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As I've been slowly putting together a base 1935 Goudey set (the 4 in 1 cards), I thought it might be fun to also add the 1935 Goudey black and white premium set (R309-2) to complement it. I figured that would be relatively easy and fairly inexpensive because Goudey black and white premiums seem to be plentiful on ebay.
It didn't take me long to realize that MOST sets of the Goudey premiums are plentiful. But not R309-2. So I decided that I would ignore condition and just try to pick up ONE of them just so I had an example...and I was finally able to add this beat up Wally Berger recently. But the rest of the set does not come up for sale much, and when they do, if they are in reasonably good condition, they sell for a premium. Any thoughts as to why those are harder to come by? My best theory is that it appears that 1935 Goudey overall was not very popular back in 1935 (as there seems to be less of them available on ebay compared to 1933 and 1934) so less kids amassed the 10 wrappers per picture to trade in for them. Is it really that simple, or is there some other reason why R309-2 Goudey premiums are so scarce? r309-2.JPG |
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Very scarce set. And you reasoning could be the reason. I haven't really seen their scarcity, and why they are, talked about much. Here is Greenberg from my last collection. (and the quarter)
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A few years ago I bought a complete set from a very well-known dealer. I got what I considered a great deal because the dealer was having trouble moving the set as singles. Probably a combination of obscurity, price and jumbo size keeps this set in the shadows.
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As hard as it is to find the single player cards, I feel like the team cards seem even tougher to come across. If you have some images handy, can you post some of your set? |
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I gave it the college try but my scanner is "not communicating" with my computer. If they start talking to each other again I'll post those team cards...they are nice.
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I have bought and sold a few of these over the years and I think one of the key reasons for both their scarcity and unpopularity is their size. Large format items have always struggled vs " cards" even postcards. These are both difficult to store and display. As with all post war cards they were subject to the paper drives during the war where their size made them easy targets. So I agree that 1935 Goudey was a much less popular issue than either of the 2 previous goudey issues so right from the start had less to start with. Combine that with their large size and you have a formula for scarcity.
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