nickname Pep early on... as did some other players. But I don't recall any Pep's lately.

[brianp-beme]

I latched on to the W514 Youngs connection years ago, even told a few collectors about it. But I never associated it as being a 'rookie' card. My collecting has never worked that way. If my mind was wired into rookie collecting, and I was a little more financially motivated, I could have made a handy profit stockpiling these cards.

Brian

[Matt]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

If my mind was wired into rookie collecting, and I was a little more financially motivated, I could have made a handy profit stockpiling these cards.

I'm doubtful the card is going to skyrocket in value - the card is relatively plentiful and there aren't a ton of pre-war rookie card collectors out there. It certainly will increase with the recognition of it being the card of a HOFer, but IMO it won't carry that much of a premium over other W514 HOFers.