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What the Eck???

shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,582 ✭✭✭✭
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Maybe I'm missing something here. Dennis Eckersley was obviously a very good pitcher and he was just inducted into the Hall of Fame, but why does his rookie card always go sky high in PSA 9? I've never seen it go for less than $500 or so. I bid more than $650 on this one, and I wasn't even the underbidder. Geez! SMR is $370, which I think is right around where it should be, and there are 22 straight 9's, which means the card isn't exactly rare. I just don't get it.

Eck
"My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."

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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    I think that a PSA 9 population of 22 is pretty low for a Hall of Famer whose rookie card is from the post-1950s era. Look and compare all the HOF rookie card populations of other HOFers from the 1970 eras, and there is a huge difference. Heck - Schmidt has 68 PSA 9s, and he is from the tough high series!

    ~ms
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,582 ✭✭✭✭
    It always comes back to Mike Schmidt with you doesn't it : )

    I can almost guarantee the pop report on Eck 9's will nearly double in the next year. I think his first ballot HOF induction took a few by surprise, myself included. There are certain to be a lot more Eck 9's submitted now that Eck's bust is in Cooperstown.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    The population should increase - there are only half as many submitted as Ryan for example (less than half actually), but there are only about 1/3 as many PSA 9s - so it seems to be a relatively tough 9 for the set. Not tough like Aaron, but tough, for sure.

    Marc
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • 19541954 Posts: 2,898 ✭✭✭
    This is a good topic to expand on my question. I have two unopened boxes from 1976 Topps, should I crack one to try and hit the Eckersley and many others in hopes of a PSA 9/10? I believe the unopened box would fetch around $1650. What are the thought of the board?

    SL
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This is a good topic to expand on my question. I have two unopened boxes from 1976 Topps, should I crack one to try and hit the Eckersley and many others in hopes of a PSA 9/10? I believe the unopened box would fetch around $1650. What are the thought of the board?

    SL >>



    Shane - sell it as a box, if you ever decide to sell. I cracked a vending case a few years ago, and got no Eckersley 9s. There are not many 9s in the set that would bring you $1,650 - and you are not going to do well with a single wax box. Best-

    ~ms
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • jimtbjimtb Posts: 704 ✭✭
    I think it's that stlyish uniform and dorky look on his face that drives the price up...
    Collecting all graded Alan Trammell graded cards as well as graded 1984 Topps, Donruss, and Fleer Detroit Tigers
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  • 19541954 Posts: 2,898 ✭✭✭
    thanks Marc
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
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