Which card should I hold?

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by investinrookies

I think the green cobb would be easier to acquire. There is always a good amount of green Cobbs available on ebay or other auction sites, but trying to find jackie bowman is not nearly as easy, especially a nice one in high grade. His cards seem especially difficult to acquire given the pop on of. Sure seems like people hold their Jackies

I think that is the best analysis. Neither card is particularly unusual or rare and both are certainly valuable. You would prefer to keep both, but can’t. And it appears you will get the same amount for each. Thus, it’s really a function if which you can acquire easiest if/when you want a replacement example. While I think Bowman Robinsons are more plentiful than green Cobbs, getting a Robinson in an 8 is likely more difficult than a Cobb in a 4.5 (or higher)

[investinrookies]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I think that is the best analysis. Neither card is particularly unusual or rare and both are certainly valuable. You would prefer to keep both, but can’t. And it appears you will get the same amount for each. Thus, it’s really a function if which you can acquire easiest if/when you want a replacement example. While I think Bowman Robinsons are more plentiful than green Cobbs, getting a Robinson in an 8 is likely more difficult than a Cobb in a 4.5 (or higher)

Thats how I am looking looking at it. While the bowman Robinsons are slightly more plentiful in any grade vs the green cobb, it seems that there are more green Cobbs on ebay at any one time than there are Bowman Robinsons. I think the green cobb as a whole is easier to find in any grade vs the Bowman Robinson.

[jcmtiger]

I think you would get some nice money on the Cobb & pick up a lower grade easy

[wdwfan]

Sounds like you need a poll, haha.

To be honest, I'd probably keep the Cobb with better eye appeal. I believe the Jackie might have more room to grow, but Cobb is pre-war and has better eye appeal. Maybe down the road you can find a nice Jackie with better eye appeal that might be graded 6 or 7 instead of 8.

Just my nickel's worth of free advice.