Was this a good deal??

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Posted By: David Smith

This auction just closed on eBay and was wondering how good of a deal, if any, did the buyer get?

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There were 13 S74's, all with paper backing still attached -- 11 baseball players and 2 actresses. All the baseball players had the Old Mill advertising. One actress also had Old Mill (the one pictured in the auction listing) but the second actress (not pictured in auction listing) had a Red Sun backing.

I know all of this because I had a chance to buy these two years ago for $650 but didn't because I didn't have the money. I E-mailed the seller at that time and received scans of the silks. Later, when I did have the money, I E-mailed the seller but they never responded. UGH!!

Thank you in advance for your responses,

David

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I think that's a good deal....I was watching a live auction on ebay about a month ago and was pretty astounded at some of the prices that the silks were bringing with no backing and they were pretty ratty....$50-60 for just some of the common players.

btw here's a link to the auction in question here: http://tinyurl.com/36gumv

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Posted By: David Smith

Thanks Dan, that is what I was afraid of. Knowing that, I feel even worse now that I couldn't buy them two years ago.

David

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Posted By: dstudeba

I wouldn't beat yourself up about it. 2 years ago $650 could have bought you a lot more than it does today in vintage cards. One other S74 with backing went for $90 a little while ago. The auction wasn't unoticed as a number of bidders were in the 800-1000 range. My $807 snipe didn't even register, but that didn't surprise me.