What's it Worth

[sporteq]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Whoa! Mr. Mint is a celebrity (in his own mind)...

Mr. Mint the Richard Simmons of sports cards.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by sporteq

Mr. Mint the Richard Simmons of sports cards.

Perfect!!

[Exhibitman]

Collect what you want. If you don't care for hobby history or provenance that is your right. Me, personally, I think it is really neat to own a card that used to belong to Jefferson Burdick:

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Collect what you want. If you don't care for hobby history or provenance that is your right. Me, personally, I think it is really neat to own a card that used to belong to Jefferson Burdick:

Agreed. I paid a premium for my one Burdick card and would probably pay a premium for a F. Scott Fitzgerald card if I were to come across one. Might even pay a premium for a Lionel Carter card if one fit my collection.

[Topnotchsy]

I find that for me it depends on the item and the person. There are a collection of Moe Berg cards online that came from his personal collection and were slabbed as such and I think I'd pay a (small premium) if I ever chose to go after those cards. On the other hand, cards from someone like Dmitri Young's collection don't do anything for me.

When it comes to other items, as mentioned there's a provenance component. I loved following the Stan Musial auction a little while back and thought the team-signed baseballs were much cooler for having been in his collection (I picked up a couple of WWII team signed balls...)