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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>I'm on vacation and just went to a random card shop. The owner has 3 1911 E94 Close Caramel cards. I am smart enough to know they are originals and not reprints. He has John McGraw, Byrne, and Turner. They are in P-F condition. The McGraw has a heavy crease and minor writing, as does the Turner. The Byrne has no writing and is creased. Still they are presentable and he offered them to me for $100 for the 3. Is this a good deal and will SGC grade card with writing on them. P.S---there is no back damage.<br /><br />James

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Posted By: <b>David Vargha</b><p>SGC will grade them.<br><br>DavidVargha@hotmail.com

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Thanks for the tip. Is this a good deal???

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Posted By: <b>Brian McQueen</b><p><br />Sounds like a terrific deal actually. SGC will grade cards that have writing. My only concern would be if they are trimmed since they are not slabbed already. However I think that even if they ARE trimmed, this would still be a good price for three e94s, one of which being a HOFer.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>I would have to think the McGraw alone is worth over $100

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>Sounds like a great deal, his price of $33 ea. is about 6-8 years old. All Caramel cards values have jumped lately. High book in the SCD is now $3,100 total for the 3 cards (NRMT). I lucked out about 3 weeks ago and got a lower grade E94 McGraw for only $11 on eBay, it was being auctioned as a T206.<br /><br /><br />Frank

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Posted By: <b>Anson</b><p>With writing, assuming the cards aren't trimmed, an SGC 30 is about the best you can do. <br /><br />For an E94 McGraw, I would jump on it.

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Posted By: <b>quan</b><p>heavy crease + writing = sgc10...unless the writing is a stamped overprint, then we're talking.

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Just got back from my trip. These cards all look SGC 10ish.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/brooksie05/2640acf6.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>That was a great deal. The McGraw alone is probably worth a few hundred bucks.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Thank you. It just goes to show that asking a store owner if he has "old baseball cards in the back" sometimes does work!

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Just an update, SGC just graded all these cards an SGC 10. I'm definately keeping the McGraw, still thinking about the other 2.

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Posted By: <b>tbob</b><p>James- as I recall the McGraw was violet. If you have any thoughts about selling it down the road, please let me know.<br />Bob M.

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Posted By: <b>B.C.Daniels</b><p>would you buy a canary yellow background one?<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>