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Posted By: john/z28jd

Usually when something is so rare the price guide is meaningless but i would say they were good estimates.I dont think the price guide influenced the sale because the cards have enough historical significance for bidders to decide on their own how much they want to spend to own a one-of-a-kind card.

In this case the guesses on prices arent misleading but if it were a common early 10'-20s player from an unknown set with no descriptive markings then a price guess would be irresponsible.

Those hancock cards were publicized numerous times on the board before they were ever for sale so they might not have had a sale price to go by but there couldve been numerous offline offers which influenced the price estimate.Guides are just that,not written in stone,they would be too tough to carry around at card shows if they were