Thread: Was this a good buy (rare 19th century letter)?
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Old 10-22-2007, 08:30 PM
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Default Was this a good buy (rare 19th century letter)?
Posted By: Bill Todd

Yeah, I got outsniped at the last second as well (would have been third). My heart was beating kind of fast when I saw that it was still at $65 this evening, and no baseball folks had bid on it yet (only cover guys).

Hoy played in a barnstorming tour with the Boston Beaneaters that winter in California. I hope Veangregg will share some of the content with us once he has the letter in hand.

The seller gets between $10 and $20 for most of his covers. He obviously didn't know what he had here, or he would have said more about the baseball part and would have shown the signature; he must be stunned at the ending price.

Bill

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