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Old 08-24-2014, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by nolemmings View Post
I can understand the slabs in this case, not for the photos, but for the handwriting. I'm not sure how many people know how Cy Young would sign/identify B. Ewing, McKean, etc. (not saying PSA does either), but it makes distracting ink on the photo less so if you imagine ol' Cy putting his pen to it. Ten years from now if you didn't know about the provenance from this auction you might just think some nobody added the names to the front without the slab.
That makes complete sense. Seems like it would actually raise the price for those photos.
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