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runscottI bought a card very cheaply, but at a price that the seller was happy with, and that I was happy with. He had just purchased the card in an auction and the price he offered me I can only assume was one that made him a nice profit.
When I got the card and examined it, I discovered that it had a player on the card that made it worth substantially more than I paid for it - how much more, I wasn't sure. I considered telling the original seller that the card had turned out to be rare and then sending him an extra check. But then, would he be obligated to send another check to the person he purchased it from? And would that person then be obligated to send a check? and so on, and so on.
Finally, the descendants of the original photographer who probably died back in the late 1800's, would be entitled to some sort of check. To avoid these complications, I decided to keep the original deal that myself and the previous owner had agreed to.