Colgan’s Chips Values

[mrreality68]

I like the look of the chips and at some point I am looking to get one. My dream "chip" is the 1912 e270 tin tops joe jackson.
But it is In my opinion a niche market for collectors because of the size and shape vs cards/postcards that have similiar shapes and sizes.
Also the pricing is a bit inconsistent because not many sell and the demand seems to fluctuate

[Touch'EmAll]

I am with ya thinking the Colgan's are undervalued. They have real actual outstanding photos. They are cardboard, doubt they are much thinner paper stock than T206. All the grading companies grade them. They are in short supply, but also are other way more spendy issues. The set contains all the major HOFers, nice. They were widely distributed, with candy, just like other issues. To me, they just ooze vintage. It may simply all boil down to the shape, I guess.

[Yoda]

SGC definitely grades the silks. I have a couple.

[JimC]

Wow, that Cy Young is a winner.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by JimC

Wow, that Cy Young is a winner.

+1

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Yoda

SGC definitely grades the silks. I have a couple.

Yes, but they could do a bit better job though. Really inconsistent in how they grade them. I do give them credit for only grading the S74-1 white silks missing the backing as "Authentic" only.

[Belfast1933]

Hope it’s cool to post this here but I would LOVE to add 1-2 hof chips to my collection if any of you are thinking of selling.

I think there is an Addie Joss, right? That would be ideal

I bought an empty tin about 6 months ago and need a card to add to it

PM me!

Thx

Jeff

[Exhibitman]

I got my Wags in the dark ages:



I wanted it ever since I was a kid collector.

The stock is thicker than the thin stock Coupon cards. Feels about the same as a Zeenut. I have an Evers I've been lazy about slabbing, so I can compare various types by feel. Got a Tinker too; looking for a comparable Chance to finish the trio

These are the saddest of possible words:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

... The set contains all the major HOFers, nice. ...

I assume you are referring to the E254 Colgan's set, inasmuch as you showed a very nice E254 of Cy Young. If so, I guess that you don't consider Walter Johnson to be a major HOFer, as WaJo is NOT in the E254 set. Of the three Colgan's sets, WaJo is found only in the E270-2 Tin Tops set.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Very undervalued in my opinion and the Tin Tops & Red Borders are awfully scarce… although the “Skydash” find of Tin Tops made them more attainable

[hcv123]

hanging onto this 1 and only PSA graded red border example till the market appreciates it a bit more! There are 2 SGC graded examples - 1 comparable to this one and 1 that looks considerably worse. I believe a board member owns 1 of those.

[Alexcards]

10yrs ago no one cared about T205 gold borders, now they are as hot or hotter than T206s. Colgan's Chips are 'WAY' undervalued!!!

[Rhotchkiss]

In my opinion, the shape and size of these disc “cards” is what holds them back in popularity and price and I think that will always be the case. Similar to diecut cards and supplements, the fact that they are not “cards” in the traditional sense, will forever hold them back; note Post cards, which by their own name are “cards” and cabinets, which have a separate and established following/cache and are more widely accepted, do not, in my opinion, suffer so much from the same shape affliction, but are nominally penalized as well.

I own one round card. I don’t like it. I bought it bc it’s a very rare Wagner. I did make a run at the round Thorpe in ML a few months ago, bc I collect Thorpe and it’s super rare. Maybe I would like to own a Joe Jax. But aside from that, I have no real interest in round “cards”, even Wagner, Cobb, etc., and I suspect that is the hobby feeling in general. It may change, and I hope it does, but I am not betting on it

[rhettyeakley]

The Colgan’s Chips sets have always been some of my favorite sets.

The round size puts people off for some reason and because they are not square many consider them not baseball cards. That being said many said the same thing about Exhibit cards as well due to their oversized nature as well until somewhat recently so it is likely Colgan’s could have their day in the sun at some point it seems.

Here I feature my near Master set of E254’s:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6b44G_TUWUM