No HOF for Dahlen, Price Drop?

[GregMitch34]

The other odd Dahlen thing (and this is true for some other cards) is the vast difference in pricing of the Brooklyn and Boston cards. The pop reports just don't sustain that big a gap. I wonder if anyone would like to mention OTHER cards or variations (not in backs) they feel have a certain aura of scarcity that doesn't quite hold up in the pop reports. Not saying they shouldn't get some premium but not as much as they seem to get.............

[The Nasty Nati]

The Brooklyn version is definitely more rare. Most likely the reason why the pop reports have similar numbers is because more people are willing to spend the grading cost to encapsulate the Brooklyn version than the Boston one. So there's probably more Brooklyn submissions than the Boston version.

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

The Brooklyn version is definitely more rare. Most likely the reason why the pop reports have similar numbers is because more people are willing to spend the grading cost to encapsulate the Brooklyn version than the Boston one. So there's probably more Brooklyn submissions than the Boston version.

This - I completely agree.

[GregMitch34]

That sounds like guess work--that it's vastly more scarce. Self-fulfilling wish if you happen to own the Brooklyns? So many cards, of all grades, are graded today that this sounds like an outmoded argument. The difference in numbers between them is very modest at PSA, a little more at SGC but still far from sustaining the massive value gap. I predict the gap will shrink quite a bit. It's just too easy to get a Brooklyn at eBay or AHs.

[CMIZ5290]

Prices should not go down because he was never in the Hall to begin with. I actually didn't think his T206 values would go up that much even if he made the Hall (which he should have)

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

That sounds like guess work--that it's vastly more scarce. Self-fulfilling wish if you happen to own the Brooklyns? So many cards, of all grades, are graded today that this sounds like an outmoded argument. The difference in numbers between them is very modest at PSA, a little more at SGC but still far from sustaining the massive value gap. I predict the gap will shrink quite a bit. It's just too easy to get a Brooklyn at eBay or AHs.

I'm not sure the pop reports really indicate that it's overpriced.

Currently, there are about 50% of the O'Hara and Demmitt St. Louis variations (PSA) as there are of their New York versions. The Dahlen Brooklyn accounts for about 80% of the Boston version.

The O'Hara/Demmitt STLs are about 40X-50X over their NY versions (You can get a PSA 1 NY of those cards for about $20-$25 as opposed to about $900-$1,000 for the STL in PSA 1).

Conversely, the Dahlen has only about a markup of what, 10X? Obviously the O'Hara/Demmitt STLs are significantly rarer. But the premium for those is far greater than the pop reports suggest they should be when you compare then with the Dahlen pop reports.

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

The other odd Dahlen thing (and this is true for some other cards) is the vast difference in pricing of the Brooklyn and Boston cards. The pop reports just don't sustain that big a gap. I wonder if anyone would like to mention OTHER cards or variations (not in backs) they feel have a certain aura of scarcity that doesn't quite hold up in the pop reports. Not saying they shouldn't get some premium but not as much as they seem to get.............

There are a dozen or so Greg that are tough to find even with "common" backs.

[sreader3]

Both T206 Dahlens are among the most difficult subjects in the set, with Brooklyn being scarcer. The big joke price/difficulty wise, in my view, is Mr. Titus.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by sreader3

Both T206 Dahlens are among the most difficult subjects in the set, with Brooklyn being scarcer. The big joke price/difficulty wise, in my view, is Mr. Titus.

His mustache sells!!

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by sreader3

Both T206 Dahlens are among the most difficult subjects in the set, with Brooklyn being scarcer. The big joke price/difficulty wise, in my view, is Mr. Titus.

Agree on Titus other than high grades. Near impossible to get in a PSA 7 or higher....