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Originally Posted by Hankphenom
I was the underbidder on the WaJo Horner. I actually thought I would get it, being prepared to go up to 3K. But when I saw that Bill Mastro was leaving his hand up for whatever it took to win the HOFers, I realized it wasn't going to be. I drove him up to my final bid, then bowed out. It turned out Bill was bidding for legendary collector Marshall Fogel on all the prominent Horners, and I first met Marshall when he came over and apologized for outbidding me on the Johnson. I said that if he was really sorry, he'd sell it to me, and we both laughed. Probably everything that sold in that auction would be regarded as a fantastic bargain today, none more so than the large team lots that turned out to be full of Conlons, Thompsons, Van Oeyens, etc. Of course that was 25 years ago, one of the great events in hobby history.
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No doubt those all would have been steals today. When I see numbers like that I equate it to some stocks. What if we bought Amazon or Apple 10 yrs ago?
Interestingly the only relatively valuable thing I kept from my first collection sale (shown before) is a Horner photo. I still remember the large trade deal I did to acquire it as I had very little cash but lots of cards!!
