I understand why the "Black Swamp Find" was publicized: to get publicity for this auction and Heritage. But can anyone say with a straight face that if Heritage had simply announced that in its upcoming live auction that they would have a Wagner 10 and a Cobb 9 in it they both wouldn't have gone for well more than 100K apiece -- without Heritage being in every newspaper in the country? It's not like news of these cards wouldn't have made the rounds to every collector in the hobby in a minute flat. I just can't see the logic in how this was handled except to think that Heritage's interests and handling of the auction were inconsistent with the consigners' interests and bottom line.
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