Negro League HOF cards? Best choices?

[paul]

Willie Foster is not available to anyone without a trust fund.

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by paul

Willie Foster is not available to anyone without a trust fund.

Willie Foster is only in the Mallorquina set. To my knowledge, there is literally one single copy of his card. There is also an uncut Mallorquina sheet that has Foster (and Dihigo's rookie for that matter). For $50K, it can be yours.

[Jason19th]

Originally Posted by Kenny Cole

Willie Foster is only in the Mallorquina set. To my knowledge, there is literally one single copy of his card. There is also an uncut Mallorquina sheet that has Foster (and Dihigo's rookie for that matter). For $50K, it can be yours.

Wow - had no idea that card was that rare

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by Jason19th

Wow - had no idea that card was that rare

Of the Negro Leaguers who have period cards (Lloyd, Charleston, Torriente, Mendez, Cooper, Dihigo, R. Brown, Dandridge, W. Brown, Irvin, Day, Smith, Mackey, Hill and Foster), I am missing only Hill and Foster. Hill has a total of 3 cards from two sets (1 Cabanas, 2 Punch) and Foster has the one. They are absolutely impossible.

[paul]

Kenny, the Mallorquina uncut sheet is no longer available for $50K. The price is now $80K.

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by paul

Kenny, the Mallorquina uncut sheet is no longer available for $50K. The price is now $80K.

LOL. Al bumped up several prices it appears.

[bcbgcbrcb]

An alternative way to go for collecting career contemporary pieces of Negro Leaguers that I have always liked is the team postcard/photo route. Oftentimes, you can get multiple Hall of Famers on a single item and cross off more than one individual at a time from your want/need list. These will usually save you substantial money over the one or two of a kind cards for guys like Pete Hill, Willie Foster, etc.