SCP Cy Young cabinets

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Amazing picture here. I am only replying as i saw something similar to this somewhere else, currently at auction, for around 7k, with plenty of time left But looks a slight different from this one. Is there a difference as why they labeled the same????
Any guesses?
Here is the pic of it:

That particular W600 Young has the Type 2 mount which means that it was probably printed in 1903. That image of Young is also known on the Type 1 mount which was printed in 1902.

Obviously, the image was originally taken in 1893 or before - the date that his Just So card was issued.

[benchod]

Thanks for asking about the w600 Young
I may have missed that one at auction!

[Leon]

66k for the Cy Young Cabinet.......That is the value according to the auction ending.

[benchod]

All of the Cleveland cabs went for much lower than I had anticipated.
Thought they were very reasonable.
Wonder what the consignor was anticipating?

[glchen]

Originally Posted by benchod

All of the Cleveland cabs went for much lower than I had anticipated.
Thought they were very reasonable.
Wonder what the consignor was anticipating?

I wonder if encapsulating the cabinets in blue flips (as opposed to red flips) from PSA hurt the value, as potential buyers may not have been sure that they were from the 1890s. (Or they could have gone to SGC w/ something similar, card and auto authenticated.)

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by glchen

I wonder if encapsulating the cabinets in blue flips (as opposed to red flips) from PSA hurt the value, as potential buyers may not have been sure that they were from the 1890s. (Or they could have gone to SGC w/ something similar, card and auto authenticated.)

Gary, that was probably it. My guess is that the only people interested in this cabinet were uneducated bidders with a lot of money to spend and who couldn't find a Plank or Ruth rookie to spend their money on. As you say, they probably looked at the slab, saw it had the wrong color of ink on it, and I doubt they even looked at the item within the slab. More educated hobbyists probably simply respected it for its historical value and elected to let less educated people get a crack at it.

[E93]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Gary, that was probably it. My guess is that the only people interested in this cabinet were uneducated bidders with a lot of money to spend and who couldn't find a Plank or Ruth rookie to spend their money on. As you say, they probably looked at the slab, saw it had the wrong color of ink on it, and I doubt they even looked at the item within the slab. More educated hobbyists probably simply respected it for its historical value and elected to let less educated people get a crack at it.

Be serious. Most of the most valuable collections in the hobby are owned by the most knowledgable collectors. Too bad nothing could be blamed on the stupidity of "registry" folks this time.
Jim B

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Leon

66k for the Cy Young Cabinet.......That is the value according to the auction ending.

congrats Leon?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Bicem

congrats Leon?

Hopefully you aren't insinuating I have an extra 66k laying around? It definitely wasn't me. I can barely keep up with the shuffling I already do, to pay for my habit hobby.

I did guess it would go for close to the closing amount though, so that will have to do. As with many other things, if I did have the money, I would have paid more than that. It's a great card. Also, have to agree with other folks take on the grading, generally speaking autographs aren't as valuable as cards, so it might have been better to have it graded a 2 (MK) or something? It's easy to have 20-20 hindsight but still.....

[bgar3]

I must confess to being way out of touch, as I never would have guessed that whether or not a 19th century cabinet or cdv was graded or not would be of any meaningful interest to someone who appreciated an item like that.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bgar3

I must confess to being way out of touch, as I never would have guessed that whether or not a 19th century cabinet or cdv was graded or not would be of any meaningful interest to someone who appreciated an item like that.

I would have thought it would have had zero impact on price, as it's easy enough to get a very clear visual on it, and it's not like there are loads of them lying around. But I do respect Leon's opinion, and he's much more likely to be a player in an auction like this, than am I, so I suppose I just learned something.