Is there a more undervalued card in vintage?

[packs]

After all, the 52 Topps Mantle is a second year card too.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by packs

after all, the 52 topps mantle is a second year card too.

lolololololololol

[lowpopper]

molitor-trammell 78 most undervalued card comparative to price

2 HOF on 1 rookie card

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by lowpopper

molitor-trammell 78 most undervalued card comparative to price

2 HOF on 1 rookie card

Always liked the 78 Murphy/Parrish/Diaz/Whitt Card even though it's not Murph's rookie. How many rookie cards have 4 future all-stars on them?

[Kutcher55]

Funny, I saw the topic and before I clicked I guessed it was a Frank Robinson Rookie. Even more weird, I just got a 5 in this card nicely centered as well. It has gone up a ton in the past few months. In addition to his stellar playing career he was the first African American Manager in MLB history. For a long time, this card was cheaper pound for pound than the 57 Mays or Aaron, but that's no longer the case. I think it has room for further growth.

[packs]

I think the future will be kinder to him as people who had interactions with him pass. He was notorious for being horrible to be around if you were a fan.

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by packs

I think the future will be kinder to him as people who had interactions with him pass. He was notorious for being horrible to be around if you were a fan.

I agree. I can't speak to how the older generation sees him but I'm 42 and when I was growing up it was:

Aaron 755
Ruth 714
Mays 660
Robinson 586

As a kid those were the GOATs (along with Ted Williams) to me. I think this new crop of collectors has a very different view of Robinson. Top 25 in WAR, MVP in each league, triple crown, first black manager. That's a helluva resume.

[gawaintheknight]

Jeez, you guys talk about Frank Robinson like he was Milt Pappas or something.

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by gawaintheknight

Jeez, you guys talk about Frank Robinson like he was Milt Pappas or something.

Hahaha fair point.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by packs

After all, the 52 Topps Mantle is a second year card too.

But his rookie Topps card....

I am going with Heilmann being underrated..

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by packs

After all, the 52 Topps Mantle is a second year card too.

Comparing a '55 Topps Aaron to the '52 Topps Mantle as both just second year cards is comical.

[G1911]

The 1957 Frank Robinson has always seemed undervalued relative to other HOF rookies in high-printed series.

I know the obsession is with rookies, but I always think cards of good/great players in their iconic seasons are usually underpriced, like a 1968 Bob Gibson. That's cooler to me than a 1959 when he was just an afterthought in the high series.

Pre-War, guys who just barely missed the hall tend to be underpriced (Dahlen seems to be treated as a low-end HOFer now, though). Eddie Collins is underpriced, I tend to think John McGraw usually is too.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by G1911

I know the obsession is with rookies, but I always think cards of good/great players in their iconic seasons are usually underpriced, like a 1968 Bob Gibson. That's cooler to me than a 1959 when he was just an afterthought in the high series.

I’ve always wondered this. Maris is a perfect example.

[phikappapsi]

thanks to this damn thread I've added an '86 Rice to an otherwise almost entirely pre-war/baseball collection.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by phikappapsi

thanks to this damn thread I've added an '86 Rice to an otherwise almost entirely pre-war/baseball collection.

Hahaha. Awesome. Why stop there? Do the whole ‘86 Sox team. I love little projects like that. They’re fun, cheap, and keep my occupied in collecting while saving/waiting for bigger fish....

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by phikappapsi

thanks to this damn thread I've added an '86 Rice to an otherwise almost entirely pre-war/baseball collection.

What did you get and what was the price (if not too personal) - I seem to find myself also glued to the 86 Rice listings...

[phikappapsi]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

What did you get and what was the price (if not too personal) - I seem to find myself also glued to the 86 Rice listings...

Paid 565 for a Beckett 9 that looked real sharp. Seeing the Steve Young 10 go for what. $20k this week, made that feel ultra reasonable

[packs]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

Comparing a '55 Topps Aaron to the '52 Topps Mantle as both just second year cards is comical.

That's usually what you shoot for when you make a joke.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by packs

That's usually what you shoot for when you make a joke.

You need a sense of humour to be funny.

[RCMcKenzie]

My younger brother and I used to trade cards a lot. He had a Murphy/Parrish rookie and I used to say, "What can you do for the Bo Diaz, rook?"

I always thought it was funnier than he did. I never was able to make a deal for that card, although after college he dropped off his collection for me to keep for him, so I have a Diaz rookie in a box somewhere.

[packs]

The 38 Goudey Feller is one I think could be undervalued.