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I think there's only 1 card of Ernie Davis, the 62 Topps. It's very $$$.
THere are actually 2 "Real" cards of Ernie Davis. By "real" I mean cards produced during his playing days. Besides the expensive ($800)1962 Topps RC there was also a nationally distributed college issue called 1961 Nu-cards which you don't come across very often but are quite inexpensive. ($60 at last check). Picture below.


In the biggest card store in Syracuse, that Nu-Card of Davis sat in the display case for months and months and no interest was shown in it. And this was in Syracuse of all places!! I finally bought it after seeing a guy spend $130 on 4 1993 Reggie F. Brooks RCs. Brooks had a good (not great) rookie year with the Redskins but Flamed out (thus the F. as his middle initial) after that. The insanity of that buy inspired me to buy the Nu-Card Ernie Davis which I still own today 30+ years later. I just don't get card collectors spending outrageous money on prospects the vast majority of whom wash out while really good buys are widely available if one looks around some.

Well after that rant, I am off to buy some extrodinarily over priced Jasssssssson Dominguez autographed RCs because he has more S's in his first name than he has career home runs.
 
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THere are actually 2 "Real" cards of Ernie Davis. By "real" I mean cards produced during his playing days. Besides the expensive ($800)1962 Topps RC there was also a nationally distributed college issue called 1961 Nu-cards which you don't come across very often but are quite inexpensive. ($60 at last check). Picture below.


In the biggest card store in Syracuse, that Nu-Card of Davis sat in the display case for months and months and no interest was shown in it. And this was in Syracuse of all places!! I finally bought it after seeing a guy spend $130 on 4 1993 Reggie F. Brooks RCs. Brooks had a good (not great) rookie year with the Redskins but Flamed out (thus the F. as his middle initial) after that. The insanity of that buy inspired me to buy the Nu-Card Ernie Davis which I still own today 30+ years later. I just don't get card collectors spending outrageous money on prospects the vast majority of whom wash out while really good buys are widely available if one looks around some.

Well after that rant, I am off to buy some extrodinarily over priced Jasssssssson Dominguez autographed RCs because he has more S's in his first name than he has career home runs.
I'm not feeling Dominguez. Maybe if you flip them right away. There are some guys you can just feel. Bobby Witt, for instance. Shohei. Not the guy with too many S's.
 
I'm not feeling Dominguez. Maybe if you flip them right away. There are some guys you can just feel. Bobby Witt, for instance. Shohei. Not the guy with too many S's.
I'm not feeling him either. Quite the opposite. I've seen his cards supposedly $800, $1000, $1200 offered here and for what? He couldn't get off the pine in last year's World Series, he is a major liability in the field, his career bating average was hovering around the Mendoza line at the start of the year, Aaron Judge has more home runs this year than he does in his entire career, he bats 7th or 8th in the Yankees lineup and yet many card collector's seem to feel some of his cards price out in the vintage Mantle range!

Many card collectors seem to fall for hype and don't know how to read statistics or player's birth dates. I'm sure we all fell for player hype at some point in our collecting lives but not at $1,000 a card for prospects/suspects.
 
Now that is a novel idea using Bobby Bonds actual (a copy I hope) 1969 Topp RC and then create a 1969 design for his son. Very cool idea which makes for a really sharp looking card. THrow in the fact that for me the 1969 Topps set is the 2nd best looking baseball set ever and this card is a real winner.
 
Now that is a novel idea using Bobby Bonds actual (a copy I hope) 1969 Topp RC and then create a 1969 design for his son. Very cool idea which makes for a really sharp looking card. THrow in the fact that for me the 1969 Topps set is the 2nd best looking baseball set ever and this card is a real winner.
I have the whole GU set of those from 2002 Topps..........Back when they used a little thought in insert designs.........Someone else posted the Alomar Father/Son's card a few weeks ago; that was the '65 Topps layout..........
 
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