Do you pay extra for a card from a famous collector?

[Casey2296]

All things being equal in card condition I would pay a small premium for provenance from old time collectors.

[kailes2872]

One of my biggest collecting regrets is not going harder for a complete '33 Delong Lionel Carter set in REA a few years ago (2016/2017?).

I can't remember what it sold for, but it was substantially cheaper than the Gehrig goes for now and the entire set was SGC. It would have been awesome to have that set with Lionel's name on all of the slabs. But, alas, I couldn't pull the trigger and will now probably never own the set, let alone that specific one.

[GasHouseGang]

Here is one of the threads that talked about this:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=336414

[mrreality68]

For me it would not be a famous collector but the card or item from a players personal collection

[The Nasty Nati]

I didn't know the whole '33 Delong set was sold to one winner. No wonder I don't see any Lionel Carter Delongs up for auction. I've always REALLY wanted a '33 Delong Lionel Carter card because that was the set the got him into collecting, and that's the earliest confirmed set that he pack pulled.

Originally Posted by kailes2872

One of my biggest collecting regrets is not going harder for a complete '33 Delong Lionel Carter set in REA a few years ago (2016/2017?).

I can't remember what it sold for, but it was substantially cheaper than the Gehrig goes for now and the entire set was SGC. It would have been awesome to have that set with Lionel's name on all of the slabs. But, alas, I couldn't pull the trigger and will now probably never own the set, let alone that specific one.

[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

I didn't know the whole '33 Delong set was sold to one winner. No wonder I don't see any Lionel Carter Delongs up for auction. I've always REALLY wanted a '33 Delong Lionel Carter card because that was the set the got him into collecting, and that's the earliest confirmed set that he pack pulled.

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=39829

I still can't believe how cheap it went. The Gehrig was a 40/3 and the whole set went for 6k

[Exhibitman]

Maybe for Jon Voight's LeBaron...

Actually, I paid well over market for this one:



Doesn't get much bigger than Burdick...

[EddieP]

I was able to pick up some Burdick’s that the Metropolitan Museum of Art were discarding because they were duplicates ( it pays to be a Member)

[drcy]

I will be as bold as to say I think everyone would.