T3 prices soaring in higher grades?

[Republicaninmass]

Just added the cherry on top of my set

[Jay Wolt]

Ted fantastic Cobb. I know how long you've been at it w/ this set.
I admire your dedication & wish I still had my set.

[Republicaninmass]

Thanks for the kind words Jay! It has been quite a while, but alas time to move on and finish my 52 topps set. I do have a Peaches Graham in PSA 5 I might switch out with a lower grade one seeing as the psa 4+ have been skyrocketing. It is just finding another graded Graham stopping me!

[Jay Wolt]

Ted the Graham is one of my favorite T3's w/ a great pose by the wooden fence and the only Boston Rustler in the set.

Getting back to the original post on high graded T3's, here's a beauty I had for a very short period.

[GregMitch34]

I have a few nice t206s myself, and only three T3s, but it has always struck me as odd the overwhelmingly obsession with the former when the latter have just as nice or nicer images--and in very large size for appreciation or even display. I know some say most people don't LIKE oversized card but I still don't get it.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

I have a few nice t206s myself, and only three T3s, but it has always struck me as odd the overwhelmingly obsession with the former when the latter have just as nice or nicer images--and in very large size for appreciation or even display. I know some say most people don't LIKE oversized card but I still don't get it.

I agree! Especially when you consider that many of the T3 cards share the same image as a T206
And w/ the T3's you get a full version as opposed a cropped up version.
Here's a similar (not identical) version of Bill Burns

[Jay Wolt]

Here's a better example of Mordecai Brown

[Bosox Blair]

A couple relatively high-grade ones: