Are Puckett collectors a little more hardcore????

Rudedawg

Over the past couple years, I've had a couple of particular collection pieces come up for auction that include Kirby Puckett. I do not specifically collect Puckett, he is merely in a set I collect. One particular offering was a blank back Puckett proof card that, to be fair, was pretty rare. It was snatched up (BIN) in no time for about $150.00. All the other player's proof cards weren't touched. Then, twice over the last year a Puckett autographed card related to my collection (non RC) has come up and went for $100-$110 (raw/no authentication).

Puckett certainly isn't going to be signing any new cards or memorabilia, but it seems Puckett collectors are pretty hardcore . I have a feeling one of my POP 1 Puckett PSA 10's of his could easily fetch $250 if I laid it out there.

Anyway, just wanted input from you guys if you think this is accurate or I'm just hallucinating

JoeBanzai

Of course his passing has led to higher auto prices. Turns out he was also not a great signer in person. His autographs are fairly hard to come by.

He had a pretty rabid bunch collecting him, at one time. He was the best player here in Minnesota for a long time and very popular until after he retired and some problems came up.

I am sure you are not hallucinating! LOL

Joe

Rudedawg

Hey Joe,

I live in northeast Iowa and remember how big he was in his playing days. Younger deaths always have a way of creating more interest. As you said there still appears to be, at the least, a small group of people who will pay about anything for more rare items or autos of his. That just sucks for me, though!!!

I'm a little surprised with how collected he is after "the issues" after his retirement.

Thanks for telling me I'm not seein' things, hahaha

Boopotts

I don't think you'll get anywhere near $250 for pop 1 Pucketts that come from inexpensive sets. My thinking is that $30-$40 would be the ceiling.

Rudedawg

Boo, Maybe I was being a bit over the top on that price, but I've seen a PSA 10 POP 1 Will Clark from that set sell for $150 BIN, not to mention the ungraded Puckett proof card selling for $150. I have no plans to sell mine, just illustrating a point.

B-ball, yes, you are correct about the differences between autos/proofs and PSA 10's as well as other 10's coming onto the market. My collection is indeed a small, specialized set and not a lot are graded.

jbox

What is the Pop 1 Puckett you have? That would make this a more productive discussion.

jbox

Rudedawg

1991 Fleer Pro Visions PSA 10 Puckett. Only 19 graded, though.

Again, my point is not to argue a particular price for PSA 10s in this set, but just to theorize that a POP 1 PSA 10 of Puckett would fetch a far higher price than a, say, POP 1 PSA 10 of McGwire, Clark, Clemens, etc. from this set just because of the actions of Puckett collectors.

I just checked some sold listings for the 1991 Fleer Football Pro Visions and saw this. I check everyday for these and never even saw it before it got sold.

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Boopotts

There are two guys who are really rabid Clark collectors- that's why you see those kinds of nosebleed prices for Clark cards. There used to be a couple of fairly hardcore Puckett collectors, but my impression is that interest in Puckett PSA 10's has cooled off considerably in the past five years or so.

Rudedawg

I agree that it only takes a couple rabid collectors to jack up prices, and that appeared to be the case on my most autographed item I tried to get of Puckett's.

Boopotts

<< <i>I agree that it only takes a couple rabid collectors to jack up prices, and that appeared to be the case on my most autographed item I tried to get of Puckett's. >>



Absolutely- it's just that there's a difference between collectors, and guys who are building PSA master sets. I'm sure there are quite a few serious collectors out there of Puckett memorabilia; as for serious collectors of Puckett PSA slabs, that's a smaller population.

WRT to the Bo Jackson, that's a pop 1 of a player who has generated a fair bit of PSA registry interest in the past few years. Other players have taken their turn as registry darlings (Yount, Blyleven, Murphy, etc.), and this appears to be a time when the light is shining on Bo.

jbox

I collect Puckett, although not on a Master Set level. I have watched Puckett PSA 10 prices for a few years. I think his prices climb when you see a low pop of a desirable set. When you get convergence of player collectors and set collectors on a card, that's one recipe for high prices. I agree that Puckett has cooled over the last few years, but I definitely see a few outliers here and there. It really does take such a small number of collectors to drive prices up. All you need is an ESPN 30 for 30 to remind a handful of people that they love Bo Jackson and you have what we've seen over the last year with his prices.

Puckett autographs are definitely their own thing given his death.

Good discussion.

jbox

Rudedawg

I agree with both you guys' several points. The recent "Bo Phenomenon" is certainly attributable to the 30 for 30 series, imho. I can't imagine that card getting $200 two years ago....or even one year ago.

Overall, I am a collector and don't chase the Registry with a fever. If I can pick up a PSA 10 that I don't have at a decent price, I will. If not, I pass on it or submit my own raw cards.

Indeed a good discussion on this, thanks guys!

Boopotts

<< <i>I agree with both you guys' several points. The recent "Bo Phenomenon" is certainly attributable to the 30 for 30 series, imho. I can't imagine that card getting $200 two years ago....or even one year ago.

Overall, I am a collector and don't chase the Registry with a fever. If I can pick up a PSA 10 that I don't have at a decent price, I will. If not, I pass on it or submit my own raw cards.

Indeed a good discussion on this, thanks guys! >>



Agreed. I can remember when pop 1 Bo Jacksons were in the $30-$50 range, but they were nowhere close to $200 before the ESPN special.

HoofHearted

This thread got me looking at my Kirby Kollections in the Registry. I noticed I have a couple PSA 9s with a pop of 1 and none higher. One of them, the 1990 Red Foley Sticker Hand-cut Kirby (#75) isn't showing in the Pop Report. Could someone point me to the Certificate number finder -- or whatever it's called?

I may need to contact CS to get it added in the Pop Rpt.

Thanks!

HoofHearted

And speaking of Kirby's autographs, I've got a card, ball and 8.5x11 framed photo all proudly displayed. I loved watching Kirby play. He always had a big smile on his face and gave it all every game.

Miss you Kirby...

HoofHearted

<< <i>This thread got me looking at my Kirby Kollections in the Registry. I noticed I have a couple PSA 9s with a pop of 1 and none higher. One of them, the 1990 Red Foley Sticker Hand-cut Kirby (#75) isn't showing in the Pop Report. Could someone point me to the Certificate number finder -- or whatever it's called?

I may need to contact CS to get it added in the Pop Rpt.

Thanks! >>



Ooops! I just dug out my '90 Red Foley Puckett and it's not a single stamp but rather the panel with Jeff Reardon. It's a 1of1. Awesome!

Once I logged in I was able to find the Cert Verification link, too. When it came up I looked closer and noticed the panel variation...

My other PSA Pop 1 none higher is a '91 Star Diamond Series Promo card of Kirby. I bought that one on eBay on 1/21/07. The '90 Red Foley I picked up from eBay seller "rojik1" (anybody here use that seller ID?) on 7/17/09. Maybe I should put those two up for auction...

CDsNuts

I don't think you'll get anywhere near $250 for pop 1 Pucketts that come from inexpensive sets. My thinking is that $30-$40 would be the ceiling.


That's about right, I popped a handful of Pop 1-3 Puckett's a few months back and that's about what they brought if they sold. I think the top Puckett registry guys got out of the game. That doesn't mean there still aren't hardcore Puckett collectors out there, they just don't care about PSA 10s.