Yeah, that was from a so-called "estate find" that turned out to be a really cool lot. Still, the lot was bought in a very pedestrian from eBay. And the other cards from the lot graded 4 and under.
I think many of us, me included, cling to the romantic and optimistic idea that there are RAW sets of 1914's, and Ramly's, and other really cool pre-war sets, out there somewhere, in decent grade, in the hands of shadowy, Gedde-esque wealthy heirs that do not deign to dabble in the hobby as we know it, but rather in their own circles of collecting that no one here in these forums knows anything about. But I just don't think that is so.
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