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Originally Posted by FrankWakefield
Thanks for posting.
As I've said before in other threads, there are more Wagner cards out there than people realize. There's a mindset of folks who think that all Wagners have now been accounted for, and that all are graded. These people cannot conceive of how anyone would have such a card and not sell it or slab it. I concede that the Doyle Natl's are a bit more elusive because it isn't obvious that it's a seldom seen variation; Wagner is a bit more recognizable. But until a few months ago, this Doyle Natl wasn't 'known' and wasn't graded. It seems likely that there are still a few Wagners out there in the hands of someone who knows what they have, yet they don't want to sell it nor slab it. And maybe someone has a scrapbook of old ball cards that have been handed down from a great grandfather... that has cards yet to be seen or known by the likes of us.
Maybe it's like Fox and Mulder said, The Truth is Out There.
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Agree 110%.
A couple of years ago, I bought 4 1909 Colgan's Chips square proofs; Wagner, Joss, Chase and Baker. All 4 came from one woman who was selling stuff that her grandmother had tucked away. Are they incredibly valuable? No, but most collectors have never seen one before and I doubt many have seen one grouping of 4 cards together. They are fairly rare in my estimation and they remained hidden away in a family collection for 110+ years.
A couple of weeks ago, I bought a 1919 World Series program from Game 1. Again, another item sitting in a family collection forever, hidden from the collecting world. I'll bet there's not 20 of them left in the world. Quick research shows that only 3 or so have been auctioned off since 2014.
There's still good quality, rare stuff out there...lurking in forgotten drawers or family scrapbooks. Now, we just have to flush it all out.