Zach, I would also prefer the beautiful and fairly rare Glendale Franks Art Houtteman without his autograph. Congratulations on at least having it, and condolences for the autograph
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We've been in the hobby long enough, I imagine, to both remember when if a Glendale Houtteman was brought put up for the live auction at the big Detroit sports collectors convention in the early 70s, more than a few collectors would inhale audibly at its presence. The bidding would be spirited. I wrote about such an occasion in my E-book on a CD, NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. It was 1973, if memory serves, though I got it right in the book. Anyway, it went down for $85. Collectors were shaking their heads at such a high price, were envious of the winner, and really, the whole place was in an uproar over that particular sale.
Least any of our brothers back talk with, "85 bucks--big deal", a '33 Goudey #149 Ruth also went down that day at the same live auction, in the ultra high-grade for the time of EX-MT, and sold for $28.
The Glendale Franks Art Houtteman sold for nearly triple of the common, but still highly desirable, Goudey Babe Ruth!
Nothing more needs to be said. ---Brian Powell