1914 Mathewson in Memory Lane

[PiratesWS1979]

Beautiful CJ and Mathewson run!!

This could turn into a "Show your Matty" thread.

[pawpawdiv9]

I was just looking at the Heritage site (on past sales)
Noticed something odd or just my eyes gone bad;
The 2011 SGC 10 that sold for 7767.50 IS that the same card that just sold here in the PSA slab??? It looks to have the same torn corner and some creases.
But notice the difference in the pics, how one looks bright and clean.
OR am I wrong in thinking they are the same card??? then I apologize

2011 SGC 10 image


Memory Lane 2017/18 image

[philliesphan]

Quite a few auction houses digitally alter their scans.

[PiratesWS1979]

Originally Posted by philliesphan

Quite a few auction houses digitally alter their scans.

I guess congratulations to Memory Lane for honestly representing the card.

The Heritage scan almost make Battlefield look respectable...what a shame.

[rainier2004]

Heritage makes all their cards look like that...we'll just call it "nuclear" clean, and yes, definitely the same card.

45 graded copies on record of the card, but there are crosses and cards that were simply broke out like mine...yes, I freed a 1914 CJ Matty.

Why did it go for what it did? Someone else started a thread on this recently and I will reiterate what I said before. Leon states that in collectibles that demand trumps all and we see this all the time. So there are set collectors, they want one. There are HOF collectors, they want one. There are master set collectors than can go on the cheaper side with 15s, but they still need the 14 Matty. Then there are folks like Jeff who collect Cobb and Chase that made the decision he wanted one.

The 1914 Matty is THE ultimate CJ, hands down. At one point the Chance card was actually more valuable than the Matty and Cobb overtook both of them for a while and then Jackson overtook all of them. The Matty has become one of the biggest cards in the hobby, prices have soared, corrected, whatever you want to call it. I don't think the price is going south any time soon.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

Heritage makes all their cards look like that...we'll just call it "nuclear" clean, and yes, definitely the same card.

45 graded copies on record of the card, but there are crosses and cards that were simply broke out like mine...yes, I freed a 1914 CJ Matty.

Why did it go for what it did? Someone else started a thread on this recently and I will reiterate what I said before. Leon states that in collectibles that demand trumps all and we see this all the time. So there are set collectors, they want one. There are HOF collectors, they want one. There are master set collectors than can go on the cheaper side with 15s, but they still need the 14 Matty. Then there are folks like Jeff who collect Cobb and Chase that made the decision he wanted one.

The 1914 Matty is THE ultimate CJ, hands down. At one point the Chance card was actually more valuable than the Matty and Cobb overtook both of them for a while and then Jackson overtook all of them. The Matty has become one of the biggest cards in the hobby, prices have soared, corrected, whatever you want to call it. I don't think the price is going south any time soon.

I was shocked for a while how relatively cheap the 14 Matty was. To me it was an incredibly cool card and unlike the rest of the 14s, it was a unique image not repeated in 15. I blame David McD for turning me on to it. His example is sublime.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I blame David McD for turning me on to it. His example is sublime.

The offending exemplar

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by PiratesWS1979

I guess congratulations to Memory Lane for honestly representing the card.

The Heritage scan almost make Battlefield look respectable...what a shame.

Heritage's scans are disgraceful. At least PWCC knew enough to stop with such scans.

[calvindog]

That's the same card!