T206 Plank - 1971 Auction (Now With Price Realized)
 

I am starting research on my next book and part of that involves looking through old issues of The Trader Speaks. I got a kick out of this auction advertisement in the June 1971 issue of TTS and figured you guys would too:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...pscfabb142.jpg

Yet another stop when I finally get my time machine made. (assuming I don't snap them all up in the 1911 trip)

very cool, thanks for sharing Dave!

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Kevin, you have no idea how happy I am to hear that someone else has that same dream.

Thanks for posting this ad!

Thats awesome
Thank you for sharing

Neat publication...thanks for sharing Dave.

Well the winning price and winner have been revealed. Infamy, I say....

"To save a lot of letter writing, my Plank card which was auctioned off last month went for $320.00. Bill Mastro of Bernardsville, New Jersey was the winner."

Bill was 18-19 years old in 1971, and was either a freshman or a sophomore in college. Where does a young kid like that get $320 to buy a baseball card? And I think he bought a Wagner around that time too. That was a lot of money back then. I am the same age as Bill, and as a college freshman I had enough money in my pocket to buy a record album and a hot lunch at the school cafeteria.