T206 HOF portrait's in Sterling Auctions last night

[Exhibitman]

Please post the actual sales data for Joss, Evers, Walsh, Jennings, Tinker and Lajoie portraits in 4-4.5-5 to support your assertion that "the PSA portraits are selling at higher prices" than the SGC cards that were just sold.

[TheBig6]

You have to agree Nap looks good in a SGC holder. I wish all my cards were in SGC slabs. SGC built their name grading T206 cards.I Don’t understand why a registry guy would care about mid grade Common back T206 cards.But I don’t follow the registry trends.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by TheBig6

...I Don’t understand why a registry guy would care about mid grade Common back T206 cards...

For some people, collecting isn't about the cards; they've turned it into a competitive thing.

[3-2-count]

The monetary value between Psa and Sgc prewar cards (including T206’s) has narrowed considerably over the past few years and deservedly so.

Prewar collectors are now more so than ever valuing the card based on its condition and eye appeal no matter who’s slab it resides in (that being Psa or Sgc)

It’s about time!!

[t206kid]

The best portrait ever...

[3-2-count]

Hard to argue with that Jay.

Gorgeous run……

[trambo]

Originally Posted by t206kid

The best portrait ever...

I just threw up in my mouth a little (haha!!). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'd take either Cobb portrait over that one. Just don't love the yellow of the port.

[brianclat11]

Originally Posted by t206kid

The best portrait ever...

Thanks for sharing Jay. Very impressive.

[trambo]

A few more portraits from my main set. I don't think any of these scans do the cards justice but among my favorite portraits!

[3-2-count]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

The monetary value between Psa and Sgc prewar cards (including T206’s) has narrowed considerably over the past few years and deservedly so.

Prewar collectors are now more so than ever valuing the card based on its condition and eye appeal no matter who’s slab it resides in (that being Psa or Sgc)

It’s about time!!

Bumping this thread due to reviewing the REA results from their auction which ended last night. Lots of great Psa and Sgc graded T206's. Sgc pre war graded hall of famers continue to hold their own -vs- Psa. Here are a few which stood out!

Sgc 6 T206 Chance yellow portrait - $2,760.00
Sgc 4 T206 Speaker - $2,520.00
Sgc 5 T206 Chance red portrait - $2,160.00
Sgc 4 T206 Waddell throwing - $1,740.00

[fkm_bky]

You're absolutely right Tony. It was a great auction and I was chasing several but they got too high for me. I ended up winning one (which I over-paid for, but who hasn't!). Very happy to add this one to my collection.

HOF Portraits are definitely not slowing down (SCG or PSA).

Love the front of this one...not so much the back

Bill

[53toppscollector]

as many of you know, I am a portrait-only collector for the T206 set, and this thread does a great job of illustrating why! Even the non-HOF portraits in the set look beautiful. The thing that attracts me to the portraits is the brilliance and variation of the background color. The Ty Cobb is the most famous example, with the orangeish background getting a lot of love. But you can see it in noticeable ways on a lot of the portraits, where the blue isnt as dark on some of the cards, for example. It is especially noticeable (and my favorite part of my collection) when viewing the fronts side by side in a binder.