Best non prewar mainstream card to invest on

rhettyeakley · #1 05-16-2023, 06:20 PM

Quality �Type 1� Photos are already so valuable as it is and more people are getting into them.

Personally, they don�t really do much for me as for the most part I collect things that were distributed to the general public and that isn�t Type 1 photos. They almost more akin to a piece of art than a collectible to me.

I have always loved rare player pinbacks like the Cameo Pepsin [Whitehead & Hoag], PM1, Luxello, Morton�s, Hermes, etc. and feel those have a lot of room to move if the needle ever shifts in their favor. Some of those issues are criminally undervalued given the rarity.

EddieP · #2 08-16-2023, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Quality “Type 1” Photos are already so valuable as it is and more people are getting into them.

Personally, they don’t really do much for me as for the most part I collect things that were distributed to the general public and that isn’t Type 1 photos. They almost more akin to a piece of art than a collectible to me.

That’s because photos ARE works of art. The problem with sports photographs are the TPGs and the sports memoriabilia crowd being influenced by them. So much so that the standards used to protect and preserve Works of Art are not used for sports photo. Which is a damn shame.

Looking at the prices of sports photos you could see the basic lack of understanding of photos. For example, calling a Type 3 and Type 4 photos “Original” is ludicrous. Having a Type 2 photo sell less than a Type 3 ( unless its a significant historical event) and Type 4 photo is stupidity. A book that is often recommended by others in this forum so happens to be written by people working at PSA; this just further compounds the proble.

RCMcKenzie · #3 08-16-2023, 03:20 AM

I agree, Eddie, I voted photos, but the thing about photos is that anyone can right click and save on an Ansel Adams, print it up, and frame it, and you have what they have. I included a lower quality photo of my Boston Imperial cabinet so you all can't print up a nice copy of it.

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Supplements	28	18.92%
Type 1 photos	89	60.14%
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