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Yoda 06-02-2022 12:25 PM

What if....
 
There is something about pre-war cards and the history surrounding them that often drives my imagination into flights of fancy. My latest is that an elderly lady Sunday school teacher when looking through her Bible suddenly discovers a T206 Wagner. Not impossible, of course, but this particular Wags has a Drum back. The hobby goes nuts, just like when the Cobb Red with a BL 350 was discovered. She decides to sell it and donate everything to her church. Heritage is the chosen AH and they send Honus to PSA where it receives a 4.5 grade. The auction will be held in 6 months, so plenty of time for maximum hype. My question is: How much do you think it would fetch? My own feeling is that it could go as high as $50,000,000, the same as a nice Renoir, Picasso or 10 cases of 1945 Chateaux Margaux. This assumes that the card market remains the same as present at the time of auction.

x2drich2000 06-02-2022 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2230616)
There is something about pre-war cards and the history surrounding them that often drives my imagination into flights of fancy. My latest is that an elderly lady Sunday school teacher when looking through her Bible suddenly discovers a T206 Wagner. Not impossible, of course, but this particular Wags has a Drum back. The hobby goes nuts, just like when the Cobb Red with a BL 350 was discovered. She decides to sell it and donate everything to her church. Heritage is the chosen AH and they send Honus to PSA where it receives a 4.5 grade. The auction will be held in 6 months, so plenty of time for maximum hype. My question is: How much do you think it would fetch? My own feeling is that it could go as high as $50,000,000, the same as a nice Renoir, Picasso or 10 cases of 1945 Chateaux Margaux. This assumes that the card market remains the same as present at the time of auction.

Sounds like you were remembering, except for the condition and back, the nun Wagner from 2010.
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/n...s/51338210007/

darwinbulldog 06-02-2022 12:57 PM

$15,000,000

Yoda 06-02-2022 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by x2drich2000 (Post 2230619)
Sounds like you were remembering, except for the condition and back, the nun Wagner from 2010.
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/n...s/51338210007/

Quite possibly.

mrreality68 06-02-2022 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by darwinbulldog (Post 2230627)
$15,000,000

over/under at $22M

sb1 06-02-2022 01:55 PM

Really a moot point since the front back combo is not even possible....

MINES_MINT 06-02-2022 04:43 PM

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...-of-old-bible/

This 1887 Four Base Hits John Clarkson was discovered in a 19th century bible. So it is possible that there are some pretty valuable bookmarks floating around out in the world.


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