Has everyone gone mad?

[Mountaineer1999]

Cards that were selling for $20-50 for years are now all of a sudden be offered up for $5K. To answer the original post; yes the world has gone mad.

[arc2q]

I have a much sought after Piedmont Simon Nicholls missing the T and H in "The Cigarette of Quality."

All joking aside, this was the first T206 I bought as a teenager in 1986 for $2. I'm the one who put the tape on the back because I stuck it in my keepsake scrapbook. Kids...

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Cards that were selling for $20-50 for years are now all of a sudden be offered up for $5K. To answer the original post; yes the world has gone mad.

Like said in a earlier post all it take is a couple people hyping them up and pretty soon people think they got to have them.

I mainly collect error cards and have for 25+ years so I have seen this happen with error cards many many times. Sometimes the hype lasts a few years and sometimes it is very short lived.

As a avid 89 Fleer Bill Ripken collector I have seen the hype and crazy prices come and go several times on the same exact card. It truly amazes me but I have learned to buy them when the hype dies and sell when people just gotta have them.

To keep in the T206 card discussion. It was not that long ago that top/bottom name cards pulled a premium. Now not so much.

[xplainer]

I agree with the above post. While new here, I've collected cards for almost 40 years. And I've seen the same thing happen with modern cards.
Ripken is a fine example. 1989 Leiter is another.
Some fools will spend a lot of money, some will make a lot of money, but it will level back off to where it should be. Hold your guns - unless selling.

[atx840]

Pretty neat variant.

While checking for these (had one but long gone now ) I noticed a decent plate scratch. Pat R, you up to the challenge of tracking these

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by atx840

Pretty neat variant.

While checking for these (had one but long gone now ) I noticed a decent plate scratch. Pat R, you up to the challenge of tracking these

Good to see you back Chris, Hope all is well with you.


Jantz has scans of a handful of these. If I remember right they all were
pretty much straight vertical marks.

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Jantz has scans of a handful of these. If I remember right they all were
pretty much straight vertical marks.

Yes, that's correct Pat. On the Scott, the lines are vertical. There are others and all have vertical lines as well. Here is a Davidson below. Board member Mybuddyinc also had a lot of Polar Bears on Ebay that included a Davidson with the same line. This lot contained a Scott with the vertical line as well.