Hoard of 1933 Goudey Lajoie

bbfan79

Check out this video on YouTube. Just total sickness! Life is SO unfair.

VitoCo1972

Saw this the other day in a thread on here, but I forgot to ask...what's the total print run on that card? Didn't you have to write to Goudey to get one?

PowderdToastMan

"One of the rarest baseball cards from a mainstream set is card #106 from the 1933 Goudey set. It was not originally issued with the set, so collectors could not complete the set from packs. In 1934, Goudey issued card #106 for the 1933 set with retired player Napoleon Lajoie. Collectors that sent letters to the Goudey Gum Company complaining about the lack of a #106 card received it in the mail. Few were sent out, but those that did are generally in better condition than other cards of the set due to the lesser chance of handling. The 1933 Goudey #106 Napoleon Lajoie is known as one of the "Big Three" baseball cards along with two cards from the T206 set depicting Honus Wagner and Eddie Plank."

from wikipedia

HeritageSports

Definitely one of the coolest cards in the hobby, both for its rarity and its oddball status. I always wondered how they picked Nap Lajoie as the coverboy for the missing card since, to the best of my knowledge (and correct me if I'm wrong) he's the only "Old Timer" in the set. And why use the 1933 style back but a 1934 style front?

TheCARDKid

Seems like the Lajoie has lagged far behind other popular rare cards in the last 10 years.

Like the T206 Wagner, Baltimore News Ruth, T210 Jackson, etc have all passed it by miles. Have high end collectors tired of the '33 Lajoie?

I think the psa 9 version is "only" $100 k or $150 k.

NickM

Lajoie is not the only old-timer in the set. Tris Speaker and Eddie Collins both have cards - though they had played considerably more recently than Lajoie.

Nick

natetrook

Nice cards, but 4 cards does not make a hoard.

fandango

when there are only 76 graded, in such a popular set, 4 cards is A HOARD.......2 of these is a HOARD!!!


that is one of the coolest youtubes i have seen in a while.....my jaw was on the floor the whole time...i love the slow camera panning! BRILLIANt!

dzolot

I agree that two is a hoard with a card this rare!! Check out the other video he posted -- his collection is pretty incredible!! I wish more high-end collectors posted their videos on youtube. It is a real treat!!!

nightcrawler

Geez...

fkw

The Lajoie is rare within the R319 set, but not rare overall. There are at least 100 if not more of them known.

There are thousands of vintage cards far rarer, but if you want to complete the R319 set you need the Lajoie. Same thing with the T206 Wagner, within the T206 set.
Both the T206 and R319 sets are easily the most popular and common of PreWar sets.

PS the R319 card that is very special is the #106 with the front showing Durocher, not thats a rare card in R319 (Its unique)

jimmyg

Does he pronounce 'Goudey' wrong in his other video?

HoofHearted

Holy crappola. SMR = PSA 6 => 27,500; PSA 4 => 18,000; PSA 2 => 8,000

Total SMR value = $81,000

Nice chunka change!

goose3

I wonder how accurate SMR is on that pricing..... I'd be curious to see VCP on that card in 2,3,4,5,6 if they even have that much info.

I have a PSA3 that I bought from Bill Goodwin outright approximately 2 years or so ago.