Card types you haven't seen at auction in 3+ years....

[asphaltman]

What card types have you not seen at auction in 3 plus years? I'm gonna assume we can put a Fan cigarette card on that list....what else? Would also be great to see some scans anyone has of some of these real tough types....

[Steve D]

The one that comes immediately to mind for me is T208 Fireside.


Steve

[asphaltman]

I know there was that Western Playground lot a few years back...have any come up for sale since?

[Leon]

here is one I haven't seen for sale in more than 3 yrs.....as a matter of fact I have never seen one publicly for sale....

[drc]

The 1888 M117 Sporting Times is one of the rarest of the rare issues, and you only once every few years seem them in auction. You see Fatima Premiums and Lone Jacks many times over for each time you see Sporting Times. You even see more Just Sos and Four Base Hits. Part of the reason for the reclusiveness is the rarity and part is due to obscurity. The Sporting Times is a well kept secret, out of mind of most collectors. The Just Sos and Four Base Hits, on the other hand, are rare but famously rare-- they have celebrity. If an auction house says they have a Just So in their upcoming auction, that means something to collectors. If the auction says they have a Sporting Times, most of the same collectors will say, "What's that?"

[asphaltman]

It does make me wonder what one of those e222's would bring in REA.

[Wite3]

I have a few specific ones...
1911 Diamond Gum Dooin
1888 E223 G&B Chewing Gum Ferguson or Buffington
1977 Esso Coin Montanez (really...not seen one in at least 10 years)
1939 Father and Son Shoes (there might have been one a few years ago on ebay but do not remember any others in awhile).
1949 Olmes Studio Postcard Roberts
1915 T-214 Victory Magee
1912 T-215 Pirate Doolan (both poses)
1937 Wheaties small box Camilli (series 14)


Oh yeah...some T-unc Fan Cigarette card has not been up for auction in quite awhile

Joshua