Your Minimum grade for T206 purchases?

[bbcard1]

I built a low grade but not beat set that I finished up a few years ago. At the time, I was able to get many commons for $8-12 dollars. Most of them would sell for $25 to $35 now. I might argue that from a percentage increase, lower grade T206s have been a good investment. Probably only a few cards (Green cobb comes to mind) have substantially outpaced them.

[Sean]

If you buy the low grade they'll be cheaper, but they will still be cheaper when you go to sell. I built much of my set with lower grade cards. It allowed me to spend more on the cards that really mattered to me (Cobb, Young, Johnson, Cub HOFs).

When I go for big cards or rare backs, I can frequently only afford low grade. For example, I have a Cobb/ Lenox SGC 2 that I could never afford in high grade. But the really rare stuff will still go up, even in low grade.

[iwantitiwinit]

In my opinion if you buy commons in psa 4's it is extremely difficult to make money. You might see prices move higher by say $10 on a common but if you are selling the card mailing and packaging costs (not to mention ebay listing and sales fees if you go that route) will eat into any profit significantly. Additionally, if you want to liquidate a large number of psa 4 commons in one lot you will have difficulty recouping anywhere near what the sum of the individual purchases cost you.