The seller claims he sold his Wagner in 1987, but the DuMouchelles sale Corey is citing was 1991. That auction had the most comprehensive collection of baseball books the hobby has ever seen. It was consigned to them because the family lived nearby. Never in the history of auctions has an auction company known less about the material they were selling. They never did one iota of research, and got nearly every description wrong. But most of the books still did well in spite of the simply dreadful catalog.
But those Wagners in the 1991 sale weren't real, and when it was pointed out to the auction house, their response was they didn't care, and the buyers didn't seem to care either. You have to love it!
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