Vintage Trimmed/Altered Cards...whats the future hold?

[whycough]

Hey, tbob. Don't kid yourself: I'm sure quite a few altered cards reside in SGC holders also.

[teetwoohsix]

I guess if you are buying a trimmed/altered card to fill holes in your collection and do not care much about it from an investment point of view,go for it.

If you look at your cards as an investment,you may want to realize that your return down the road may not be much with trimmed/altered cards.I don't think trimmed/altered cards are going to somehow become more valuable in the future than they are now-just my opinion.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

I guess if you are buying a trimmed/altered card to fill holes in your collection and do not care much about it from an investment point of view,go for it.

If you look at your cards as an investment,you may want to realize that your return down the road may not be much with trimmed/altered cards.I don't think trimmed/altered cards are going to somehow become more valuable in the future than they are now-just my opinion.

I wouldn't disagree with that. Some say the most expensive card in the hobby is altered.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by whycough

Hey, tbob. Don't kid yourself: I'm sure quite a few altered cards reside in SGC holders also.

I agree. I used the PSA 7, 8 and 9 T206s as an example because a lot of suspicious looking beauties made their way in to PSA holders before SGC was off and running in pre-war cards.

[JamesGallo]

I think it depends on the card. I think for common stuff I would just prefer a nice grade card, however if money was tight then having some pretty looking cards might be a better way to go.

On rare and highly desirable stuff I see these cards increasing in value and demand, but I don't see them ever getting higher then the G-VG price of an unaltered card. When you can buy a card for 1000-2000 that looks like and 8-10K card it opens the market up to more people. Regardless to what people may think there are A LOT more people able and willing to spend 1-2K on a card then 8-10K.

Recently I think the altered T206 Wagner and Planks have proven this.

James G

[jboosted92]

Originally Posted by JamesGallo

I think it depends on the card. I think for common stuff I would just prefer a nice grade card, however if money was tight then having some pretty looking cards might be a better way to go.

On rare and highly desirable stuff I see these cards increasing in value and demand, but I don't see them ever getting higher then the G-VG price of an unaltered card. When you can buy a card for 1000-2000 that looks like and 8-10K card it opens the market up to more people. Regardless to what people may think there are A LOT more people able and willing to spend 1-2K on a card then 8-10K.

Recently I think the altered T206 Wagner and Planks have proven this.

James G

i wonder how the value will follow hte graded cards..

for example like the ruth goudey....not the rarest card, but high demand..

if the EXt-NM, grows in value over the next 10-15 years to lets say $12,000-$14,000.....the altered version....$2,000? $3,000? $4,000?

how does it follow?