Break Out Topps Buy-Backs?

[Jaybird]

I actually think there are more people that collect the cards that don't care about the buybacks than people that do. So, because of that, I'd take it out. If I ever went to sell, I think my audience would be wider in the population of folks that collect the T cards and don't collect Topps.

I for one wouldn't look at a buyback card. I don't have any interest in the Topps holder so the card inside would actually have less value to me and I certainly wouldn't want to pay a premium for it.

I have to think the number of people collecting buybacks is a small percentage.

[FrankWakefield]

If you're going to sell the card anytime in the foreseeable future, you'll wish you'd left the card in... As it is, folks that collect those (I choke on the term "buy back", Topps never had it to start with so they couldn't buy it back...) would buy it, as would white border tobacco card collectors. Once you bust it out, you've diminished your potential buyers.

[curtis-cards]

I've had these since I busted them in 2002. I always wondered about taking them out.

[Luke]

I think the answer is that they seem to be worth a small premium if kept in the Topps holder. It's up to you if that matters enough to not pop it out. I personally think they are kind of cool and don't plan to pop mine out anytime soon. Mark Macrae told me a cool story about how he sold them hundreds of raw t206s to Topps for the promotion, so to me the Topps holder just kind of adds to the story of the card.

[refz]

i busted mine out as well..

[insidethewrapper]

Was the whole set made available by Topps ?

[Woundedduck]

To the vintage collector, the modern holder has no significance. To modern collectors, a vintage card in a modern holder now becomes a 1/1. To some it will be worth more than the common T206 if not otherwise repackaged. Is it stupid? yes. Do I agree with it? no. I'm certainly not interested in a repackaged T206 common at a premium, but there are some that are. In the end, the seller can ask any price they want and it's not tough to find another example elsewhere if all you're interested in is the T206.

On a side note. I did see a repackaged T206 Cobb bat off in a booklet with a cut signature. The repackaging did command a premium for what the card and cut sig would have gone for separately, but I thought it was a cool idea.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Was the whole set made available by Topps ?

Definitely not.

Has anyone seen one of these in a slab? Do they grade the holder and the card in combination, or...?