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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Some crazy paid $750 for this beater. Major auctions make people do silly things.<br /><img src="http://www.scpauctions.com/images/july-2009-large/t206-johnson-auth.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>paulstratton</b><p>Probably because it came from Walter Johnson's estate.

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Paul - but who would really want to own Walter Johnson's Walter Johnson? The one that he himself decided to paste into his scrapbook himself. The card is missing the whole back and has creases!

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Prizner</b><p>I'd rather have that one than just some PSA 3/4 that the $750 could have been used on. It's a lot more interesting.<br /><br />Anyway, outbid on the n173 Anson, so nada for me. <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>I paid more than that for this:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.swingbattaswing.com/page1/files/page1-1004-full.jpg"><br /><br />-Al

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Posted By: <b>paulstratton</b><p>Avoiding the obvious Johnson jokes...I think a lot of people would like to own Johnson's Johnson. The creases and back damage wouldn't really matter all that much. You don't think Cobb's Cobb(even with the damage) would sell for more than a random 2?

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>The price seems a little low to me. I wouldn't be interested in it, but I would have guessed it would have gone for more than 1K.

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>I think it would be really cool to own Johnson's own copy of his card. I would have thought it would have gone higher.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Dave F</b><p><br /><img src="http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l111/asphaltman76/e145jacksonf.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Eric</b><p>I'd love to own that Walter Johnson card. It's a piece of history.

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Posted By: <b>quan</b><p>i'm not big into owning nagy/carter etc cards but i would pay a small premium for the johnson since he's WALTER FREAKING JOHNSON...woulda been cool if he auto'd it.<br /><br />p.s. nice jax! that should def go in a new pu thread.

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>Nice pickup Matt!!!<br /><br />I concur with the others that the provenance more than justifies the price.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>MVSNYC</b><p>i'm with most people above...i totally see how johnson's johnson would go for a lot...i'm surprised it only sold for $750...<br /><br />i wasn't bidding on anything...that's how all you guys got deals! <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Thanks guys! I was thrilled to pick it up at that price; my max was much higher.<br /><br />Dave - congrats on your win! I'm glad you posted your card; to me, these kind of cards symbolize the best of card collecting even though they're not going to move anyone up the registry set rankings.

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Posted By: <b>JP</b><p>I got this for $690 ($828 with buyer's premium)<br />I think it was a steal.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.scpauctions.com/images/july-2009-large/t206-young-port-4.jpg"><br /><br />