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The Follow Up Story from H & S-

Huggins & Scott Proudly Announces an Offering of Biblical Proportions: The Four Base Hits Clarkson "Good Book” Find!

March 24, 2015
Silver Spring, MD

Only 17 cards from the rarefied 1887 Old Judge Four Base Hits set have ever been evaluated by grading services PSA or SGC—and among those, just 8 Hall of Famers. It was long thought that the sole known example of HOFer John Clarkson (ranked #9 on a Forbes list of “world’s most expensive baseball cards”) was a trimmed survivor that was auctioned back in 2003. Not so, as Huggins & Scott Auctions recently discovered at the Philadelphia Sportscard and Baseball Memorabilia Show, when a local couple walked up with an untrimmed Four Base Hits Clarkson that has been graded 20 Fair 1.5 by SGC.

This classic card-collecting fairytale unfolded at an out-of-the-way PA thrift shop where the couple bought a group of used books early last year. Lo and behold, tucked inside a late-1800s bible (for use as a bookmark!), was none other than Clarkson—the 328-game winner and 1963 Cooperstown inductee. Now it is Huggins & Scott’s distinct honor and pleasure to present this elite “Good Book” find in our April 9th auction with a $10,000 starting bid and an estimated value of $50,000-100,000. Bidding begins March 30th.



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