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Originally Posted by murphusa
As I did more research on the boxes I changer my mind.
Except in very rare cases, in the baseball memorabilia world the collector paying $26,000 for a music box does not do so on impulse.
They have a very good idea on what they are buying.
The information on the boxes is out there
If you take an hour you could find the real story and then make a decession on your purchase
What disturbes us is the $26,000 buyer is not know to us so we can't ask him/her
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Great point Jim, but in this case I am not so sure. As I stated earlier, the key is knowing this was a Zimbalist. Without that key piece of info, it would be very understandable to assume early 1900s (I would have).
What led to your research (keep me honest), was the Ebay listing said Zimbalist. Without that would we have any clue on the story of these boxes? I am not so sure the buyers had a very good idea on what they are buying. We have all seen more than enough examples where a buyer had more dollars than "sense" and overpaid for an item that later the knowledgeble people on this board called out.
Are we also than saying SCP and Legendary or the seller couldn't take an hour to find the real story and thus deceived? I am not saying that becuase I don't think any previous auction or buyer knew this was a Zimbalist or Thorn. Jim - Keep me honest as you did the research..but what led you to the real story?