Which HOFers get the LEAST respect re: t206?
 

Would be interested in seeing how others would rank them, from the bottom up, based on how much interest when try to sell and prices realized. We are talking about the group including such as Davis, Willis, Jimmy Collins, Wallace, Iron Man, Beckley, others.... and then on to the next higher group if you wish....

I was tracking Roger Bresnahan cards on Ebay recently, and I saw a couple of them go off for a pretty low price.

Jake Beckley/Joe Kelley

Agreed...and it seems like Bobby Wallace gets the shaft too!

Jimmy Collins docked for being minor league card at that time?

elmer flick
 

elmer flick

Flick, Davis, Iron Man, Beckley

I'm going to throw my vote at Sam Crawford. The guy was incredible, just 39 hits shy of 3,000, and the last time a PSA / SGC 7 hit eBay it sold for less than $1,000.

Hands down, Addie Joss (hands at chest)....One of the best pitchers ever....

Obtained his card in a 4 with an Old Mill Back. One of my favorite poses. Should be worth more!

Sorry, Joss does not fit in lower group, his cards do fine in pricing, especially the portrait.

Griffith and Bresnahan both below average "earners."

Greg- no offense, but you better check again. I have an SGC 84 Joss you can buy for $875! this pose has always been a mystery as to how low it sells for....

In CJ land I would include Marquard and Roush

I agree with David and Jason. Elmer Flick.

1946 had a large class of HOFers from the 206 set. After that you see plenty of HOFers that bring a bit less coin and its pretty much their year of induction.

1953 Wallace-Bender
1955 Baker
1957 Crawford
1959 Wheat
1963 Flick
1964 Huggins
1971 Beckley-Kelley-Marquard
1978 Joss
1995 Willis

when Burdick was cataloging many cards were still commons and the HOFers inducted in the first 10 years are the ones that bring the better value.

this will give a time line of the cataloging

http://t206resource.com/T206%20Designation.html

"The name of the T206 set, also known as the "White Border Set," originated from the numbering system used by Jefferson R. Burdick when he created The American Card Catalog. The first known cataloging appeared in a short article in a magazine in 1936. The first catalog, The United States Card Collectors Catalog, was published in 1939. During the next several years, Burdick continued his work, and in 1946 the catalog was updated and renamed The American Card Catalog.



Burdick catalogued card sets with categories designated by letters. The "T" category was composed of 20th-century U.S. tobacco insert cards. The "206" came from a sequential numbering system used to list various sets in the "T" category."

I think Eddie Collins is the king of the common HOF club. No way that guy should be common when Lajoie, Sisler and the like sell for so much more.
-Rhett

Willis & Duffy.....but I might be biased. :D

I agree, Eddie Collins was not just HOF, he was one of the all-time greats, and his card price doesn't reflect this at all.

Not really sure that I agree with that...Several of his PSA 7's have sold recently for $2200, plus....that is upper tier Hall of Famer price(other than the biggies- Matty, Cobb, Johnson, Speaker, etc...)

Collins prices seem to be climbing fast, also Waddell...or maybe just all t206 HOF portraits are hot now?

Waddell cards (both poses) bring a ton of money, especially in high grade, for what it's worth....

As new collectors venture into T206, the gap between the lower tier and the upper tier will close.

What's up Mike, are you looking for Bresnahan to fill up your Merkle game collection? How is that going, by the way?

Speaking of Merkle, there is a common that brings alot of money! (both poses)

Waddell
 

You just have to keep your eye out for a steal:D

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You know it. Picked up Bresnahan this week. I need Matty, Bridwell and Donlin at this point. First things first, though. Otis and I have a puzzle to finish!