T206 HOF portrait's in Sterling Auctions last night

[fkm_bky]

Well shit. I guess I did win the Clarke! I’m on vacation and didn’t pay close enough attention to the final. Well, I’m happy to snag it.

Bill

Originally Posted by fkm_bky

Agree! I quickly lost hope on the higher grades. I came just short on the SGC20 Clarke. I have one already in poor so it was a slight upgrade. But with the juice, I felt $190 was too much. It was a good auction tho!

Bill

[Exhibitman]

A very rough SGC 1 Lajoie portrait went for $420, which is strong for that grade.

Another thing that is interesting is the results on the trimmed T206s. The red portrait Cobb, Young portrait and Johnson portrait. All clearly trimmed, all SGC A:

Cobb: $3240
Young: $1,560
Johnson: $1,560

I wondered what altered cards might sell for properly disclosed. With the insane prices of (allegedly) unaltered cards, maybe this is a way to collect on a budget. Would you prefer an A like one of these or a 1-1.5?

[mrreality68]

Wow strong prices

Good to see

[the-illini]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

A very rough SGC 1 Lajoie portrait went for $420, which is strong for that grade.

Another thing that is interesting is the results on the trimmed T206s. The red portrait Cobb, Young portrait and Johnson portrait. All clearly trimmed, all SGC A:

Cobb: $3240
Young: $1,560
Johnson: $1,560

I wondered what altered cards might sell for properly disclosed. With the insane prices of (allegedly) unaltered cards, maybe this is a way to collect on a budget. Would you prefer an A like one of these or a 1-1.5?

I won the SGC A Cobb and you nailed it Adam - I think altered cards properly identified as authentic and not given numeric grades are great looking cards for the price. I know a lot of people don't like altered cards, but for me this is a much better looking card at $3240 than a 1 for just as much (or more)