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01-30-2011, 11:48 AM
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#1 and Last Card $ Bump: Fallacy?
Just wondering if you felt that the #1 card/Last card of a set is worth much more than other commons or is this a fallacy? Were these cards really much more likely to bear the brunt of the rubber band or is this an old wives tale? I've noticed Beckett book buys into this concept but I feel like this is an artificial "book" construct. What is your experience with the value of first/last cards???
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01-30-2011, 11:59 AM
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Definitely NOT an old wive's tale Minty. Back when I was a kid EVERYONE had their card stacks surrounded by rubber bands and they not only made dents, they very often broke the paper edges top, bottom & sides. That was the universal way to store them!
When I reclaimed my cards in the '80's after over 25 yrs in the closet almost all of them still had the rubber bands around them---some had actually "fused" to the top, bottom & sides of the cards!
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01-30-2011, 12:14 PM
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Fred
Fred, I have no doubt that collectors did use rubber bands but do you really think the top/bottom card really felt the effect that much more than the others? I could see a slight premium for higher grade cards of 1/last cards but really the jump that beckett gives it? For example, #1 dick groat '61 card is valued at $30 NM but every other common $3-do you really think groat '61 is so much more likely abused due to rubber bands to demand a x10 price jump?
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01-30-2011, 12:45 PM
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Rubber bands
I started collecting in 1957 at age 7, and I agree with Fred. I used rubber bands and they did take a somewhat greater toll on the top and bottom cards surfaces as opposed to edges. Enough for the various premiums , I don't know
But it wasn't all kids. I have an unopened "rack" pack that includes a full set of 51 Red Backs in panels in two rows with a game board. Sandwiched in between the panels are 4 or 6 either Connie Mack or Current All Stars ( can see the red backgrounds). Both columns of panels have small rubber bands binding them at the panel perforations. I am sort of amazed the rubber bands have not disintegrated over 60 years. I think David has a picture of the type pack in his blog ( it may be the pack since I got it in a major auction years back)
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01-30-2011, 01:58 PM
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We also wrapped our cards in rubber bands, but all my friends and I collected by teams. I started collecting in 1970 age 7, and we wrapped rubber bands around the teams, not putting them in numerical order at all.
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01-30-2011, 02:45 PM
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1st last
I feel with any vintage first or last card of a set. (Outside of the card being true NM..and provided its not a star card)..the card should be looked on as a run of the mill common..and graded in its proper condition as any other common in that same condition.....the 61 T Groat, any 60s #1 card of a league Leaders, etc.. What often happens is...for ex. - that 1950B # 252 ( last card in set DeMars) in VG gets valued higher then card # 251 ( also a common) which is also a Vg shape card
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