Last Saturday I attended a really interesting auction at a nearby Auction house here in Pennsy. This auction regularly features Revolutionary War stuff, early Colonial Furniture,
signed Presidential Documents, etc. Recently, a local resident consigned his near complete T206 set. All 520 cards were raw. The majority of them were Vg-Ex to Ex condition.
Each card in this set was individually sold....and, bidding was quite brisk.
FYI....the following lists the major cards and the $$$$ realized in the bidding............
Demmitt (St Lo) ........ 3700
O'Hara (St Lo) .......... 1025 (crease)
Cobb (red) ............... 2200
Cobb (green) ............ 1600
Cobb (bat on) ............ 950
Cobb (bat off) ............ 925
Johnson (portrait) ...... 1050
Johnson (pitching) ....... 450
Matty (portrait) .......... 675
Matty (white cap) ....... 520
Matty (dark cap) ......... 450
CYoung (portrait) ........ 775
CYoung (glove) ........... 625
CYoung (arm) ............. 425
Elberfeld (por-Wash) .... 800
Dahlen (Brooklyn) ........ 380
Lundgren (Cubs) .......... 250
H. Smith (LENOX) ....... 1400
Other than the Happy Smith with the LENOX back, there were 20 cards with TOLSTOI backs, a Willett with a CYCLE 460 back.......and, most of the other cards were either the
usual PIEDMONT's or SWEET CAPORAL's.
Except for 10 of the following cards which happen to be tough SWEET CAPORAL 460, Factory 42 cards. I won all 10 of these....and with the Gandil and McGraw (which I already
had)....I was able to complete my "Exclusive 12" run with this back. All together, I won 62 cards at this auction (including 7 - HOFer's).
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TED Z