Green Cobby Show and Tell

[CW]

Great thread, guys! From the card Pete used to start it, to rareback's amazing horde, this thread has it all.

I got back into collecting cards around '98, thanks in part to the McGwire/Sosa HR chase and the advent of eBay.

I was checking my spreadsheet the other day, which has all my graded cards listed. I did a sort by "date of purchase", and was surprised to see that this Green Cobb was the first ever "vintage" graded card I bought after re-entering the hobby. It was the early part of 2003, and up to this point all of my purchases were modern cards.

By March of '03, the luster of buying cards of known cheaters had worn off (sigh), and thanks in part to this forum and CU, I had gotten the itch to buy something older. Much older.

So this Cobb popped up on my eBay search, and I waited for the evening to place my manually timed snipe (this was before the days of sniping services).

I was high bidder on the auction (YES! ), but it didn't meet reserve (SHIT! ) at just over $1K ( this was 2003). I was bummed, but the seller relisted the card a week later with no reserve, and I won the auction for real this time, with the final bid actually being slightly lower than the week before.

After this card, I was hooked -- 95% of my future card purchases were vintage. Crazy to think I've had this card for 14 years now. 2 small surface wrinkles on the front, to the right of Cobb's head, account for the grade.

[jbl79]

Originally Posted by CW

Great thread, guys! From the card Pete used to start it, to rareback's amazing horde, this thread has it all.

I got back into collecting cards around '98, thanks in part to the McGwire/Sosa HR chase and the advent of eBay.

I was checking my spreadsheet the other day, which has all my graded cards listed. I did a sort by "date of purchase", and was surprised to see that this Green Cobb was the first ever "vintage" graded card I bought after re-entering the hobby. It was the early part of 2003, and up to this point all of my purchases were modern cards.

By March of '03, the luster of buying cards of known cheaters had worn off (sigh), and thanks in part to this forum and CU, I had gotten the itch to buy something older. Much older.

So this Cobb popped up on my eBay search, and I waited for the evening to place my manually timed snipe (this was before the days of sniping services).

I was high bidder on the auction (YES! ), but it didn't meet reserve (SHIT! ) at just over $1K ( this was 2003). I was bummed, but the seller relisted the card a week later with no reserve, and I won the auction for real this time, with the final bid actually being slightly lower than the week before.

After this card, I was hooked -- 95% of my future card purchases were vintage. Crazy to think I've had this card for 14 years now. 2 small surface wrinkles on the front, to the right of Cobb's head, account for the grade.

Great looking green Cobb Chuck! Love small imperfections on an otherwise pristine image. My kind of card!

[baztacula]

I'm a budget Cobb guy. I got the green one thinking it would probably cross over with a 'poor' grade (it did) but I didn't care too much. It looks nice with the rest of the Cobb family. Plus, all four of them combined cost me about what one SGC 40 or PSA 3 green Cobb currently goes for all by itself.

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by baztacula

I'm a budget Cobb guy. I got the green one thinking it would probably cross over with a 'poor' grade (it did) but I didn't care too much. It looks nice with the rest of the Cobb family. Plus, all four of them combined cost me about what one SGC 40 or PSA 3 green Cobb currently goes for all by itself.

Great looking quartet. I'd rather have four lower graded, but nicely centered Cobbs like yours than high grade, off-centered.

[jlehma13]

Where's the rest of the beaters? They seem to be like hens teeth, hence it's the last card needed to complete my set.

[david_l]

Well, since nobody enjoyed my picture of the last "Cobb" I posted..

Originally Posted by jlehma13

Where's the rest of the beaters? They seem to be like hens teeth, hence it's the last card needed to complete my set.

Here you go..

I got this when I was probably eleven years old ca. 1990 or so. I got it from a card show where I traded a Wayne Gretzky rookie. Probably still one of my all time happiest moments..

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

Great looking quartet. I'd rather have four lower graded, but nicely centered Cobbs like yours than high grade, off-centered.

We think the same, Sam. By the way, I like your Gehringer-inspired screen name.

[phlflyer1]

Sadly, I no longer have the Green T206 Cobb or other T206s from this collage but at least I still have his Green E98 to enjoy.