Probstein - '15 Cracker Jacks

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ParisianJohn

Ouch, again that's more than I expected again for Heinie Wagner. I've looked on sites like 130point and it seems his 1915 CJ wasn't going for that much more than any other common card until about a year ago. I guess I'll always have my high-quality reprint!

Good luck tracking down a real one at a reasonable price...his card has such a great pose.

Here is a fun Heinie I came across about 20 years ago that is shellacked to a wooden plaque, but whoever did so was considerate enough to copy out all the backside writeup onto the back of the plaque.

Brian

[rjackson44]

Good things cost money

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by rjackson44

Good things cost money

Unless 20 years ago you had different standards for items that qualified as a good thing...I think my plaque cost me about $6 or $7. And it is worth at least twice that now.

Brian

[ParisianJohn]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Unless 20 years ago you had different standards for items that qualified as a good thing...I think my plaque cost me about $6 or $7. And it is worth at least twice that now.

Brian

That handwritten copy on to the back of the plaque is fantastic! And I'll give you two and a half times what you paid for it

I've checked the population reports for graded Heinie Wagners and he's at the same volume as people like the other Heinie (Zimmerman) and teammate/manager Bill Carrigan, yet he commands prices like he's a lower tier HOFer. In fact, in that same Probstein sale on eBay this week Zimmerman's 1915 CJ at PSA 7 sold for $1,050 and Carrigan's PSA 7 for $817 while .

Heinie Wagner's card is cool looking, and that prominent "Red Sox" on his uniform sticks out for us Sox fans, but I would not be surprised if some newbie investors in vintage think he's Honus Wagner of that famous T206 card and have driven up the price in the past year or two.

[rjackson44]

Originally Posted by rjackson44

Good things cost money

i meant the cracker jacks lol

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Good luck tracking down a real one at a reasonable price...his card has such a great pose.

Here is a fun Heinie I came across about 20 years ago that is shellacked to a wooden plaque, but whoever did so was considerate enough to copy out all the backside writeup onto the back of the plaque.

Brian

You should get that slab, slabbed. ;-)