Do you pay extra for a card from a famous collector?

doug.goodman · #1 06-09-2024, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by blackandgold

Just curious. I was looking at some cards today, and one was from the Buck Barker collection.

Thanks!

It would be cool to own something from a collection of that type, but it would still be mostly about the card for me.

Along the same lines, in my m114 collection I have a number of signed ones, but this weekend I was able to "upgrade" one of my Carl Hubbells to an unsigned one.

Jobu · #2 06-09-2024, 05:02 PM

I think it depends. Things purportedly owned by F Scott Fitzgerald bring a premium. Cards with Jefferson Burdick stamps also bring premiums, but he was arguably the most important collector and cards from his collection are difficult to find because he donated his collection to the Met so only stuff that he traded/sold (and stamped before the transaction) during his lifetime is out there. I think Charlie Sheen's cards might also bring a little bit of a premium. I don't know that I have seen cards from any other collector's collection go for anything more than they would as a regular old card.

kcohen · #3 06-09-2024, 06:48 PM

No, definitely not. Unless it comes from the Dan McKee collection.

Rich Klein · #4 06-09-2024, 07:34 PM

You will know this hobby is getting towards being a long-term hobby when provenance becomes an important part of your potential buying. In future generations, that will become even more important in my opinion.

Rich

Casey2296 · #5 06-09-2024, 08:27 PM

All things being equal in card condition I would pay a small premium for provenance from old time collectors.

kailes2872 · #6 06-09-2024, 08:46 PM

One of my biggest collecting regrets is not going harder for a complete '33 Delong Lionel Carter set in REA a few years ago (2016/2017?).

I can't remember what it sold for, but it was substantially cheaper than the Gehrig goes for now and the entire set was SGC. It would have been awesome to have that set with Lionel's name on all of the slabs. But, alas, I couldn't pull the trigger and will now probably never own the set, let alone that specific one.

GasHouseGang · #7 06-09-2024, 09:04 PM

Here is one of the threads that talked about this:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=336414

The Nasty Nati · #8 06-12-2024, 01:37 PM

I didn't know the whole '33 Delong set was sold to one winner. No wonder I don't see any Lionel Carter Delongs up for auction. I've always REALLY wanted a '33 Delong Lionel Carter card because that was the set the got him into collecting, and that's the earliest confirmed set that he pack pulled.

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Originally Posted by kailes2872

One of my biggest collecting regrets is not going harder for a complete '33 Delong Lionel Carter set in REA a few years ago (2016/2017?).

I can't remember what it sold for, but it was substantially cheaper than the Gehrig goes for now and the entire set was SGC. It would have been awesome to have that set with Lionel's name on all of the slabs. But, alas, I couldn't pull the trigger and will now probably never own the set, let alone that specific one.

T206Collector · #9 06-10-2024, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich Klein

You will know this hobby is getting towards being a long-term hobby when provenance becomes an important part of your potential buying. In future generations, that will become even more important in my opinion.

Rich

+1

calvindog · #10 06-10-2024, 08:25 AM