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T206CollectorI bought a really nice 1933 Goudey Grove at a show in Manhattan in March 1989. It cost me about $225, and for a 16 year old kid was about all I could afford to spend on a baseball card back then. About 15 years later, I had it graded by SGC and it came back a 60. That card in that condition just sold for about $350 on ebay. So while I am happy that there was an appreciation in value there -- as opposed to my collection of 1980s and 1990s Topps cards -- mid-grade Goudeys have only somewhat appreciated since the late 1980s.
Similarly, I bought a beautiful T206 Bender Portrait in 1997 for about $150. The card later graded an SGC 50 and is not worth much more than what I paid for it. The $350 I put on a Matty White Cap that came back an SGC 60 on the same day is a different story, as that card has basically tripled in value.
All I'm saying is that there is some luck involved and it is not as simple as just picking card collecting eras.
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