Posted By:
Hal LewisBarry:
For starters, I think this card would be worth a LOT MORE than just a "tiny fraction" of its cost even if it had been printed in 1910 (which it wasn't).
The Boston Garter cards are NOT rookie cards by any stretch of the imagination... but a Mathewson example sure is worth a lot of money because the player was legendary and the cards are very rare.
The 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folder Three-Section Advertising Display (40 x 60 inches) in the upcoming REA auction is not a "rookie card" by ay stretch... but it will be worth a lot of money because the players on it are legendary and the item is very rare.
The 1951 Toleteros Gibson card was printed AFTER he died, but is worth a great deal because the player is legendary and the card is very rare.
Wagner was legendary... and the Reccius card is as rare as you can get...
so quite frankly I don't expect the "rookie" designation to matter much.
It is CLEARLY the earliest PHOTO of him playing baseball... so that has value in and of itself...
even if this was not a card and was just a wire photo.