Posted By:
Craig LipmanRichard ,
The SMR lists the Anson in Uni at 80k. Your offer of $400,000 would make it the 2nd highest valued card. It sure would be interesting to see it at auction again.
By the way I purchased a 19th century hofer for $2000 under the SMR and a 33 Delong hofer for under SMR in the past two months. These cards were bought on ebay so I think the price realized is market value as any dealer could have easily stepped in and bid. My point is not every prewar card is undervalued by the smr. I agree caramel cards are way undervalued but the higher grades ( 7s and 8s) are so rarely traded publicly it would be hard for an observer to fairly value them. The same is true of T204s.
Why get all worked up about the smr anyways?; Card prices are so volatile its not like tracking the stock market. Just because two registry geeks duke it out doesn't mean that your 1953 Bowman common is always going to bring 5k or whatever else you may think it's worth.