T207 Scarcity Question

[topcat61]

Population reports from grading companies arent too reliable; too many collectors pop cards out for better grades. I would instead look on ebay and other auction sites for a better feel fro what's rare. I also think that if you sit down for a few months on ebay and catalog what T207's you see, you'll have a better understand of a) what they're selling for and b) what cards are being seen the most or least.

[dabbuu]

I would love to hear what other cards people had a tough time getting. For me the toughest cards were:

Bauman by far
Morgrige
Cunningham
Hoff
Houser
Hyatt
Butcher
Livingston Large C
Donlin
C D Thomas
Rath
White
Scott
Woodburn
Adams
Blanding
McCarthy
Pelty

Any others?

[Cozumeleno]

Dabbuu - we've traded and talked, and our lists are pretty similar. From personal experience, my toughest were probably Bauman, Mogridge, Cunningham, Ragan, Hoff, Donlin, Kuhn, and Blanding. I still need Miller, Lowdermilk, and Lewis but I've seen those for sale more frequently than the others I mentioned.

I lucked into some very tough ones. A few years ago, I bought a Houser that had been sitting on eBay for months. It had a punch hole and sold for something like $40. Since then, I've barely seen the card. So it's very tough but just wasn't one of my hardest ones. Same with Saier, which I got pretty early but also seems to show up infrequently.

I honestly think there are many that you can lump together. I don't know that, say, Cunningham is any tougher than Adams. Or Woodburn vs. White. Or Ryan vs. McCarthy. Or ... you get the idea. To some degree, I think it's splitting hairs.

Some are definitely harder than others. For my money, Donlin is way up there. But I personally think there's Lewis No Emblem that's clearly ahead and then a bunch of other contenders. It's just tough to say which of those, say, ten contenders, if any, are definitely harder to find than the others.

[Bridwell]

A Bushelman T207 SGC 50 sold today on Ebay for $797. It would get a MC qualifier from PSA, so not a high grade card by any means. I'd have to add Bushelman to those lists you've made of the tough ones.

[brianp-beme]

For the most part I have stuck with collecting only the more readily available T207 cards, mainly due to the cost. The tougher 'Broadleaf' cards have always had a different look to me, which I think is partly due to differences in the artwork, and partly due to the fact that I just don't see them as often.

I have relatively few of the tough cards, but feel fortunate to have this Cycle back (my only one) of Hoff, and for me it has the bonus of having Buck Barker writing on the back. And it is a cool portrait image of the fellow who lived to be 107.

Brian

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

For the most part I have stuck with collecting only the more readily available T207 cards, mainly due to the cost. The tougher 'Broadleaf' cards have always had a different look to me, which I think is partly due to differences in the artwork, and partly due to the fact that I just don't see them as often.

I have relatively few of the tough cards, but feel fortunate to have this Cycle back (my only one) of Hoff, and for me it has the bonus of having Buck Barker writing on the back. And it is a cool portrait image of the fellow who lived to be 107.

Brian

Love Buck's writing on cards....

[Cozumeleno]

Ron - I'd certainly agree that Bushelman is right up there with many of those other tougher ones mentioned.

[topcat61]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

For the most part I have stuck with collecting only the more readily available T207 cards, mainly due to the cost. The tougher 'Broadleaf' cards have always had a different look to me, which I think is partly due to differences in the artwork, and partly due to the fact that I just don't see them as often.

I have relatively few of the tough cards, but feel fortunate to have this Cycle back (my only one) of Hoff, and for me it has the bonus of having Buck Barker writing on the back. And it is a cool portrait image of the fellow who lived to be 107.

Brian

That is one hell of a card! I recognized the handwriting right away as Buck's. It's a card of a storied player owned by a hobby pioneer, just fantastic. It's too bad the grading companies wont grade it.

[Cozumeleno]

Bresnahan's making me dizzy, Leon --

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by topcat61

That is one hell of a card! I recognized the handwriting right away as Buck's. It's a card of a storied player owned by a hobby pioneer, just fantastic. It's too bad the grading companies wont grade it.

Thanks, was definitely pleased with the combo, because I never thought I would have a T207 Cycle back, or ever get the Hoff. To have Buck's writing on the back makes it a killer card in my eyes too.

I believe that the grading companies would encapsulate it, perhaps as authentic, or with a qualifier, just don't think they would label it with a 'Buck Barker' annotation. I don't plan on ever letting their plasticky fingers get near it.

Brian