Grandpa's Tobacco Cards

[travrosty]

dont bother having them graded, its a waste of time, grading is just a scheme to collect money from people and assign an arbitrary number to a card, when we can all see what condition it is in anyway. leave them raw.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by travrosty

dont bother having them graded, its a waste of time, grading is just a scheme to collect money from people and assign an arbitrary number to a card, when we can all see what condition it is in anyway. leave them raw.

I agree, for collecting, not for selling. I seek out raw cards for my collection, most don't. It's 2013 and people collect plastic, these are the facts. Don't bother grading cards that are probably a 1 or 2, let the buyer cover the grading fee. Anything you are sending in to be graded, try to have the auction house pay for it.

[ethicsprof]

welcome aboard!
you've received some good advice.
i second the comments of Prof.JimB.
all the best to you,
barry

[Batjac1]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

welcome aboard!
you've received some good advice.
i second the comments of Prof.JimB.
all the best to you,
barry

Hell, this fun, I might just keep them! I appreciate the advise guys.

[stewbacca]

Hang around for awhile and you will see that these guys know so much about the cards. I lurk more than post, but learn tons from the board and if you are not in a hurry to sell, you may get hooked just by the stories and info floating around here. Good luck. Stew

[dzolot]

Please post more scans - would love to see pics of the treasures you have!!

[tbob]

I may be in the minority but I would put the T205s on ebay and sell them individually. If you have a nice Matty, Johnson and Cobb in the T205s, get them graded, otherwise sell them raw. I have sold a lot of cards on ebay over the years and have consigned lots and also sets and near-sets and with nice scans and good descriptions you will make more selling them individually on ebay than as a group elsewhere. Put them on ebay on Sunday night starting in the early evening. I would also put the T210s and E98s on ebay and sell them individually. get the E98s graded if they are in nice shape, especially the Hall of Famers. The T210s will generally sell even raw. They are hot now.
Good luck!

[Batjac1]

Originally Posted by dzolot

Please post more scans - would love to see pics of the treasures you have!!

Here is another one (not as pretty as the others):

[EvilKing00]

If your going to sell them, no need to grade them, unless you have a 206 wagner, but that baker looks like a PSA4/SGC 50.

Im sure they will sell in no time if you put them up on ebay, if they are priced correctly. Good luck, and cool story.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Batjac1

Hell, this fun, I might just keep them! I appreciate the advise guys.

I hope you do keep them and join in our collecting reindeer games while becoming a vintage collector. It's a ton of fun with a lot of great people.

[Batjac1]

Originally Posted by Leon

I hope you do keep them and join in our collecting reindeer games while becoming a vintage collector. It's a ton of fun with a lot of great people.

That thought has crossed my mind more than I anticipated. I do have a sentimental attachment to them and the more I work with the cards compiling the spreadsheet, the more I am beginning to appreciate them.

Gramps loved his baseball. He was in the NY Yankees farm system in 1917 until his father died and he had to come home and support his mother and sisters. That was common knowledge in the family, but I haven't been able to document it. He fielded balls for the pros at the Polo Grounds and/or Ebbetts during practice, I cant remember which. That's where he got scouted.

You know, maybe I will keep the cards. He was a great guy: c.1924 below:

[ullmandds]

Welcome...great looking cards so far...unbeatable provenance and sentimental value! Keep the ones you like...sell some if u desire to fund new ones...just enjoy this awesome hobby of ours!!!