May Pick Up Thread

[Bored5000]

I know it's not baseball, but I hope people will not be upset by me posting these two period-era Amelia Earhart cards. Both are tough, and the 1936 Heinz Aviators card is her most valuable card. It is also a legendary non-sports rarity.

The 25-card set was issued in November 1936 (eight months before Earhart disappeared). By April 1937, five of the 25 cards in the set had been pulled from production and replaced with different aviators (there is much speculation as to why). As a result, the Earhart and Howard Hughes cards are by far the most valuable cards in the set.

I was shocked to see a Heinz Earhart card show up on eBay at a reasonable BIN. Only one of the nine Earhart Heinz cards that PSA has graded is below a "4." I am pleased that this card is so presentable for a "1," since a PSA 5 Howard Hughes card went for over $2,000 at REA last year.

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

I know it's not baseball, but I hope people will not be upset by me posting these two period-era Amelia Earhart cards. Both are tough, and the 1936 Heinz Aviators card is her most valuable card. It is also a legendary non-sports rarity.

The 25-card set was issued in November 1936 (eight months before Earhart disappeared). By April 1937, five of the 25 cards in the set had been pulled from production and replaced with different aviators (there is much speculation as to why). As a result, the Earhart and Howard Hughes cards are by far the most valuable cards in the set.

I was shocked to see a Heinz Earhart card show up on eBay at a reasonable BIN. Only one of the nine Earhart Heinz cards that PSA has graded is below a "4." I am pleased that this card is so presentable for a "1," since a PSA 5 Howard Hughes card went for over $2,000 at REA last year.

Very, very cool cards. I'm all for a card with excellent historic value.

I will say you might want to get insurance for those cards, though. You never know - they might just disappear.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

Very, very cool cards. I'm all for a card with excellent historic value.

I will say you might want to get insurance for those cards, though. You never know - they might just disappear.

Thanks for the kind words, Kyle.

I just happened to be online at around 4 a.m one morning last week when I received an eBay e-mail alert that a Heinz Earhart card was newly listed. Even though the listing had a "best offer" option, I just hit the BIN because I was pretty sure someone else would if I didn't.

That is one of the cards I have had on my want list for a while now, but never really thought I would own. Both the Howard Hughes card and the Earhart card list for $750 in excellent condition, but that price seems to be a shot in the dark, considering how rare they are. The Hughes card may list for $750 in excellent condition, but one sold for over $2,000 at REA last year in PSA 5. And Earhart's Heinz card is even more elusive than Hughes'. From looking at the limited amount of data available, Earhart's card seems to sell for more than Hughes' when in identical grades.

The Mars Confections card rarely shows up for sale, but it is less than $100. Other than the Heinz card, her cards are very accessible price wise for how big an icon she remains.

[SetBuilder]

Crossed one of the tougher HOF autographs off my list.

[kdixon]

W575-1 Zach Wheat.

[Brian Van Horn]

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[Touch'EmAll]

Sold one of these years ago, wish I hadn't. Finally picked up another.