Trade Question

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Posted By: Shanon

I have a chance to trade a SCG 1.5 Goudey Gehrig for a PSA 5 14' Cracker Jack Lajoie and was wondering everyones thought on it. Which is more important, card condition or bigger HOFer? Thanks.

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

I'd take the Lajoie 1914 PSA5 - easy choice...

edited to add, I'm assuming this is a Goudey Gehrig...

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Posted By: Cat

I'm not so sure Gehrig was MATERIALLY better HOFer, but that's an argument for another thread. For pure card transaction..take the Lajoie.

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Posted By: Paul

I would rather have an Ex Lajoie CJ, than a fair Goudey Gehrig.

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Posted By: mvsnyc

no brainer...lajoie

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Posted By: peter chao

Shanon,

The way the trade is set-up, the Lajoie is a much better card. In his time Lajoie was just as much a superstar as Gehrig was in his time.

Peter

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Posted By: fkw

Lajoie by as mile, its worth about 3X more, and is far scarcer.

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Posted By: E, Daniel

Lajoie in a heartbeat, as long as the eye-appeal is there....not TOO heavy on the staining, and give the card a really solid look over....just because it is graded doesn't mean it is graded accurately. If there are condition problems psa missed, well, it becomes a little harder a choice.
Goudey gehrig is definitely by comparison a pretty 'common' on the ground issue so it would be much easier to replace if you decide down the road you still really want one in your collection.

Daniel

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Posted By: dan mckee

amazing how the hobby has changed. What if both cards were of equal condition? Then which would you take? 3rd party Grading is a CANCER to the hobby!

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Posted By: fkw

Id still take the Lajoie if they were them same condition. Only because its a 1914. 1915 no way.

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Posted By: dan mckee

I can't argue with that Frank, At least you have a legit reason.

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Posted By: E, Daniel

Dan, share the love man, share the love.
Sheesh.


Daniel

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Well I figure that if you're a baseball card COLLECTOR then you'll pick whichever card fits in with your collecting interests the best... Are you collecting all Goudeys? All CJs?? Maybe you try for a card of each HOFer, and you already have one of these guys and "need" the other...

Or, maybe you aren't what I consider a true collector, and it is all about the money or the slab...

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Posted By: warshawlaw

A 1914 CJ Lajoie in nice shape is much harder to find than a beater Coudey Gehrig.

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Posted By: T206Collector

The man asked, "Which is more important, card condition or bigger HOFer?" He also provided the objective grades given by two respected 3rd party grading services.

To answer this question by bashing 3rd party grading is non-responsive.

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Posted By: steve

A nice EX 5 (well centered with only minimal corner wear as downgrade) is the lowest I go. VG-EX 4's just have too many issues for my tastes. I know my minimal "5" standard take me out of certain tough acquisitions where a "4" may be the best grade out there.

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Posted By: Darren

A 1914 CJ Lajoie is a much scarcer card than is a 1933 or 1934 Gehrig in any condition....an excellent example lajoie over a fair example of gehrig any day of the week.