Premium for Lionel Carter Collection Cards?

[Matthew H]

I value items that are fresh to the hobby more then famous collector provanance. Finds of old cards are getting fewer and farther between.

A few recents that come to mind: Beantown cards, Virginia's OJs, kyletexas... I tend to be be a sucker for small finds too. If something pops up with a cool story of its origin tend to want it.

Some of the cards Lionel Carter had were purchased the same way we all buy cards every day. They're just regular cards circulating around the hobby to me.

[oldjudge]

And the Black Swamp Find. Most finds add interest in the cards found. The Black Swamp Find, however, will kill the high grade E98 market.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

And the Black Swamp Find. Most finds add interest in the cards found. The Black Swamp Find, however, will kill the high grade E98 market.

Actually the market will increase while the prices will plunge. Same thing happens with very rare items when lots of them come out. Been there done that.

[Matthew H]

I know this can't compare but when mr mint found all those 52T Mantles the price went up. Maybe just the mid-grade will suffer? How many cards total were found, anyone know?

[oldjudge]

I heard that it was between 700 and 800 extremely high grade copies

[Matthew H]

Wow! That could be 25 sets!? Well at least the Lajoie cards are safe. Amazing there wasn't one in the pile.

[llafoe]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

I know this can't compare but when mr mint found all those 52T Mantles the price went up. Maybe just the mid-grade will suffer? How many cards total were found, anyone know?

From Heritage: "Of the 30 players from the E98 series the collection offered 25 players in duplicate, a trio represented by a single example and two players (Lajoie and Walsh) mysteriously not represented."

[oldjudge]

"in duplicate" doesn't portray the volume of the find

[Matthew H]

Are they going to sell them all in this auction? That set's not going cheap, eek