REA Aution guess what goes for the most

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

But the baseball players and boxers drive the popularity of the set in general (and it's gorgeous) so if you want to complete a set you NEED Brown. There are more people who want a set than there are Brown cards. Pretty basic economics.

I look at T220 Silver Border and you'd think "well the two key cards in that set are about as rare as the Brown, so they should go for as much" But even though I personally love the T220 Silvers the amount of people trying to complete sets is probably not even a dozen because it's ONLY boxing.

If there was a similar set with ONLY Race Car Drivers, Track Athlete's and Pool Players with one super rare card it would likely sell for even less than the T220 rarities, because those sports rank even lower than boxing in popularity.

The baseball cards drive the overall demand, but then it spreads to the other cards because of set collecting. If the 4 baseball players weren't in the set you'd have never heard of the Brown card.

I understand all of that. I collect nearly every multi-sport set there is and also collect non-sports cards.

Show me another set where any of the lesser sports rarity or not have a card that is of the non-major sports that have anything close to this level of interest. It just doesn’t exist, hence the incredulity.

There is no track record of this type of pricing on the Brown card until exactly this moment. I just find it all strange.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Show me another set where any of the lesser sports rarity or not have a card that is of the non-major sports that have anything close to this level of interest. It just doesn’t exist, hence the incredulity.

There is no track record of this type of pricing on the Brown card until exactly this moment. I just find it all strange.

Show me another multi-sport set with 4 baseball HOF'ers and a SERIOUS rarity in one of the non-baseball cards. This is a unicorn, plain and simple.

You haven't seen this kind of pricing on the Brown card before. I can't remember the last time I saw one for sale.

[Casey2296]

I'm curious what the 1893 "Just So" goes for, that's a pretty special card.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Show me another multi-sport set with 4 baseball HOF'ers and a SERIOUS rarity in one of the non-baseball cards. This is a unicorn, plain and simple.

You haven't seen this kind of pricing on the Brown card before. I can't remember the last time I saw one for sale.

I understand your stance on this card but until VERY recently this card was literally on nobody’s radar. It isn’t a widely known rarity nor does it have ANY historical mystique in the hobby to it. I understand that there appears to be a shift to it having this attention now but until maybe 6 months to a year ago nobody had this card on their radar with a price tag anywhere near this level attached to it.

It seems fishy to me that within 1 day of the REA being up I knew of no other card being in the auction other than the T227 Brown and I saw that mentioned at least 5 times by people on this forum, and that was BEFORE the price shot up to where it is at. Just seems really odd.

[RedsFan1941]

literally “nobody” had this card on their radar? talk about unbelievable hype.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I disagree that this card was unknown. I had 22 different Miner's Extra Backs in my first Pre War auction and I was asked a number of times before the auction even opened if I had the Brown. Then after the auction was running I got additional messages asking if I was sure there wasn't a Brown hiding somewhere (the near set was part of a "find" in Central PA) That's the only reason I chimed in, because I have first hand experience with at least a handful of guys who have been chasing this card for years.

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I disagree that this card was unknown. I had 22 different Miner's Extra Backs in my first Pre War auction and I was asked a number of times before the auction even opened if I had the Brown. Then after the auction was running I got additional messages asking if I was sure there wasn't a Brown hiding somewhere (the near set was part of a "find" in Central PA) That's the only reason I chimed in, because I have first hand experience with at least a handful of guys who have been chasing this card for years.

Really good intel.. thanks for sharing!

I've learned to never put an estimate on cards that come up once every decade.

[insidethewrapper]

The Old Judge Deacon White Card.

[Pat R]

I don't think the "hyping" of the Brown card will have anything to do with
the final price. Most collectors have experienced or know it only takes two
people that really want an item or in Heritage and other AH's that allow
the consigners to bid on their items one person.