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Originally Posted by btkpath
...and one was (as legend holds) obtained directly from the CJ factory
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Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards
How did someone obtain that set?
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I was curious about the answer to this question, and I remember SGC at one time had a webpage dedicated to this set.
Back in 2004, SGC released a website promoting the sale of a very high grade 1914 complete set. The set sold, supposedly before it was graded, for $800,000 and was advertised to be sold through Mastro. The set was graded and received many high grades, including an amazing SGC 98 Joe Jackson.
I did some searches for the SGC site, which is now no longer in existence, but did come across some matches on the wayback machine. The Net54 archive also had a thread on the set, which (oddly enough
) went off on a couple tangents and provided its share of drama.
Old Net54 thread brought about by the announcement of the sale
Going back in time -- the opening intro page to the site
The press release about the sale
And the discussion of the find, which mentions the factory connection, but not how the set was obtained...