1915 Boston Red Sox Postcard vs 1905 W601 Detroit Tigers

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Once again, another Cobb rookie underperformed in HA auction that just ended last night. The only thing I placed a bid on that didn’t go strong (didn’t end up getting it anyway). This follows the very recent rarely seen Wolverine Cobb batting that also ended quite a bit lower than expected. Cobb rookies continue to be some of the only reasonable buys in the pre-war realm amongst “big boy” cards.

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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Once again, another Cobb rookie underperformed in HA auction that just ended last night. The only thing I placed a bid on that didn’t go strong (didn’t end up getting it anyway). This follows the very recent rarely seen Wolverine Cobb batting that also ended quite a bit lower than expected. Cobb rookies continue to be some of the only reasonable buys in the pre-war realm amongst “big boy” cards.

The Hornsby rookie certainly didn’t suffer last night.

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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Once again, another Cobb rookie underperformed in HA auction that just ended last night. The only thing I placed a bid on that didn’t go strong (didn’t end up getting it anyway). This follows the very recent rarely seen Wolverine Cobb batting that also ended quite a bit lower than expected. Cobb rookies continue to be some of the only reasonable buys in the pre-war realm amongst “big boy” cards.

Phil, I’m not sure which Cobb you are referencing as there are so many purported Cobb “rookie” cards. I do know that a PSA 4 E98 Cobb went for a really high 39K and the Novelty Cutlery Cobbs went high as well for the grade. As for the Wolverine batting card, it’s sold 15 times at least in the past 3.5 years. It’s not rarely seen at all anymore - that’s why the price hasn’t been strong of late.

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Agreed, Jeff. I was hoping to come away with the NC Cobb/Wagner but that one got way out of reach for me (as usual). I backed off the Taylor Cobb at the last minute because of the heavy crease and my opinion that a 2 was over grading it.

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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Agreed, Jeff. I was hoping to come away with the NC Cobb/Wagner but that one got way out of reach for me (as usual). I backed off the Taylor Cobb at the last minute because of the heavy crease and my opinion that a 2 was over grading it.

I think the NC Cobb went for a cheaper price relatively for sure. Virtually flat from last October. And yes on the Taylor Cobb, I agree with all that.