Jeannette Tolstoi

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

My main focus is baseball. I'm running out of cards to collect that I can afford

That was one of the major reasons I went to boxing cards in the first place. Even the 1948 Leaf Graziano: I guess I could afford it but don't want to spend that much on a single card.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

That was one of the major reasons I went to boxing cards in the first place. Even the 1948 Leaf Graziano: I guess I could afford it but don't want to spend that much on a single card.

Me 3. I could get several boxers or 1 baseball player with my T card money. I picked the several boxers.

I have no idea what a Graziano would be worth these days in this market, but pretty much every being card is something I can realistically afford (I'm too much of a cheapskate to do) or is an attainable goal one day, unlike the top end of the baseball market that I can simply never play in or realistically hope to acquire even a beater example of. A lot of stuff I would consider the "elite boxing cards" can be had for a couple thousand or less, if you can find them

[Exhibitman]

Finding them...that's the rub. My want list is more like a unicorn hunting list at this point.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Finding them...that's the rub. My want list is more like a unicorn hunting list at this point.

The unicorn hunting is what makes it fun. It's a lot more satisfying to find a card that's been on my want list for 15 years because it rarely ever appears, and tracking one down is a challenge, than because it costs a lot of $$$.

Or maybe, this is how my poor a@@ rationalizes it....

[G1911]

So who got the PSA 4 with the F***ed up case that hammered at $280 today?

I picked up another copy as the result of this thread, probably the most Tolstoi Jeannette's in circulation at once ever.

[RCMcKenzie]

I didn't see it. I have searched "T218" and "newly listed" a few times in the last week, and it did not show up. I just searched "T218 Tolstoi" "Sold Listings" and I saw the sale. I guess 'T218' didn't pull it up because they called it "T-218". I guess no one contacted me because I said I wanted to pay $77. I can go to $200 if anyone has one for sale. It makes me think that more T218 Tolstoi will pop-up for sale at these prices.

[G1911]

Odd, I thought it might have been you. "T218" pulls up "T-218" listings as well, I got it through my several times daily "T218" search.

I bid $207 just as a placer before I got the other one, and never retract a bid, so I'm glad I didn't win it. $77 will be hard to do. I sure hope more come out of the woodwork, I've never seen more than maybe 10 of any one front. No clue how many there are actually are or how many are 'known' to the hobby instead of being squirreled away somewhere. 2 of these 3 at least aren't "new"