Why is the IMPERIAL TOB. (C46) O'HARA WORTH MORE ?

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>At the Cooperstown Show, recently, I acquired several Walk-Ins.<br />The best one was 29 - Imperial Tobacco (C46) cards; or approxi-<br />mately 1/3 the set. I noticed the Bill O'Hara in this collection is<br />valued at 2 - 3 times the value of a common. The 90 cards in this<br />set are numbered, and O'Hara is #1. But, I can't believe that is<br />a factor.<br /><br />Does the higher premium on this card carry-over from his rare<br />variation card in the T206 set? O'Hara played for NY in 1909<br />and St. Louis in 1910. In 1911 he was back in the International<br />League with Toronto. That essentially is his total career.<br /><br />Some one out there please enlighten me? <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>It's just because the #1 scenario.........is the last card in the set valued the same? The whole rubber band fiasco.....

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Posted By: <b>joe</b><p>It's hard to believe the whole "rubber band theory" when it comes to these cards. They're so thin that a rubber band would destroy a bunch of them if they were all together, not just the top and bottom ones. On another note, I need some Buffalo and Rochester cards from this set, if you have some doubles or are looking to dump some off.

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>TOM<br /><br />I checked this set in both Beckett and Krause Price Guides and<br />O'Hara ranges anywhere from $100 - 200. However, the last card,<br />#90, Ed Curtis is valued as a common ($50).<br /><br />So, I don't think the old "rubberband" factor is in play here<br />regarding O'Hara. Perhaps, kids collecting up in Canada didn't<br />use rubberbands back in 1912.

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>the Canadian rubber band conspiracy.....maybe Eliot and Max can weigh in on that one........

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Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>The explanation is perhaps simple: in 1912, all rubberbands were used by Canadian kids to hold up their shinpads when they played hockey. (regrettably, that vintage practice has been replaced with velcro fasteners)<br /><br />Interestingly (or not), Canada is not mentioned in the history of rubber bands <a href="http://www.versteegde.nl/Bambustic/RubberBands" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.versteegde.nl/Bambustic/RubberBands</a>/<br /><br />Max<br /><br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>of the 'Vacation' movie where Chevy Chase wanted to stop on the way to Wally World to see the largest ball of twine on the face of the earth........