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06-01-2007, 06:29 PM
Posted By: <b>Adam</b><p>Can someone explain to me why a T206 Mathewson portrait graded only SCG 20 is going for so much?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=1833" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=1833</a><br /><br />Is is because:<br /><br />(1) a brown Hindu back really adds that much value? (I go by <a href="http://www.t206museum.com/page/price_list2.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206museum.com/page/price_list2.html</a> and that indicates the multiplier for the T206 Mathewson portrait with a brown Hindu back is only 2);<br /><br />(2) the card is of a HOFer and it has a Hindu back?;<br /><br />(3) the front of the card is in really great condition despite the low grade it received;<br /><br />(4) the buyer just really, really wants the card?<br /><br />Or is it some combination of these things? I just find this to be a lot of money and I am not sure what I am missing (for the record, I put a $300 bid on the item, but it's going to go for a whole lot more than that).<br /><br />