1914 cj matty

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I completely agree with James regarding rarity of the 1914 CJ Matty versus other cards in the set. It has been about a year since I ran the numbers (and I certainly understand the vagaries of the population reports on SGC and PSA, with crossovers and what not), but between SGC and PSA, there were 35 graded examples of the 1914 CJ Matty. With it being a very high demand and expensive card, there would certainly be incentive to get any raw examples graded, whereas common players may spend a greater portion of their life "roaming freely" outside of plastic confines. Having said that, there are 111 (of the 144) cards in the 1914 CJ set with 35 or fewer examples graded by SGC and PSA combined. In fact, there are 45 cards in the set with 20 or fewer PSA/SGC graded examples.

One could make an argument that the 1914 CJ Matty is, in fact one of the more common cards in the set......it is just that the demand is so high. According to the population reports, the Cobb is actually the most common card in the set, with about 90 graded examples.

By the way, I would be interested in purchasing a low grade example of the Matty (PSA/SGC 1 or 2) if anybody has one available and is looking for a new home for their's. Unfortunately I am not interested in "authentic" copies.