Way to go Al!
A Drysdale portrait also went for more than $1K. Yogi batting $4200 and one of the portraits $3900, in PSA 7 and 8 respectively.
Those Exhibits have got to be totally driven by the registry. I know some of the subjects were only printed in one or two years, but c'mon man. Go on ebay and find a Tony Kubek dark background that looks fine but not PSA 8 nice. You'll spend $20-$40. Want the PSA 8? $4500.00. A Don Newcombe plain cap/uni version can be had for under $20, sometimes under $10. Want a PSA 6.5? How about $3300.00. The other two Newcombe variations each sold for more than $2200. Bobby Doerr 7.5 is one of one, but $3900?
Some commons (players anyway): Piersall $900 for PSA 6-- same for Roy Sievers dark background and Mickey Vernon throwing in PSA 5.5. Preacher Roe $1140 for PSA 7. Ralph Branca in PSA 8 =$1320, and Bud Daley $1080.00.
The whole auction was very educational for me and anyone wanting to learn what cards are tough and/or condition tough in the 1947-66 Exhibit set. As in TOUGH.
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