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Originally Posted by whiteymet
Hi Gang:
I am out of my realm with pre war stuff but a local non collector friend turned up an uncut sheet of 1939 Baseball Centennial Stamps with the album.
The owner has done some research and asked me to find out more about what they have. See images below.
The most recent thing he found is:
https://aug21.hugginsandscott.com/cg...?itemid=952475
where an uncut sheet only sold recently.
He is curious if his sheet with the album would sell for a similar price. I think he is willing to let it go should he get something comparable, but he is wondering if the album is harder to find than the stamps.
Any input is appreciated either by posting here or via a PM
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide |
Fred,
Your friend's sheet has some issues compared to the almost pristine looking sheet in the recent H&S auction. This is also one of those "You don't see one of these everyday items." that have consistent ongoing sales so you can get a better current FMV for the item either. I'd use the H&S recent sales price as a starting point, and discount from there. Because of the obvious issues the sheet has, and possibly additional ones to individual stamps that we can't tell from the scan, you may even want to look up recent sales of individual stamps if you were to break them off from the sheet and try selling them separately. Individually, the stamps look to be okay, with obviously the Ruth and Cobb stamps likely going for the most money. If you could figure an approximate condition for each of the baseball stamps, I'd look up comparable prices for those sold separately, based on their condition and ungraded, and then add up those supposed values to come up with a low-end amount for your price range on the complete sheet. The non-baseball stamps individually aren't going to be worth much, so I would basically just ignore them value-wise. Because of the damage to the sheet, I would expect it's value to be closer to the composite value of the individual baseball stamps added up, whatever it turns out to be plus maybe 10% or so because it is a somewhat complete sheet still, as opposed to valuing it closer to the H&S sales price. If you try to figure this going by graded stamp values, be sure to factor in potential grading and associated costs, and the time element for grading.
The book itself is a nice companion piece, but not an overly desired item. If in somewhat nice shape I'd maybe add $50-$75 for the stamp book then.
This could be a toughie due to the issues and missing parts of the stamp sheet. Anyway, my two cents worth. Good luck.