41 Goudeys - What am I missing?

[Griffins]

I'd put #32 Coffman tougher than any of the "short prints".

[FrankWakefield]

The 41 Goudeys are sleepers. Folks after old cards gather the white border tobacco cards, the 33 Goudeys, then they look at E90-1s, gold borders, 34 Goudeys, brown borders, Diamond Stars, DeLongs... 41 Goudeys are way down on the list. Many don't collect any, a few collect one as a type card. Eventually, some collectors move on to 41 Goudeys and try to gather more than one.

Some of those players are only on a few cards, that drives them a bit.

I was outbid on this one. I gave Mr. Crouch's daughter one I had, sold her two more, and now I have none. I thought I'd be able to replace at least one, but I haven't. And the cards I sold her were for MUCH less than this card brought.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380364366759...84.m1435.l2649

I may well not ever get a replacement 41 Goudey of Bill Crouch.

[BleedinBlue]

I was the winner of the two Coffman's and the underbidder on the Crouch. I had actually bid much, much higher on the two Coffman's and would have gone higher on the Crouch if the three cards weren't closing all at the same time. Dang budget. Do a quick poll and you will find these two cards are on just about every wantlist for the 1941 Goudey set, regardless of color. Add the color variations and a Red Crouch and a Red Coffman are tough, tough cards. I've spent 10 years on this set and have only seen 3 Red Coffman's. I know of a fourth but so far that's it. I'm sure there are many more out there but the lack of collecting interest in this set doesn't drive people to put them out there on the market.

I realize this is a dog of a set but try to put one together sometime. I bet you can get to 30 cards without much trouble. After that it can be a long, long journey to 33.

Anthony,

I finished up my master set earlier this year and have decided to put together a second master set. What the heck, I was only 20 cards away from a second set. Anyway, I was looking at that Blue Garms and was thinking of you. I was stunned where that one closed out but that is another tough card to find. I know of one other master set and that was the last card that collector needed to finish his up.

Brian

[steve B]

Thanks guys, that's great to know.

I'm about 1/3 of the way to a set, and way short of a master set.
I do have more red ones, so that's good.

Of the last few cards in the set, I pretty much have whatever isn't on the Beckett list except forthe Ott. Looks like this one will be a bigger challenge than I'd thought.

Steve B

[WWGjohn]

I would echo what others have said. I was stuck on the Crouch card for 2 years and I only built a basic set. That card is definitely one of the toughest cards in the set and it almost never shows up on Ebay. If you live far away from shows as I do this set can be a real pain to complete. My hat's off to any who have put together a master set.

John

[D. Bergin]

I always wondered about this set. What's with the odd border cuts?

I see these number graded all the time in holders, but the borders always seem horrifically hand-cut.

Strip cards with the same type of cuts would never get any better then an "A", but I see "5's" all the time that look like a grade schooler trimmed them out of a poster.

[Leon]

Great thread guys. Once again this is what the board is all about, collaboration and helping one another with vintage card information. Just think if Burdick and his peers had the internet?

As far as weird border cuts. What are ya'll talking about?

[barrysloate]

Don't I recognize that photo of Babe Young from the 1949 Bowman set? Or is my memory shot?