REA Pickups

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Bid on many, many T205s but didn't win any. Was surprised that there were PSA 5 commons, not even short prints, going for 300-500+ while some key HOFers went for relatively unimpressive prices. Danny Hoffman beat out Chief Bender and Frank Chance? Even the WaJo and Addie Joss went pretty low compared to recent auctions.

I think commons means different things to different people. Back in the day, a common was typically characterized as anyone other than a hof’er or star player. In memorabilia and cards, I define it as more frequently seen or more abundant. I picked up the Hoffman. It is the yellow second base with the yellow streak line in the background variant. It is quite rare. Not a “common” Hof’er 😂 It also has very good registration which I really loved(makes up for less than perfect corners and centering.
In the world of t205- I think we are seeing a definitive shift- overall low pop issues/rare variants/backs ruling the roost.