Introduction and question

[NHbaseballcards]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Jonathan, welcome.

I have some graded cards. I don't like them. I used to break them all out, when I was buying a card that I wanted; and I'd throw the slips away. Then I got to where I'd break out the cards but keep the slips. I have a few cards not broken out.

My personal logic about this has been that I want to be able to hold a card, I don't want a card I'm afraid to touch. But I know I won't live forever. Unless I sell them, then I figure my kids will sell them. Either way, they'll sell for more if slabbed.

All of the preceding is so you'll understand my bias. I read the haggling above, and think they're 'discussing' different issues. So, what's the card worth; and then what is the slabbed card worth to you. A slabbed card may well have a slightly larger set of potential buyers. And will sell for more. NONE of the cards I've bought that are still slabbed were slabbed because I wanted a graded card. I wanted the card. And impatient me didn't want to wait for it.

So how much... I think it'd sell for between $950 and $1100. I feel compelled to mention positives and shortcomings: Great color on the front. The centering is attractive, the whop-sided cut is slightly distracting. The skewed registration is annoying. The back has a tinge to it, looks like the card may have been in a scrapbook for a long time, not one contemporary to the card's issue timeframe, but 25 years later, in a book that would have had pages that retained acidity from the papermaking process, hence the tannish / brownish tinge. Nice corners.

I'm from the 20th century, so I may have conservative dollar values up there, that Stahl might sell for a few hundred more. A buyer of a 4 figure will want that particular card, or that particular back; point being that those factors narrow down you pool of potential buyers.

Again, welcome. If you do sell it, please return to this thread and update it with the sales results. Thanks, Frank W.

Thank you for that information. I’m getting quite the education here.