Type Collectors - cards you don�t see anymore ?

ullmandds · #1 09-23-2018, 07:26 PM

The reality is that a lot of issues w/fronts that look like t206 that have more difficult backs have virtually dried up. 5 to 10 years ago coupon cobbs were much less desirable then their T206 counterpart... and they were available. Anything like t215 Red Cross or t213 type one esp but really all types of coupons. There was a period of time where a handful of tea 215 Red Cross type ones languished on eBay for around $100 each because they had some back damage now they are $1000 cards?

asphaltman · #2 09-23-2018, 07:35 PM

I think the E222s, E224's, or something like the Red Cross cards that have been available finally got in the hands of some of those collectors that just don't move cards to acquire other cards. For me, I can only have so many $2k cards before I have to sell something else. But seems some of these cards are not in that circulation anymore. And taking into account there are so few of them to begin with.

Luke · #3 09-23-2018, 08:16 PM

It's kind of funny/odd/interesting that these cards were more available years ago when they were worth a fraction of what they are now. It seems to me that with more common cards (like T206 Cobbs, T206 WaJo Portraits, Ruths, etc) the higher prices tend to bring more out of the woodwork.

ullmandds · #4 09-23-2018, 08:50 PM

Ruth strips...exhibits...there used to be lots of ruth issues that could be had for $500 or less that are now in the thousands and no longer readily available! Also cobb postcards...for a while dietsche batting cobbs were everywhere for less than $1000...not anymore!!!!!

asphaltman · #5 09-23-2018, 10:44 PM

I think postcards in general Pete...10-15 years ago it seemed you'd find that more oddball issue. I guess since then more people have just caught on to the postcard craze for baseball and you rarely see many of those now either.

sgbernard · #6 09-24-2018, 04:53 PM

Some nice type cards in the Brockelman auction!

tbob · #7 09-26-2018, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ullmandds

The reality is that a lot of issues w/fronts that look like t206 that have more difficult backs have virtually dried up. 5 to 10 years ago coupon cobbs were much less desirable then their T206 counterpart... and they were available. Anything like t215 Red Cross or t213 type one esp but really all types of coupons. There was a period of time where a handful of tea 215 Red Cross type ones languished on eBay for around $100 each because they had some back damage now they are $1000 cards?

Agree, Pete. Also the T213-3s, especially the HOFers in the set have skyrocketed. Back in the 80's and 90's it seemed no one wanted the series 3 (1919) cards because they had muted colors compared to the 2nd series which were brighter, sharper and glossy, (even though they were much, much tougher). Now compare the prices for nice commons in series 3 vs. nice commons in series 2.

Exhibitman · #8 09-26-2018, 11:46 AM

My total SWAG theory is that people who have a few examples of rare cards are sitting on them waiting to see where values go, especially on the ones that haven't run up in recent years. I know quite a few people, myself included, who regret selling some issues or players too early and won't make that error again.

Could also be the AH effect: so many houses, so many auctions, all needing consignments. We may perceive it as 'seeing' fewer of these cards than in past years because relatively fewer of them are being FSBO'd on eBay where we search for them.

tbob · #9 09-26-2018, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

My total SWAG theory is that people who have a few examples of rare cards are sitting on them waiting to see where values go, especially on the ones that haven't run up in recent years. I know quite a few people, myself included, who regret selling some issues or players too early and won't make that error again.

Like selling off an entire set (minus one common) of the T213-3's I derived from the Southern Find in the 80's to Bill Mastro in the early 90's to obtain money to purchase other cards? The biggest mistake I ever made in the hobby. The cards were all EX or better, about 15 were overprint backs. I sold the entire set for less than the price one Ty Cobb in EX goes for 25 years later

ullmandds · #10 09-26-2018, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tbob

Like selling off an entire set (minus one common) of the T213-3's I derived from the Southern Find in the 80's to Bill Mastro in the early 90's to obtain money to purchase other cards? The biggest mistake I ever made in the hobby. The cards were all EX or better, about 15 were overprint backs. I sold the entire set for less than the price one Ty Cobb in EX goes for 25 years later

Ouch bob!!!

Rickyy · #11 09-28-2018, 01:08 PM

E 104 with Nadja Backs... I don't see a lot of those at all.

Ricky Y

dstudeba · #12 09-30-2018, 09:18 PM

I would agree with the T209-2 I don't see them as often as I used to. The others mentioned always seemed tough.

Leon · #13 10-03-2018, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickyy

E 104 with Nadja Backs... I don't see a lot of those at all.

Ricky Y

But as the ones I had mentioned first, how many have we really ever seen? They, like some others, have never been plentiful. They are neat though.

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