Which card will sell for more

[Tyruscobb]

Modern’s artificial scarcity and prices do not make sense to me. But, to each his/her own. I’ll take the Cobb which was mass produced, but is scarce due to the attrition of time; Not the card that went straight from a pack to an encased protective holder.

[quinnsryche]

What about the W600 Wagner?

[BeanTown]

The Trout card is 5 of 5. Im not sure on the W600 Cobb pop but my guess is 5 or less. It's crazy to think Trout who is half way through his career would fetch more than one if the all time greats in Ty Cobb. This is almost a generation contest where the young will battle over the Trout and the old (age 40 and up) will battle for Cobb.

[charlietheexterminator]

My son is a huge Trout collector, he said that particular Trout is one of the major modern sports cards of today. I guess I will pick the Trout, but I still don’t see it

[hcv123]

Cobb in the Marathon - I want to check back on this thread in 10-15 years!

[Bram99]

I think the question should be: Which one will sell for more in 5 years. I suspect it will be the Cobb.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

The real question is which one is trimmed...

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Bram99

I think the question should be: Which one will sell for more in 5 years. I suspect it will be the Cobb.

Now THAT is a the question! I am finding myself somewhat sucked into the modern market just a bit (nowhere near to this level of course), and I keep seeing the modern stuff going up, up, up. Collecting friends have taken great delight in pointing this out to me. I do wonder what I will see value-wise in five years? There are more modern collectors than those of us collecting vintage.

[Stampsfan]

Originally Posted by Tyruscobb

Modern’s artificial scarcity and prices do not make sense to me...

Ugh. Artificial scarcity has never made sense to me.

My ex-wife has boxes of limited edition Bradford Exchange plates.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

Ugh. Artificial scarcity has never made sense to me.

My ex-wife has boxes of limited edition Bradford Exchange plates.

+1
LOL

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[BeanTown]

Final call to vote and I updated the current positions of each card.

[MRSPORTSCARDCOLLECTOR]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Final call to vote and I updated the current positions of each card.

Cobb.

[BeanTown]

The auction is stil going on. Looks like Trout is the winner. Now the question is.... By how much?

[Goldin Auctions]

Trout wins by $500,000
$780,000 total.
you will be able to see it in completed auctions spring auction session 1 tomorrow

MAKE THAT $900,000
STILL GOING

[mark evans]

Originally Posted by Tyruscobb

Modern’s artificial scarcity and prices do not make sense to me. But, to each his/her own. I’ll take the Cobb which was mass produced, but is scarce due to the attrition of time; Not the card that went straight from a pack to an encased protective holder.

My sentiments exactly. Down the road, I suspect that the disparity among the values of the various Trout autograph cards will diminish substantially.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by mark evans

My sentiments exactly. Down the road, I suspect that the disparity among the values of the various Trout autograph cards will diminish substantially.

Me too but who knows.
I will take the cobby all day long but the Demand for Trout might be the winner at this time.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Leon

Me too but who knows.
I will take the cobby all day long but the Demand for Trout might be the winner at this time.

Maybe in the short term. Frank Thomas and Albert Pujols got off the amazing starts to their careers and now they have cooled off. Same thing could happen to Trout. Cobb, Wagner and Ruth will keep going strong.

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by rats60

Maybe in the short term. Frank Thomas and Albert Pujols got off the amazing starts to their careers and now they have cooled off. Same thing could happen to Trout. Cobb, Wagner and Ruth will keep going strong.

Bingo!!!! Trout has to be elite for at least another 5 years. Plus, not test positive for PEDs or any other performance inhancing drugs. Then to not make news in a negative way after he retires on a routine basis. What a risk dropping 6 figures for a player still playing IMO. As Daniel said, the modern investors know its a big card and I hope they don't educate themselves on Prewar investments.

Update:
Cobb at 205k
Trout at 200k

Trout is leading in the poll over Cobb by a whisker.

[Fred]

I don't follow the new stuff. Can someone tell me what a "10" 89 UD Griffey rookie goes for these days and the price for the same card back in the late 90's?

Also, is that Trout card a one of one or something "special" like that?

[swarmee]

You can get a nice raw Griffey UD RC for $50 or so, but a PSA 10 just eclipsed the $1,000 mark. But they also made a few million of those.