Goodwin HOF Lenox back Brown T206

[Matthew H]

Why would a guy, who is already obsessed enough to pay a 6500 premium for a slightly different color ink on the back of a card, not take the 2 seconds to type brown Lenox and hit search... I know it's true but I just dont get it. Dan has had those cards up there for some time now... Is it really that big of a waste of time to look for deals? What happened to the thrill of the hunt?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Why would a guy, who is already obsessed enough to pay a 6500 premium for a slightly different color ink on the back of a card, not take the 2 seconds to type brown Lenox and hit search... I know it's true but I just dont get it. Dan has had those cards up there for some time now... Is it really that big of a waste of time to look for deals? What happened to the thrill of the hunt?

Because typing in brown lenox yields 62 items, none of them baseball cards.

Expanding to include title and description yields 1,811 listings, only one under baseball cards.And it's a pair of big collages.

T206 Lenox finds 31 items, only two with Lenox backs, neither of them brown.

Waste of time ? Yep.

Steve B

[Matthew H]

Ok I just realized they're not brown. The buyer might have seen those. BTW I just typed in t206 lenox and got just two results. Maybe I should know what I'm posting before I hit submit .

[CW]

Either I am confused, or there is some confusion within this thread.

Please correct me if I'm wrong (it has happened before )...

The card sold in Goodwin was a T206 Mordecai Brown card with a standard black (not brown) Lenox back.

Neither of Dan's cards up on eBay has a brown Lenox back -- those are also standard Lenox backs.

[JohnP0621]

I have won some T206 from Goodwin at very reasonable prices and below what they sell for on Ebay. But when it comes to Rare back T206 there seems to be no limit on what price some collectors will pay. Also , The ones that he sold in his Auction are Graded and yours are not. Most Collectors will never pay 7500.00 for a card that has not been Graded and may be altered. I would get them Graded and send them to Goodwin. You may not get your asking price but you will get the back collectors bidding high for it.

John P

[Peter_Spaeth]

Sometimes people just bid crazy prices.

http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=3293

[CMIZ5290]

What in the world is up with that card? What could i possibly be missing?

[atx840]

1962 topps maris/cepeda

The exact card is currently on eBay for a $250 BIN....very odd.

Auction

[philliesphan]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Sometimes people just bid crazy prices.

http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=3293

Don't underestimate the value of a bidding war. The price on that card was so amazingly obscene, how or why could there be any funny business going on with it? It sold for a significant multiple of what 9s sell for (and they come up frequently enough). Legitimate cards do often sell for crazy prices, vintage and modern.

We have a Tiger Woods PSA 10 SI for Kids card that once sold for $125,000, and two Michael Jordan rookie cards in BGS 10 that both sold for over $100k -- seems to me that this 1962 topps may be a blip for a deep pockets collector or two who got into a bidding war.

[calvindog]

Maybe Frank DeRoberto bid on it?