Pep Young, #107 in W514... He's in the Hall of Fame

triwak · #1 02-21-2011, 08:55 PM

Great discovery!! I've always found it crazy that his last name is misspelled on almost EVERY contemporary card. You'd think for a HOF caliber player, the correct spelling would have been more widely known?

Edited to add: OK, I now see from the above baseball reference link, that apparently he chose to play as Ross Young (no "s").

FrankWakefield · #2 02-21-2011, 08:58 PM

From what I can see, he played as Ross Young. Not Youngs. And he had the nickname Pep early on... as did some other players. But I don't recall any Pep's lately.

brianp-beme · #3 02-21-2011, 09:10 PM

I latched on to the W514 Youngs connection years ago, even told a few collectors about it. But I never associated it as being a 'rookie' card. My collecting has never worked that way. If my mind was wired into rookie collecting, and I was a little more financially motivated, I could have made a handy profit stockpiling these cards.

Brian

Matt · #4 02-21-2011, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme

If my mind was wired into rookie collecting, and I was a little more financially motivated, I could have made a handy profit stockpiling these cards.

I'm doubtful the card is going to skyrocket in value - the card is relatively plentiful and there aren't a ton of pre-war rookie card collectors out there. It certainly will increase with the recognition of it being the card of a HOFer, but IMO it won't carry that much of a premium over other W514 HOFers.

DanP · #5 02-21-2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt

I'm doubtful the card is going to skyrocket in value - the card is relatively plentiful and there aren't a ton of pre-war rookie card collectors out there. It certainly will increase with the recognition of it being the card of a HOFer, but IMO it won't carry that much of a premium over other W514 HOFers.

I think you're right. I am a RC collector and could care less if I ever get one of those cards (they're ugly). If it's very cheap I may pick one up, but I'll always consider the Koester Bread his RC.

Dan

z28jd · #6 02-21-2011, 09:35 PM

We talked about this cards years ago on here when Hal Lewis was trying to get his HOF rookie card set. I have the highest graded SGC one(60) I bought back in 2003 off ebay for $11 and got it that cheap because even when it's nice looking its still a strip card and the seller didn't label it as a Ross Youngs rookie.

I knew from reading this board at the time what I was buying and honestly it was the only reason I bought a strip card of him....well,that and the $11 price tag which included shipping

brianp-beme · #7 02-21-2011, 09:44 PM

I wasn't talking about mega money, but this card has never normally been identified as Hall of Famer when people have sold it, as it is not listed in the catalogues as anything but a common player. The fact that it is perhaps his rookie card on top of this will probably multiple 4 to 6 times the value of what was previously viewed by most as a common. Like I said, a handy profit could have been made by scooping them up at a common price.

Brian

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