I'm curious as to the popularity of vintage football cards in the hobby, particularly mid-50s. One of those infamous "box of cards in the back of a closet belonging to a now deceased relative" has come to light and it's become my task to sell it all off for the estate. The majority of all this is baseball but there was a small batch of 30 football cards in there, one from '55 Bowman and the rest from '56 and '57 Topps.
Now, there are literally two things I know about vintage football cards. Jack and Squat. Hell, I don't know much about the history of the game other than who won a Super Bowl. With that said, I do recognize a few names in there and at least two are in the hall of fame. I say at least two because I only looked up three and that was it.
I don't have the OPG for football and likely won't get it as it doesn't make sense to spend the money for even a month on this small batch of cards, instead just using the ORG for keeping track of things. So I instead checked out ebay completed sales of some of the players I had heard of, to include the HoFers, in similar condition and was somewhat shocked to see how low they had sold for. I certainly wasn't expecting a gold mine but I'm used to baseball where a HoFer or even a great condition semi-star from the era will sell infinitely better.
So, after that long winded post, is interest in vintage football really that low or lacking? Or, do I just have a very small sample size that I'm looking at and people are not interested in those years?
Now, there are literally two things I know about vintage football cards. Jack and Squat. Hell, I don't know much about the history of the game other than who won a Super Bowl. With that said, I do recognize a few names in there and at least two are in the hall of fame. I say at least two because I only looked up three and that was it.
I don't have the OPG for football and likely won't get it as it doesn't make sense to spend the money for even a month on this small batch of cards, instead just using the ORG for keeping track of things. So I instead checked out ebay completed sales of some of the players I had heard of, to include the HoFers, in similar condition and was somewhat shocked to see how low they had sold for. I certainly wasn't expecting a gold mine but I'm used to baseball where a HoFer or even a great condition semi-star from the era will sell infinitely better.
So, after that long winded post, is interest in vintage football really that low or lacking? Or, do I just have a very small sample size that I'm looking at and people are not interested in those years?
