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runscottI recently finally gave up collecting them and put a few on ebay just to see how they'd do (I got these cheap anyway). Six months ago the 1911's were at least bringing book, but now they've gone the way of the 1910's. The 1909's are bringing more than book if you can find them - I finally found an EX one for my type set, horizontal Martinke, that I'm very happy with.
Interestingly, the SCD Catalog doesn't list the 1909 Martinke at all, and the Lipset Guide has it as a 1910 card! Pretty weird that they would both get it wrong. There's also no mention of the horizontal pose. Uh oh, just checked the Vintage Cardboard OBAK site and it also fails to list Martinke in the 1909 list! What kind of animal did I buy?