Another t206 question~ What's it worth?

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Phillies*phan

My set is similar to this set and I know I didn't pay $44,000 to put it together.

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2012/731.html

One card -- and one card only -- drove the price of that set: the Schulte. To use this set's price as any kind of basis for what a typical T206 set would sell for would be a serious miscalculation.

[Phillies*phan]

So what is the value of the super beater Schulte? $20,000?

[Rob D.]

I don't know the "value" of the Schulte. I do know that it's in the collection of David Hall, who thinks enough of the card to have had it included in his display of T206 backs at the National. He bought that set for the Schulte, and apparently at least one other bidder thought enough of the card to drive the price that high.

You might ask him what "value" he placed on that one-of-a-kind card, then subtract that number from the hammer price. Or you could just take the sale prices of a myriad of other T206 sets that didn't include that Schulte.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

One card -- and one card only -- drove the price of that set: the Schulte. To use this set's price as any kind of basis for what a typical T206 set would sell for would be a serious miscalculation.

Yep, there wasn't a good way to value that card, but based on what the others were worth - it was in the thousands.

edited to add: for the most part, it was a real beater set. I bid above what I considered the retail value to be, simply because it was Joe Pelaez' set and I wanted a few of the cards. I wish the Schulte had been sold separately.